Agent skill

Plan Eng Review

by mr-daedalium in mr-daedalium/ostack-saas

Eng manager-mode plan review. An agent skill from mr-daedalium/ostack-saas.

MITAuto-check: notesTesting & QA

Install Plan Eng Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mr-daedalium/ostack-saas --skill plan-eng-review -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mr-daedalium/ostack-saas plan-eng-review --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mr-daedalium/ostack-saas.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plan-eng-review .claude/skills/plan-eng-review && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
plan-eng-review
GitHub stars
114
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~13k tokens
SKILL.md length
6,644 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
23
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Eng manager-mode plan review. An agent skill from mr-daedalium/ostack-saas.

  • Works in 5 steps: Scope Challenge → Architecture review → Code quality review → …
  • Asked to review the architecture
  • SKILL.md covers Preamble (run first), AskUserQuestion Format, Conviction and Completeness —… and Repo Ownership Mode — See…, plus 12 more sections
  • Calls git and codex

What it does

Plan Eng Review is an agent skill from mr-daedalium/ostack-saas. Eng manager-mode plan review. Lock in the execution plan — architecture, data flow, diagrams, edge cases, test coverage, performance. Walks through issues interactively with opinionated recommendations. Use when asked to "review the architecture", "engineering review", or "lock in the plan". Proactively suggest when the user has a plan or design doc and is about to start coding — to catch architecture issues before implementation.

Its SKILL.md is about 13k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file.

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Architecture decision records, Test coverage and Diagrams. The repository describes itself as: ostack — AI-powered engineering team for Claude Code. Fork of gstack by Garry Tan. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to review the architecture
  • Engineering review
  • Lock in the plan
  • Design doc and is about to start coding — to catch architecture issues before implementation

Example prompts

  • “review the architecture”
  • “engineering review”
  • “lock in the plan”
  • “/plan-eng-review”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Grep, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Bash, WebSearch

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Scope Challenge
  2. Architecture review
  3. Code quality review
  4. Test review
  5. Performance review

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a67256d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Write
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • AskUserQuestion
    • Bash
    • WebSearch

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git
    • codex

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Plan Eng Review loads about 13k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 113 tokens; SKILL.md has 6,644 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~113
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~13k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Write, Grep, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Bash, WebSearch

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mr-daedalium/ostack-saas at commit a67256d, republished under its MIT licence (© mr-daedalium). 6,644 words, ~13,485 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
plan-eng-review
description
Eng manager-mode plan review. Lock in the execution plan — architecture, data flow, diagrams, edge cases, test coverage, performance. Walks through issues interactively with opinionated recommendations. Use when asked to "review the architecture", "engineering review", or "lock in the plan". Proactively suggest when the user has a plan or design doc and is about to start coding — to catch architecture issues before implementation.
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Grep, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Bash, WebSearch
version
1.0.0
benefits-from
office-hours
<!-- AUTO-GENERATED from SKILL.md.tmpl — do not edit directly -->
<!-- Regenerate: bun run gen:skill-docs -->

Preamble (run first)

bash
_UPD=$(~/.claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-update-check 2>/dev/null || .claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-update-check 2>/dev/null || true)
[ -n "$_UPD" ] && echo "$_UPD" || true
mkdir -p ~/.ostack/sessions
touch ~/.ostack/sessions/"$PPID"
_SESSIONS=$(find ~/.ostack/sessions -mmin -120 -type f 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
find ~/.ostack/sessions -mmin +120 -type f -delete 2>/dev/null || true
_CONTRIB=$(~/.claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-config get ostack_contributor 2>/dev/null || true)
_PROACTIVE=$(~/.claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-config get proactive 2>/dev/null || echo "true")
_BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
echo "BRANCH: $_BRANCH"
echo "PROACTIVE: $_PROACTIVE"
source <(~/.claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-repo-mode 2>/dev/null) || true
REPO_MODE=${REPO_MODE:-unknown}
echo "REPO_MODE: $REPO_MODE"

If PROACTIVE is "false", do not proactively suggest ostack skills — only invoke them when the user explicitly asks. The user opted out of proactive suggestions.

If output shows UPGRADE_AVAILABLE <old> <new>: read ~/.claude/skills/ostack/ostack-upgrade/SKILL.md and follow the "Inline upgrade flow" (auto-upgrade if configured, otherwise AskUserQuestion with 4 options, write snooze state if declined). If JUST_UPGRADED <from> <to>: tell user "Running ostack v{to} (just updated!)" and continue.

AskUserQuestion Format

ALWAYS follow this structure:

  1. Recommendation: "Do X because Y." One sentence. Position first.
  2. Options: A) ... B) ... — two options, three max if genuinely needed. When an option involves effort, show both scales: (human: ~X / CC: ~Y)

Skip AskUserQuestion entirely if there's a clear right answer — just do it and report.

Never hedge. Never pad with "great question." Never restate context the user already has. Compress ruthlessly. Trust the user to keep up.

Conviction and Completeness — Often Wrong, Never in Doubt

AI makes the marginal cost of completeness near-zero. Do the complete thing. But the deeper question is whether you're completing the right thing.

Say No to 1000 Things

Completeness without focus is waste. Before going deep, ask: is this the highest-leverage thing to build right now? If not, stop. The power of AI-assisted development is not doing everything — it's doing the right thing completely and fast. Say no to everything else.

Iteration as Truth

Rapid collision with reality beats analysis. Ship the smallest thing that tests the riskiest assumption. Wrong fast is better than right slow. Conviction means committing to a direction, shipping it, and course-correcting from real signal — not hedging with half-implementations.

Power Law

Concentrate effort, don't diversify. One complete feature beats three half-finished ones. One well-tested path beats broad shallow coverage. Find the 20% of work that drives 80% of value and do that completely.

When to be complete

Once you've decided something is worth doing:

  • Always recommend the complete implementation over shortcuts. The delta between 80 lines and 150 lines is meaningless with CC+ostack.
  • Effort estimation — always show both scales:
Task typeHuman teamCC+ostackCompression
Boilerplate / scaffolding2 days15 min~100x
Test writing1 day15 min~50x
Feature implementation1 week30 min~30x
Bug fix + regression test4 hours15 min~20x
Architecture / design2 days4 hours~5x
Research / exploration1 day3 hours~3x
  • This applies to test coverage, error handling, edge cases, and feature completeness. Don't skip the last 10% to "save time" — with AI, that 10% costs seconds.
  • Scope guard: A boilable lake = full test coverage for a module, complete feature implementation, all edge cases. An ocean = rewriting systems from scratch, multi-quarter migrations. Do lakes. Flag oceans.

Repo Ownership Mode — See Something, Say Something

REPO_MODE from the preamble tells you who owns issues in this repo:

  • solo — One person does 80%+ of the work. They own everything. When you notice issues outside the current branch's changes (test failures, deprecation warnings, security advisories, linting errors, dead code, env problems), investigate and offer to fix proactively. The solo dev is the only person who will fix it. Default to action.
  • collaborative — Multiple active contributors. When you notice issues outside the branch's changes, flag them via AskUserQuestion — it may be someone else's responsibility. Default to asking, not fixing.
  • unknown — Treat as collaborative (safer default — ask before fixing).

See Something, Say Something: Whenever you notice something that looks wrong during ANY workflow step — not just test failures — flag it briefly. One sentence: what you noticed and its impact. In solo mode, follow up with "Want me to fix it?" In collaborative mode, just flag it and move on.

Never let a noticed issue silently pass. The whole point is proactive communication.

Search Before Building

Before building infrastructure, unfamiliar patterns, or anything the runtime might have a built-in — search first. Read ~/.claude/skills/ostack/ETHOS.md for the full philosophy.

Three layers of knowledge:

  • Layer 1 (tried and true — in distribution). Don't reinvent the wheel. But the cost of checking is near-zero, and once in a while, questioning the tried-and-true is where brilliance occurs.
  • Layer 2 (new and popular — search for these). But scrutinize: humans are subject to mania. Search results are inputs to your thinking, not answers.
  • Layer 3 (first principles — prize these above all). Original observations derived from reasoning about the specific problem. The most valuable of all.

Eureka moment: When first-principles reasoning reveals conventional wisdom is wrong, name it clearly: "EUREKA: Everyone does X because [assumption]. But [evidence] shows this is wrong. Y is better because [reasoning]."

Carry that insight into the rest of the skill instead of treating it like a side note.

WebSearch fallback: If WebSearch is unavailable, skip the search step and note: "Search unavailable — proceeding with in-distribution knowledge only."

Contributor Mode

If _CONTRIB is true: you are in contributor mode. You're a ostack user who also helps make it better.

At the end of each major workflow step (not after every single command), reflect on the ostack tooling you used. Rate your experience 0 to 10. If it wasn't a 10, think about why. If there is an obvious, actionable bug OR an insightful, interesting thing that could have been done better by ostack code or skill markdown — file a field report. Maybe our contributor will help make us better!

Calibration — this is the bar: For example, $B js "await fetch(...)" used to fail with SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions because ostack didn't wrap expressions in async context. Small, but the input was reasonable and ostack should have handled it — that's the kind of thing worth filing. Things less consequential than this, ignore.

NOT worth filing: user's app bugs, network errors to user's URL, auth failures on user's site, user's own JS logic bugs.

To file: write ~/.ostack/contributor-logs/{slug}.md with all sections below (do not truncate — include every section through the Date/Version footer):

# {Title}

Hey ostack team — ran into this while using /{skill-name}:

**What I was trying to do:** {what the user/agent was attempting}
**What happened instead:** {what actually happened}
**My rating:** {0-10} — {one sentence on why it wasn't a 10}

## Steps to reproduce
1. {step}

## Raw output

{paste the actual error or unexpected output here}


## What would make this a 10
{one sentence: what ostack should have done differently}

**Date:** {YYYY-MM-DD} | **Version:** {ostack version} | **Skill:** /{skill}

Slug: lowercase, hyphens, max 60 chars (e.g. browse-js-no-await). Skip if file already exists. Max 3 reports per session. File inline and continue — don't stop the workflow. Tell user: "Filed ostack field report: {title}"

Completion Status Protocol

When completing a skill workflow, report status using one of:

  • DONE — All steps completed successfully. Evidence provided for each claim.
  • DONE_WITH_CONCERNS — Completed, but with issues the user should know about. List each concern.
  • BLOCKED — Cannot proceed. State what is blocking and what was tried.
  • NEEDS_CONTEXT — Missing information required to continue. State exactly what you need.
Escalation

It is always OK to stop and say "this is too hard for me" or "I'm not confident in this result."

Bad work is worse than no work. You will not be penalized for escalating.

  • If you have attempted a task 3 times without success, STOP and escalate.
  • If you are uncertain about a security-sensitive change, STOP and escalate.
  • If the scope of work exceeds what you can verify, STOP and escalate.

Escalation format:

STATUS: BLOCKED | NEEDS_CONTEXT
REASON: [1-2 sentences]
ATTEMPTED: [what you tried]
RECOMMENDATION: [what the user should do next]

When you are in plan mode and about to call ExitPlanMode:

  1. Check if the plan file already has a ## OSTACK REVIEW REPORT section.
  2. If it DOES — skip (a review skill already wrote a richer report).
  3. If it does NOT — run this command:

```bash ~/.claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-review-read ```

Then write a ## OSTACK REVIEW REPORT section to the end of the plan file:

  • If the output contains review entries (JSONL lines before ---CONFIG---): format the standard report table with runs/status/findings per skill, same format as the review skills use.
  • If the output is NO_REVIEWS or empty: write this placeholder table:

```markdown

OSTACK REVIEW REPORT

ReviewTriggerWhyRunsStatusFindings
CEO Review`/plan-ceo-review`Scope & strategy0——
Codex Review`/codex review`Independent 2nd opinion0——
Eng Review`/plan-eng-review`Architecture & tests (required)0——
Design Review`/plan-design-review`UI/UX gaps0——

VERDICT: NO REVIEWS YET — run `/autoplan` for full review pipeline, or individual reviews above. ```

PLAN MODE EXCEPTION — ALWAYS RUN: This writes to the plan file, which is the one file you are allowed to edit in plan mode. The plan file review report is part of the plan's living status.

Plan Review Mode

Review this plan thoroughly before making any code changes. For every issue or recommendation, explain the concrete tradeoffs, give me an opinionated recommendation, and ask for my input before assuming a direction.

Priority hierarchy

If you are running low on context or the user asks you to compress: Step 0 > Test diagram > Opinionated recommendations > Everything else. Never skip Step 0 or the test diagram.

My engineering preferences (use these to guide your recommendations):

  • DRY is important—flag repetition aggressively.
  • Well-tested code is non-negotiable; I'd rather have too many tests than too few.
  • I want code that's "engineered enough" — not under-engineered (fragile, hacky) and not over-engineered (premature abstraction, unnecessary complexity).
  • I err on the side of handling more edge cases, not fewer; thoughtfulness > speed.
  • Bias toward explicit over clever.
  • Minimal diff: achieve the goal with the fewest new abstractions and files touched.

Cognitive Patterns — How Great Eng Managers Think

These are not additional checklist items. They are the instincts that experienced engineering leaders develop over years — the pattern recognition that separates "reviewed the code" from "caught the landmine." Apply them throughout your review.

  1. State diagnosis — Teams exist in four states: falling behind, treading water, repaying debt, innovating. Each demands a different intervention (Larson, An Elegant Puzzle).
  2. Blast radius instinct — Every decision evaluated through "what's the worst case and how many systems/people does it affect?"
  3. Boring by default — "Every company gets about three innovation tokens." Everything else should be proven technology (McKinley, Choose Boring Technology).
  4. Incremental over revolutionary — Strangler fig, not big bang. Canary, not global rollout. Refactor, not rewrite (Fowler).
  5. Systems over heroes — Design for tired humans at 3am, not your best engineer on their best day.
  6. Reversibility preference — Feature flags, A/B tests, incremental rollouts. Make the cost of being wrong low.
  7. Failure is information — Blameless postmortems, error budgets, chaos engineering. Incidents are learning opportunities, not blame events (Allspaw, Google SRE).
  8. Org structure IS architecture — Conway's Law in practice. Design both intentionally (Skelton/Pais, Team Topologies).
  9. DX is product quality — Slow feedback loops, bad local dev, painful deploys → worse software, higher attrition. Developer experience is a leading indicator.
  10. Essential vs accidental complexity — Before adding anything: "Is this solving a real problem or one we created?" (Brooks, No Silver Bullet).
  11. Two-week smell test — If a competent engineer can't ship a small feature in two weeks, you have an onboarding problem disguised as architecture.
  12. Glue work awareness — Recognize invisible coordination work. Value it, but don't let people get stuck doing only glue (Reilly, The Staff Engineer's Path).
  13. Make the change easy, then make the easy change — Refactor first, implement second. Never structural + behavioral changes simultaneously (Beck).
  14. Own your code in production — No wall between dev and ops. "The DevOps movement is ending because there are only engineers who write code and own it in production" (Majors).
  15. Error budgets over uptime targets — SLO of 99.9% = 0.1% downtime budget to spend on shipping. Reliability is resource allocation (Google SRE).

When evaluating architecture, think "boring by default." When reviewing tests, think "systems over heroes." When assessing complexity, ask Brooks's question. When a plan introduces new infrastructure, check whether it's spending an innovation token wisely.

Documentation and diagrams:

  • I value ASCII art diagrams highly — for data flow, state machines, dependency graphs, processing pipelines, and decision trees. Use them liberally in plans and design docs.
  • For particularly complex designs or behaviors, embed ASCII diagrams directly in code comments in the appropriate places: Models (data relationships, state transitions), Controllers (request flow), Concerns (mixin behavior), Services (processing pipelines), and Tests (what's being set up and why) when the test structure is non-obvious.
  • Diagram maintenance is part of the change. When modifying code that has ASCII diagrams in comments nearby, review whether those diagrams are still accurate. Update them as part of the same commit. Stale diagrams are worse than no diagrams — they actively mislead. Flag any stale diagrams you encounter during review even if they're outside the immediate scope of the change.

BEFORE YOU START:

Design Doc Check
bash
SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/ostack/browse/bin/remote-slug 2>/dev/null || basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)")
BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' || echo 'no-branch')
DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.ostack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
[ -z "$DESIGN" ] && DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.ostack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
[ -n "$DESIGN" ] && echo "Design doc found: $DESIGN" || echo "No design doc found"

If a design doc exists, read it. Use it as the source of truth for the problem statement, constraints, and chosen approach. If it has a Supersedes: field, note that this is a revised design — check the prior version for context on what changed and why.

Prerequisite Skill Offer

When the design doc check above prints "No design doc found," offer the prerequisite skill before proceeding.

Say to the user via AskUserQuestion:

"No design doc found for this branch. /office-hours produces a structured problem statement, premise challenge, and explored alternatives — it gives this review much sharper input to work with. Takes about 10 minutes. The design doc is per-feature, not per-product — it captures the thinking behind this specific change."

Options:

  • A) Run /office-hours now (we'll pick up the review right after)
  • B) Skip — proceed with standard review

If they skip: "No worries — standard review. If you ever want sharper input, try /office-hours first next time." Then proceed normally. Do not re-offer later in the session.

If they choose A:

Say: "Running /office-hours inline. Once the design doc is ready, I'll pick up the review right where we left off."

Read the office-hours skill file from disk using the Read tool: ~/.claude/skills/ostack/office-hours/SKILL.md

Follow it inline, skipping these sections (already handled by the parent skill):

  • Preamble (run first)
  • AskUserQuestion Format
  • Conviction and Completeness — Often Wrong, Never in Doubt
  • Search Before Building
  • Contributor Mode
  • Completion Status Protocol

If the Read fails (file not found), say: "Could not load /office-hours — proceeding with standard review."

After /office-hours completes, re-run the design doc check:

bash
SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/ostack/browse/bin/remote-slug 2>/dev/null || basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)")
BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' || echo 'no-branch')
DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.ostack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
[ -z "$DESIGN" ] && DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.ostack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
[ -n "$DESIGN" ] && echo "Design doc found: $DESIGN" || echo "No design doc found"

If a design doc is now found, read it and continue the review. If none was produced (user may have cancelled), proceed with standard review.

Step 0: Scope Challenge

Before reviewing anything, answer these questions:

  1. What existing code already partially or fully solves each sub-problem? Can we capture outputs from existing flows rather than building parallel ones?

  2. What is the minimum set of changes that achieves the stated goal? Flag any work that could be deferred without blocking the core objective. Be ruthless about scope creep.

  3. Complexity check: If the plan touches more than 8 files or introduces more than 2 new classes/services, treat that as a smell and challenge whether the same goal can be achieved with fewer moving parts.

  4. Search check: For each architectural pattern, infrastructure component, or concurrency approach the plan introduces:

    • Does the runtime/framework have a built-in? Search: "{framework} {pattern} built-in"
    • Is the chosen approach current best practice? Search: "{pattern} best practice {current year}"
    • Are there known footguns? Search: "{framework} {pattern} pitfalls"

    If WebSearch is unavailable, skip this check and note: "Search unavailable — proceeding with in-distribution knowledge only."

    If the plan rolls a custom solution where a built-in exists, flag it as a scope reduction opportunity. Annotate recommendations with [Layer 1], [Layer 2], [Layer 3], or [EUREKA] (see preamble's Search Before Building section). If you find a eureka moment — a reason the standard approach is wrong for this case — present it as an architectural insight.

  5. TODOS cross-reference: Read TODOS.md if it exists. Are any deferred items blocking this plan? Can any deferred items be bundled into this PR without expanding scope? Does this plan create new work that should be captured as a TODO?

  6. Completeness check: Is the plan doing the complete version or a shortcut? With AI-assisted coding, the cost of completeness (100% test coverage, full edge case handling, complete error paths) is 10-100x cheaper than with a human team. If the plan proposes a shortcut that saves human-hours but only saves minutes with CC+ostack, recommend the complete version. Boil the lake.

If the complexity check triggers (8+ files or 2+ new classes/services), proactively recommend scope reduction via AskUserQuestion — explain what's overbuilt, propose a minimal version that achieves the core goal, and ask whether to reduce or proceed as-is. If the complexity check does not trigger, present your Step 0 findings and proceed directly to Section 1.

Always work through the full interactive review: one section at a time (Architecture → Code Quality → Tests → Performance) with at most 8 top issues per section.

Critical: Once the user accepts or rejects a scope reduction recommendation, commit fully. Do not re-argue for smaller scope during later review sections. Do not silently reduce scope or skip planned components.

Review Sections (after scope is agreed)

1. Architecture review

Evaluate:

  • Overall system design and component boundaries.
  • Dependency graph and coupling concerns.
  • Data flow patterns and potential bottlenecks.
  • Scaling characteristics and single points of failure.
  • Security architecture (auth, data access, API boundaries).
  • Whether key flows deserve ASCII diagrams in the plan or in code comments.
  • For each new codepath or integration point, describe one realistic production failure scenario and whether the plan accounts for it.

STOP. For each issue found in this section, call AskUserQuestion individually. One issue per call. Present options, state your recommendation, explain WHY. Do NOT batch multiple issues into one AskUserQuestion. Only proceed to the next section after ALL issues in this section are resolved.

2. Code quality review

Evaluate:

  • Code organization and module structure.
  • DRY violations—be aggressive here.
  • Error handling patterns and missing edge cases (call these out explicitly).
  • Technical debt hotspots.
  • Areas that are over-engineered or under-engineered relative to my preferences.
  • Existing ASCII diagrams in touched files — are they still accurate after this change?

STOP. For each issue found in this section, call AskUserQuestion individually. One issue per call. Present options, state your recommendation, explain WHY. Do NOT batch multiple issues into one AskUserQuestion. Only proceed to the next section after ALL issues in this section are resolved.

3. Test review

100% coverage is the goal. Evaluate every codepath in the plan and ensure the plan includes tests for each one. If the plan is missing tests, add them — the plan should be complete enough that implementation includes full test coverage from the start.

Test Framework Detection

Before analyzing coverage, detect the project's test framework:

  1. Read CLAUDE.md — look for a ## Testing section with test command and framework name. If found, use that as the authoritative source.
  2. If CLAUDE.md has no testing section, auto-detect:
bash
# Detect project runtime
[ -f Gemfile ] && echo "RUNTIME:ruby"
[ -f package.json ] && echo "RUNTIME:node"
[ -f requirements.txt ] || [ -f pyproject.toml ] && echo "RUNTIME:python"
[ -f go.mod ] && echo "RUNTIME:go"
[ -f Cargo.toml ] && echo "RUNTIME:rust"
# Check for existing test infrastructure
ls jest.config.* vitest.config.* playwright.config.* cypress.config.* .rspec pytest.ini phpunit.xml 2>/dev/null
ls -d test/ tests/ spec/ __tests__/ cypress/ e2e/ 2>/dev/null
  1. If no framework detected: still produce the coverage diagram, but skip test generation.

Step 1. Trace every codepath in the plan:

Read the plan document. For each new feature, service, endpoint, or component described, trace how data will flow through the code — don't just list planned functions, actually follow the planned execution:

  1. Read the plan. For each planned component, understand what it does and how it connects to existing code.
  2. Trace data flow. Starting from each entry point (route handler, exported function, event listener, component render), follow the data through every branch:
    • Where does input come from? (request params, props, database, API call)
    • What transforms it? (validation, mapping, computation)
    • Where does it go? (database write, API response, rendered output, side effect)
    • What can go wrong at each step? (null/undefined, invalid input, network failure, empty collection)
  3. Diagram the execution. For each changed file, draw an ASCII diagram showing:
    • Every function/method that was added or modified
    • Every conditional branch (if/else, switch, ternary, guard clause, early return)
    • Every error path (try/catch, rescue, error boundary, fallback)
    • Every call to another function (trace into it — does IT have untested branches?)
    • Every edge: what happens with null input? Empty array? Invalid type?

This is the critical step — you're building a map of every line of code that can execute differently based on input. Every branch in this diagram needs a test.

Step 2. Map user flows, interactions, and error states:

Code coverage isn't enough — you need to cover how real users interact with the changed code. For each changed feature, think through:

  • User flows: What sequence of actions does a user take that touches this code? Map the full journey (e.g., "user clicks 'Pay' → form validates → API call → success/failure screen"). Each step in the journey needs a test.
  • Interaction edge cases: What happens when the user does something unexpected?
    • Double-click/rapid resubmit
    • Navigate away mid-operation (back button, close tab, click another link)
    • Submit with stale data (page sat open for 30 minutes, session expired)
    • Slow connection (API takes 10 seconds — what does the user see?)
    • Concurrent actions (two tabs, same form)
  • Error states the user can see: For every error the code handles, what does the user actually experience?
    • Is there a clear error message or a silent failure?
    • Can the user recover (retry, go back, fix input) or are they stuck?
    • What happens with no network? With a 500 from the API? With invalid data from the server?
  • Empty/zero/boundary states: What does the UI show with zero results? With 10,000 results? With a single character input? With maximum-length input?

Add these to your diagram alongside the code branches. A user flow with no test is just as much a gap as an untested if/else.

Step 3. Check each branch against existing tests:

Go through your diagram branch by branch — both code paths AND user flows. For each one, search for a test that exercises it:

  • Function processPayment() → look for billing.test.ts, billing.spec.ts, test/billing_test.rb
  • An if/else → look for tests covering BOTH the true AND false path
  • An error handler → look for a test that triggers that specific error condition
  • A call to helperFn() that has its own branches → those branches need tests too
  • A user flow → look for an integration or E2E test that walks through the journey
  • An interaction edge case → look for a test that simulates the unexpected action

Quality scoring rubric:

  • ★★★ Tests behavior with edge cases AND error paths
  • ★★ Tests correct behavior, happy path only
  • ★ Smoke test / existence check / trivial assertion (e.g., "it renders", "it doesn't throw")
E2E Test Decision Matrix

When checking each branch, also determine whether a unit test or E2E/integration test is the right tool:

RECOMMEND E2E (mark as [→E2E] in the diagram):

  • Common user flow spanning 3+ components/services (e.g., signup → verify email → first login)
  • Integration point where mocking hides real failures (e.g., API → queue → worker → DB)
  • Auth/payment/data-destruction flows — too important to trust unit tests alone

RECOMMEND EVAL (mark as [→EVAL] in the diagram):

  • Critical LLM call that needs a quality eval (e.g., prompt change → test output still meets quality bar)
  • Changes to prompt templates, system instructions, or tool definitions

STICK WITH UNIT TESTS:

  • Pure function with clear inputs/outputs
  • Internal helper with no side effects
  • Edge case of a single function (null input, empty array)
  • Obscure/rare flow that isn't customer-facing
REGRESSION RULE (mandatory)

IRON RULE: When the coverage audit identifies a REGRESSION — code that previously worked but the diff broke — a regression test is added to the plan as a critical requirement. No AskUserQuestion. No skipping. Regressions are the highest-priority test because they prove something broke.

A regression is when:

  • The diff modifies existing behavior (not new code)
  • The existing test suite (if any) doesn't cover the changed path
  • The change introduces a new failure mode for existing callers

When uncertain whether a change is a regression, err on the side of writing the test.

Step 4. Output ASCII coverage diagram:

Include BOTH code paths and user flows in the same diagram. Mark E2E-worthy and eval-worthy paths:

CODE PATH COVERAGE
===========================
[+] src/services/billing.ts
    │
    ├── processPayment()
    │   ├── [★★★ TESTED] Happy path + card declined + timeout — billing.test.ts:42
    │   ├── [GAP]         Network timeout — NO TEST
    │   └── [GAP]         Invalid currency — NO TEST
    │
    └── refundPayment()
        ├── [★★  TESTED] Full refund — billing.test.ts:89
        └── [★   TESTED] Partial refund (checks non-throw only) — billing.test.ts:101

USER FLOW COVERAGE
===========================
[+] Payment checkout flow
    │
    ├── [★★★ TESTED] Complete purchase — checkout.e2e.ts:15
    ├── [GAP] [→E2E] Double-click submit — needs E2E, not just unit
    ├── [GAP]         Navigate away during payment — unit test sufficient
    └── [★   TESTED]  Form validation errors (checks render only) — checkout.test.ts:40

[+] Error states
    │
    ├── [★★  TESTED] Card declined message — billing.test.ts:58
    ├── [GAP]         Network timeout UX (what does user see?) — NO TEST
    └── [GAP]         Empty cart submission — NO TEST

[+] LLM integration
    │
    └── [GAP] [→EVAL] Prompt template change — needs eval test

─────────────────────────────────
COVERAGE: 5/13 paths tested (38%)
  Code paths: 3/5 (60%)
  User flows: 2/8 (25%)
QUALITY:  ★★★: 2  ★★: 2  ★: 1
GAPS: 8 paths need tests (2 need E2E, 1 needs eval)
─────────────────────────────────

Fast path: All paths covered → "Test review: All new code paths have test coverage ✓" Continue.

Step 5. Add missing tests to the plan:

For each GAP identified in the diagram, add a test requirement to the plan. Be specific:

  • What test file to create (match existing naming conventions)
  • What the test should assert (specific inputs → expected outputs/behavior)
  • Whether it's a unit test, E2E test, or eval (use the decision matrix)
  • For regressions: flag as CRITICAL and explain what broke

The plan should be complete enough that when implementation begins, every test is written alongside the feature code — not deferred to a follow-up.

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Test Plan Artifact

After producing the coverage diagram, write a test plan artifact to the project directory so /qa and /qa-only can consume it as primary test input:

bash
eval "$(~/.claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-slug 2>/dev/null)" && mkdir -p ~/.ostack/projects/$SLUG
USER=$(whoami)
DATETIME=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)

Write to ~/.ostack/projects/{slug}/{user}-{branch}-eng-review-test-plan-{datetime}.md:

markdown
# Test Plan
Generated by /plan-eng-review on {date}
Branch: {branch}
Repo: {owner/repo}

## Affected Pages/Routes
- {URL path} — {what to test and why}

## Key Interactions to Verify
- {interaction description} on {page}

## Edge Cases
- {edge case} on {page}

## Critical Paths
- {end-to-end flow that must work}

This file is consumed by /qa and /qa-only as primary test input. Include only the information that helps a QA tester know what to test and where — not implementation details.

For LLM/prompt changes: check the "Prompt/LLM changes" file patterns listed in CLAUDE.md. If this plan touches ANY of those patterns, state which eval suites must be run, which cases should be added, and what baselines to compare against. Then use AskUserQuestion to confirm the eval scope with the user.

STOP. For each issue found in this section, call AskUserQuestion individually. One issue per call. Present options, state your recommendation, explain WHY. Do NOT batch multiple issues into one AskUserQuestion. Only proceed to the next section after ALL issues in this section are resolved.

4. Performance review

Evaluate:

  • N+1 queries and database access patterns.
  • Memory-usage concerns.
  • Caching opportunities.
  • Slow or high-complexity code paths.

STOP. For each issue found in this section, call AskUserQuestion individually. One issue per call. Present options, state your recommendation, explain WHY. Do NOT batch multiple issues into one AskUserQuestion. Only proceed to the next section after ALL issues in this section are resolved.

Outside Voice — Independent Plan Challenge (optional, recommended)

After all review sections are complete, offer an independent second opinion from a different AI system. Two models agreeing on a plan is stronger signal than one model's thorough review.

Check tool availability:

bash
which codex 2>/dev/null && echo "CODEX_AVAILABLE" || echo "CODEX_NOT_AVAILABLE"

Use AskUserQuestion:

"All review sections are complete. Want an outside voice? A different AI system can give a brutally honest, independent challenge of this plan — logical gaps, feasibility risks, and blind spots that are hard to catch from inside the review. Takes about 2 minutes."

RECOMMENDATION: Choose A — an independent second opinion catches structural blind spots. Two different AI models agreeing on a plan is stronger signal than one model's thorough review. Completeness: A=9/10, B=7/10.

Options:

  • A) Get the outside voice (recommended)
  • B) Skip — proceed to outputs

If B: Print "Skipping outside voice." and continue to the next section.

If A: Construct the plan review prompt. Read the plan file being reviewed (the file the user pointed this review at, or the branch diff scope). If a CEO plan document was written in Step 0D-POST, read that too — it contains the scope decisions and vision.

Construct this prompt (substitute the actual plan content — if plan content exceeds 30KB, truncate to the first 30KB and note "Plan truncated for size"):

"You are a brutally honest technical reviewer examining a development plan that has already been through a multi-section review. Your job is NOT to repeat that review. Instead, find what it missed. Look for: logical gaps and unstated assumptions that survived the review scrutiny, overcomplexity (is there a fundamentally simpler approach the review was too deep in the weeds to see?), feasibility risks the review took for granted, missing dependencies or sequencing issues, and strategic miscalibration (is this the right thing to build at all?). Be direct. Be terse. No compliments. Just the problems.

THE PLAN: <plan content>"

If CODEX_AVAILABLE:

bash
TMPERR_PV=$(mktemp /tmp/codex-planreview-XXXXXXXX)
codex exec "<prompt>" -s read-only -c 'model_reasoning_effort="xhigh"' --enable web_search_cached 2>"$TMPERR_PV"

Use a 5-minute timeout (timeout: 300000). After the command completes, read stderr:

bash
cat "$TMPERR_PV"

Present the full output verbatim:

CODEX SAYS (plan review — outside voice):
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
<full codex output, verbatim — do not truncate or summarize>
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

Error handling: All errors are non-blocking — the outside voice is informational.

  • Auth failure (stderr contains "auth", "login", "unauthorized"): "Codex auth failed. Run `codex login` to authenticate."
  • Timeout: "Codex timed out after 5 minutes."
  • Empty response: "Codex returned no response."

On any Codex error, fall back to the Claude adversarial subagent.

If CODEX_NOT_AVAILABLE (or Codex errored):

Dispatch via the Agent tool. The subagent has fresh context — genuine independence.

Subagent prompt: same plan review prompt as above.

Present findings under an OUTSIDE VOICE (Claude subagent): header.

If the subagent fails or times out: "Outside voice unavailable. Continuing to outputs."

Cross-model tension:

After presenting the outside voice findings, note any points where the outside voice disagrees with the review findings from earlier sections. Flag these as:

CROSS-MODEL TENSION:
  [Topic]: Review said X. Outside voice says Y. [Your assessment of who's right.]

For each substantive tension point, auto-propose as a TODO via AskUserQuestion:

"Cross-model disagreement on [topic]. The review found [X] but the outside voice argues [Y]. Worth investigating further?"

Options:

  • A) Add to TODOS.md
  • B) Skip — not substantive

If no tension points exist, note: "No cross-model tension — both reviewers agree."

Persist the result:

bash
~/.claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-review-log '{"skill":"codex-plan-review","timestamp":"'"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"'","status":"STATUS","source":"SOURCE","commit":"'"$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"'"}'

Substitute: STATUS = "clean" if no findings, "issues_found" if findings exist. SOURCE = "codex" if Codex ran, "claude" if subagent ran.

Cleanup: Run rm -f "$TMPERR_PV" after processing (if Codex was used).


CRITICAL RULE — How to ask questions

Follow the AskUserQuestion format from the Preamble above. Additional rules for plan reviews:

  • One issue = one AskUserQuestion call. Never combine multiple issues into one question.
  • Describe the problem concretely, with file and line references.
  • Present 2-3 options, including "do nothing" where that's reasonable.
  • For each option, specify in one line: effort (human: ~X / CC: ~Y), risk, and maintenance burden. If the complete option is only marginally more effort than the shortcut with CC, recommend the complete option.
  • Map the reasoning to my engineering preferences above. One sentence connecting your recommendation to a specific preference (DRY, explicit > clever, minimal diff, etc.).
  • Label with issue NUMBER + option LETTER (e.g., "3A", "3B").
  • Escape hatch: If a section has no issues, say so and move on. If an issue has an obvious fix with no real alternatives, state what you'll do and move on — don't waste a question on it. Only use AskUserQuestion when there is a genuine decision with meaningful tradeoffs.

Required outputs

"NOT in scope" section

Every plan review MUST produce a "NOT in scope" section listing work that was considered and explicitly deferred, with a one-line rationale for each item.

"What already exists" section

List existing code/flows that already partially solve sub-problems in this plan, and whether the plan reuses them or unnecessarily rebuilds them.

TODOS.md updates

After all review sections are complete, present each potential TODO as its own individual AskUserQuestion. Never batch TODOs — one per question. Never silently skip this step. Follow the format in .claude/skills/review/TODOS-format.md.

For each TODO, describe:

  • What: One-line description of the work.
  • Why: The concrete problem it solves or value it unlocks.
  • Pros: What you gain by doing this work.
  • Cons: Cost, complexity, or risks of doing it.
  • Context: Enough detail that someone picking this up in 3 months understands the motivation, the current state, and where to start.
  • Depends on / blocked by: Any prerequisites or ordering constraints.

Then present options: A) Add to TODOS.md B) Skip — not valuable enough C) Build it now in this PR instead of deferring.

Do NOT just append vague bullet points. A TODO without context is worse than no TODO — it creates false confidence that the idea was captured while actually losing the reasoning.

Diagrams

The plan itself should use ASCII diagrams for any non-trivial data flow, state machine, or processing pipeline. Additionally, identify which files in the implementation should get inline ASCII diagram comments — particularly Models with complex state transitions, Services with multi-step pipelines, and Concerns with non-obvious mixin behavior.

Failure modes

For each new codepath identified in the test review diagram, list one realistic way it could fail in production (timeout, nil reference, race condition, stale data, etc.) and whether:

  1. A test covers that failure
  2. Error handling exists for it
  3. The user would see a clear error or a silent failure

If any failure mode has no test AND no error handling AND would be silent, flag it as a critical gap.

Completion summary

At the end of the review, fill in and display this summary so the user can see all findings at a glance:

  • Step 0: Scope Challenge — ___ (scope accepted as-is / scope reduced per recommendation)
  • Architecture Review: ___ issues found
  • Code Quality Review: ___ issues found
  • Test Review: diagram produced, ___ gaps identified
  • Performance Review: ___ issues found
  • NOT in scope: written
  • What already exists: written
  • TODOS.md updates: ___ items proposed to user
  • Failure modes: ___ critical gaps flagged
  • Outside voice: ran (codex/claude) / skipped
  • Lake Score: X/Y recommendations chose complete option

Retrospective learning

Check the git log for this branch. If there are prior commits suggesting a previous review cycle (e.g., review-driven refactors, reverted changes), note what was changed and whether the current plan touches the same areas. Be more aggressive reviewing areas that were previously problematic.

Formatting rules

  • NUMBER issues (1, 2, 3...) and LETTERS for options (A, B, C...).
  • Label with NUMBER + LETTER (e.g., "3A", "3B").
  • One sentence max per option. Pick in under 5 seconds.
  • After each review section, pause and ask for feedback before moving on.

Review Log

After producing the Completion Summary above, persist the review result.

PLAN MODE EXCEPTION — ALWAYS RUN: This command writes review metadata to ~/.ostack/ (user config directory, not project files). The skill preamble already writes session state to ~/.ostack/sessions/; this follows the same local-state pattern. The review dashboard depends on this data. Skipping this command breaks the review readiness dashboard in /ship.

bash
~/.claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-review-log '{"skill":"plan-eng-review","timestamp":"TIMESTAMP","status":"STATUS","unresolved":N,"critical_gaps":N,"issues_found":N,"mode":"MODE","commit":"COMMIT"}'

Substitute values from the Completion Summary:

  • TIMESTAMP: current ISO 8601 datetime
  • STATUS: "clean" if 0 unresolved decisions AND 0 critical gaps; otherwise "issues_open"
  • unresolved: number from "Unresolved decisions" count
  • critical_gaps: number from "Failure modes: ___ critical gaps flagged"
  • issues_found: total issues found across all review sections (Architecture + Code Quality + Performance + Test gaps)
  • MODE: FULL_REVIEW / SCOPE_REDUCED
  • COMMIT: output of git rev-parse --short HEAD

Review Readiness Dashboard

After completing the review, read the review log and config to display the dashboard.

bash
~/.claude/skills/ostack/bin/ostack-review-read

Parse the output. Find the most recent entry for each skill (plan-ceo-review, plan-eng-review, plan-design-review, design-review-lite, adversarial-review, codex-review, codex-plan-review). Ignore entries with timestamps older than 7 days. For the Adversarial row, show whichever is more recent between adversarial-review (new auto-scaled) and codex-review (legacy). For Design Review, show whichever is more recent between plan-design-review (full visual audit) and design-review-lite (code-level check). Append "(FULL)" or "(LITE)" to the status to distinguish. Display:

+====================================================================+
|                    REVIEW READINESS DASHBOARD                       |
+====================================================================+
| Review          | Runs | Last Run            | Status    | Required |
|-----------------|------|---------------------|-----------|----------|
| Eng Review      |  1   | 2026-03-16 15:00    | CLEAR     | YES      |
| CEO Review      |  0   | —                   | —         | no       |
| Design Review   |  0   | —                   | —         | no       |
| Adversarial     |  0   | —                   | —         | no       |
| Outside Voice   |  0   | —                   | —         | no       |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| VERDICT: CLEARED — Eng Review passed                                |
+====================================================================+

Review tiers:

  • Eng Review (required by default): The only review that gates shipping. Covers architecture, code quality, tests, performance. Can be disabled globally with `ostack-config set skip_eng_review true` (the "don't bother me" setting).
  • CEO Review (optional): Use your judgment. Recommend it for big product/business changes, new user-facing features, or scope decisions. Skip for bug fixes, refactors, infra, and cleanup.
  • Design Review (optional): Use your judgment. Recommend it for UI/UX changes. Skip for backend-only, infra, or prompt-only changes.
  • Adversarial Review (automatic): Auto-scales by diff size. Small diffs (<50 lines) skip adversarial. Medium diffs (50–199) get cross-model adversarial. Large diffs (200+) get all 4 passes: Claude structured, Codex structured, Claude adversarial subagent, Codex adversarial. No configuration needed.
  • Outside Voice (optional): Independent plan review from a different AI model. Offered after all review sections complete in /plan-ceo-review and /plan-eng-review. Falls back to Claude subagent if Codex is unavailable. Never gates shipping.

Verdict logic:

  • CLEARED: Eng Review has >= 1 entry within 7 days with status "clean" (or `skip_eng_review` is `true`)
  • NOT CLEARED: Eng Review missing, stale (>7 days), or has open issues
  • CEO, Design, and Codex reviews are shown for context but never block shipping
  • If `skip_eng_review` config is `true`, Eng Review shows "SKIPPED (global)" and verdict is CLEARED

Staleness detection: After displaying the dashboard, check if any existing reviews may be stale:

  • Parse the `---HEAD---` section from the bash output to get the current HEAD commit hash
  • For each review entry that has a `commit` field: compare it against the current HEAD. If different, count elapsed commits: `git rev-list --count STORED_COMMIT..HEAD`. Display: "Note: {skill} review from {date} may be stale — {N} commits since review"
  • For entries without a `commit` field (legacy entries): display "Note: {skill} review from {date} has no commit tracking — consider re-running for accurate staleness detection"
  • If all reviews match the current HEAD, do not display any staleness notes

Plan File Review Report

After displaying the Review Readiness Dashboard in conversation output, also update the plan file itself so review status is visible to anyone reading the plan.

Detect the plan file
  1. Check if there is an active plan file in this conversation (the host provides plan file paths in system messages — look for plan file references in the conversation context).
  2. If not found, skip this section silently — not every review runs in plan mode.
Generate the report

Read the review log output you already have from the Review Readiness Dashboard step above. Parse each JSONL entry. Each skill logs different fields:

  • plan-ceo-review: `status`, `unresolved`, `critical_gaps`, `mode`, `scope_proposed`, `scope_accepted`, `scope_deferred`, `commit` → Findings: "{scope_proposed} proposals, {scope_accepted} accepted, {scope_deferred} deferred" → If scope fields are 0 or missing (HOLD/REDUCTION mode): "mode: {mode}, {critical_gaps} critical gaps"
  • plan-eng-review: `status`, `unresolved`, `critical_gaps`, `issues_found`, `mode`, `commit` → Findings: "{issues_found} issues, {critical_gaps} critical gaps"
  • plan-design-review: `status`, `initial_score`, `overall_score`, `unresolved`, `decisions_made`, `commit` → Findings: "score: {initial_score}/10 → {overall_score}/10, {decisions_made} decisions"
  • codex-review: `status`, `gate`, `findings`, `findings_fixed` → Findings: "{findings} findings, {findings_fixed}/{findings} fixed"

All fields needed for the Findings column are now present in the JSONL entries. For the review you just completed, you may use richer details from your own Completion Summary. For prior reviews, use the JSONL fields directly — they contain all required data.

Produce this markdown table:

```markdown

OSTACK REVIEW REPORT

ReviewTriggerWhyRunsStatusFindings
CEO Review`/plan-ceo-review`Scope & strategy{runs}{status}{findings}
Codex Review`/codex review`Independent 2nd opinion{runs}{status}{findings}
Eng Review`/plan-eng-review`Architecture & tests (required){runs}{status}{findings}
Design Review`/plan-design-review`UI/UX gaps{runs}{status}{findings}
```

Below the table, add these lines (omit any that are empty/not applicable):

  • CODEX: (only if codex-review ran) — one-line summary of codex fixes
  • CROSS-MODEL: (only if both Claude and Codex reviews exist) — overlap analysis
  • UNRESOLVED: total unresolved decisions across all reviews
  • VERDICT: list reviews that are CLEAR (e.g., "CEO + ENG CLEARED — ready to implement"). If Eng Review is not CLEAR and not skipped globally, append "eng review required".
Write to the plan file

PLAN MODE EXCEPTION — ALWAYS RUN: This writes to the plan file, which is the one file you are allowed to edit in plan mode. The plan file review report is part of the plan's living status.

  • Search the plan file for a `## OSTACK REVIEW REPORT` section anywhere in the file (not just at the end — content may have been added after it).
  • If found, replace it entirely using the Edit tool. Match from `## OSTACK REVIEW REPORT` through either the next `## ` heading or end of file, whichever comes first. This ensures content added after the report section is preserved, not eaten. If the Edit fails (e.g., concurrent edit changed the content), re-read the plan file and retry once.
  • If no such section exists, append it to the end of the plan file.
  • Always place it as the very last section in the plan file. If it was found mid-file, move it: delete the old location and append at the end.

Next Steps — Review Chaining

After displaying the Review Readiness Dashboard, check if additional reviews would be valuable. Read the dashboard output to see which reviews have already been run and whether they are stale.

Suggest /plan-design-review if UI changes exist and no design review has been run — detect from the test diagram, architecture review, or any section that touched frontend components, CSS, views, or user-facing interaction flows. If an existing design review's commit hash shows it predates significant changes found in this eng review, note that it may be stale.

Mention /plan-ceo-review if this is a significant product change and no CEO review exists — this is a soft suggestion, not a push. CEO review is optional. Only mention it if the plan introduces new user-facing features, changes product direction, or expands scope substantially.

Note staleness of existing CEO or design reviews if this eng review found assumptions that contradict them, or if the commit hash shows significant drift.

If no additional reviews are needed (or skip_eng_review is true in the dashboard config, meaning this eng review was optional): state "All relevant reviews complete. Run /ship when ready."

Use AskUserQuestion with only the applicable options:

  • A) Run /plan-design-review (only if UI scope detected and no design review exists)
  • B) Run /plan-ceo-review (only if significant product change and no CEO review exists)
  • C) Ready to implement — run /ship when done

Unresolved decisions

If the user does not respond to an AskUserQuestion or interrupts to move on, note which decisions were left unresolved. At the end of the review, list these as "Unresolved decisions that may bite you later" — never silently default to an option.

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Questions about Plan Eng Review

What does Plan Eng Review do?

Eng manager-mode plan review. An agent skill from mr-daedalium/ostack-saas. Plan Eng Review is an agent skill from mr-daedalium/ostack-saas. Eng manager-mode plan review.

When should I use Plan Eng Review?

Plan Eng Review fits situations like: asked to review the architecture; engineering review; lock in the plan; design doc and is about to start coding — to catch architecture issues before implementation.

How do I install Plan Eng Review in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mr-daedalium/ostack-saas --skill plan-eng-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plan-eng-review in mr-daedalium/ostack-saas) into .claude/skills/plan-eng-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Plan Eng Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mr-daedalium/ostack-saas --skill plan-eng-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plan-eng-review in mr-daedalium/ostack-saas) into .agents/skills/plan-eng-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Plan Eng Review in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mr-daedalium/ostack-saas --skill plan-eng-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/plan-eng-review, .gemini/skills/plan-eng-review, .github/skills/plan-eng-review and .opencode/skills/plan-eng-review in your project.

What does Plan Eng Review need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Plan Eng Review needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and codex). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Grep, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Bash, WebSearch.

Does Plan Eng Review access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Plan Eng Review safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Plan Eng Review use?

Plan Eng Review is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Plan Eng Review use?

About 13k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 54k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Plan Eng Review?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Plan Eng Review: Debrief (joshukraine/dotfiles, 429 stars), Plan Eng Review (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars), Design Doc Mermaid (SpillwaveSolutions/design-doc-mermaid, 176 stars) and Plan Preview (u-ichi/reviewable-html-workbench, 298 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Plan Eng Review?

mr-daedalium (a GitHub user) maintains it in mr-daedalium/ostack-saas, which has 114 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 31, 2026.

Source: mr-daedalium/ostack-saas on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.