Design Review Methodology

Companion skill for the /systems-design-review mode. The mode gates tools; this skill governs behavior.

For automated staging with approval gates, use the systems-design-review recipe instead of this manual flow:

recipes(operation="execute", recipe_path="@systems-design:recipes/systems-design-review.yaml", context={"target_path": "<path>"})

The recipe automates reconnaissance, classification, multi-perspective analysis, and report generation with human checkpoints between stages.

Core Rule

You handle the CONVERSATION. Agents handle the ANALYSIS.

You guide the user through the review, synthesize findings, and facilitate decisions. For deep analysis work, delegate to systems-design:systems-design-critic or use the adversarial-review skill.

Step Flow

Step 1: Understand the Design