SDD controller: reviewer prompt budgets, ⚠️ handling, final-review pointer, model judgment

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Jesse Vincent
2026-06-09 16:59:05 -07:00
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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ digraph process {
"Read plan, extract all tasks with full text, note context, create todos" [shape=box];
"More tasks remain?" [shape=diamond];
"Dispatch final code reviewer subagent for entire implementation" [shape=box];
"Dispatch final code reviewer subagent (../requesting-code-review/code-reviewer.md)" [shape=box];
"Use superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch" [shape=box style=filled fillcolor=lightgreen];
"Read plan, extract all tasks with full text, note context, create todos" -> "Dispatch implementer subagent (./implementer-prompt.md)";
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ digraph process {
"Code quality reviewer subagent approves?" -> "Mark task complete in todo list" [label="yes"];
"Mark task complete in todo list" -> "More tasks remain?";
"More tasks remain?" -> "Dispatch implementer subagent (./implementer-prompt.md)" [label="yes"];
"More tasks remain?" -> "Dispatch final code reviewer subagent for entire implementation" [label="no"];
"Dispatch final code reviewer subagent for entire implementation" -> "Use superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch";
"More tasks remain?" -> "Dispatch final code reviewer subagent (../requesting-code-review/code-reviewer.md)" [label="no"];
"Dispatch final code reviewer subagent (../requesting-code-review/code-reviewer.md)" -> "Use superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch";
}
```
@@ -94,9 +94,13 @@ Use the least powerful model that can handle each role to conserve cost and incr
**Integration and judgment tasks** (multi-file coordination, pattern matching, debugging): use a standard model.
**Architecture, design, and review tasks**: use the most capable available model.
**Architecture and design tasks**: use the most capable available model.
**Task complexity signals:**
**Review tasks**: choose the model with the same judgment, scaled to the
diff's size, complexity, and risk. A small mechanical diff does not need the
most capable model; a subtle concurrency change does.
**Task complexity signals (implementation tasks):**
- Touches 1-2 files with a complete spec → cheap model
- Touches multiple files with integration concerns → standard model
- Requires design judgment or broad codebase understanding → most capable model
@@ -119,11 +123,31 @@ Implementer subagents report one of four statuses. Handle each appropriately:
**Never** ignore an escalation or force the same model to retry without changes. If the implementer said it's stuck, something needs to change.
## Handling Spec Reviewer ⚠️ Items
The spec reviewer may report "⚠️ Cannot verify from diff" items — requirements
that live in unchanged code or span tasks. These do not block dispatching the
code quality reviewer, but you must resolve each one yourself before marking
the task complete: you hold the plan and cross-task context the reviewer
lacks. If you confirm an item is a real gap, treat it as a failed spec
review — send it back to the implementer and re-review.
## Constructing Reviewer Prompts
Per-task reviews are task-scoped gates. The broad review happens once, at the
final whole-branch review. When you fill a reviewer template:
- Do not add open-ended directives like "check all uses" or "run race tests
if useful" without a concrete, task-specific reason
- Do not ask a reviewer to re-run tests the implementer already ran on the
same code — the implementer's report carries the test evidence
## Prompt Templates
- [implementer-prompt.md](implementer-prompt.md) - Dispatch implementer subagent
- [spec-reviewer-prompt.md](spec-reviewer-prompt.md) - Dispatch spec compliance reviewer subagent
- [code-quality-reviewer-prompt.md](code-quality-reviewer-prompt.md) - Dispatch code quality reviewer subagent
- Final whole-branch review: use superpowers:requesting-code-review's [code-reviewer.md](../requesting-code-review/code-reviewer.md)
## Example Workflow
@@ -154,7 +178,7 @@ Implementer: "Got it. Implementing now..."
Spec reviewer: ✅ Spec compliant - all requirements met, nothing extra
[Get git SHAs, dispatch code quality reviewer]
Code reviewer: Strengths: Good test coverage, clean. Issues: None. Approved.
Code reviewer: Strengths: Good test coverage, clean. Issues: None. Task quality: Approved.
[Mark Task 1 complete]
@@ -188,7 +212,7 @@ Code reviewer: Strengths: Solid. Issues (Important): Magic number (100)
Implementer: Extracted PROGRESS_INTERVAL constant
[Code reviewer reviews again]
Code reviewer: ✅ Approved
Code reviewer: ✅ Task quality: Approved
[Mark Task 2 complete]
@@ -269,7 +293,7 @@ Done!
**Required workflow skills:**
- **superpowers:using-git-worktrees** - Ensures isolated workspace (creates one or verifies existing)
- **superpowers:writing-plans** - Creates the plan this skill executes
- **superpowers:requesting-code-review** - Code review template for reviewer subagents
- **superpowers:requesting-code-review** - Code review template for the final whole-branch review
- **superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch** - Complete development after all tasks
**Subagents should use:**