Scrutinize

Stand outside the artifact and ask whether it should exist at all — then verify it actually does what it claims, end-to-end.

Activation Triggers

Activate this skill when:

• User runs /scrutinize
• User says "review this PR", "audit this", "sanity check"
• User asks for a "second opinion" or "does this change do what it says"
• User says "review this design doc" or "validate this design"
• User asks "should we ship this?" before a serious merge

For quick pre-commit quality checks, use review instead. scrutinize is for deeper review where intent and end-to-end correctness are in question.

Purpose

Apply an outsider perspective — forget who wrote it and why they believe it is right. Question the goal first, then trace the actual execution path through real code to verify every claim. Output is concise, ordered by severity, and every finding carries its rationale and evidence.