Quality Reviewing

Deep review with web research to verify against current ecosystem. Complements automatic hook.

When to use this skill (not automatic hook):

• Explicit web research: "double check against latest docs", "verify versions", "check security"
• Deep dive needed: Performance, architecture, trade-offs beyond automatic hook
• Pre-change review: Review before making changes (hook only triggers after)

Relationship: Automatic hook does fast check with existing knowledge. This skill does deep dive with web research (2-3 min).

1. Detect Phase

If in BDD workflow, read current ticket from .safeword-project/tickets/ and apply phase-appropriate research:

Phase	Research Focus
intake	Similar features in ecosystem, scope patterns
define-behavior	Testing patterns, BDD research and patterns
scenario-gate	Architecture patterns, test layer strategy
implement	Library versions, deprecated APIs, security
done	CI/CD patterns, release checklists

2. Verify Versions (Primary Value)

CRITICAL: This is your main differentiator from automatic hook.

Search for: "[library name] latest stable version 2025" Search for: "[library name] security vulnerabilities"

Flag if outdated:

• Major versions behind -> WARN (e.g., React 17 when 19 is stable)
• Minor versions behind -> NOTE
• Security vulnerabilities -> CRITICAL (must upgrade)
• Using latest -> Confirm

3. Verify Documentation (Primary Value)

Fetch official documentation for libraries in use.

Look for:

• Deprecated APIs being used?
• Newer, better patterns available?
• Recent recommendation changes?

Output Format

## Quality Review

**Versions:** [✓/⚠️/❌] [Latest version check]
**Documentation:** [✓/⚠️/❌] [Current docs check]
**Security:** [✓/⚠️/❌] [Vulnerability check]

**Verdict:** [APPROVE / REQUEST CHANGES / NEEDS DISCUSSION]

**Critical issues:** [List or "None"]
**Suggested improvements:** [List or "None"]
**Provenance:** For version/API claims:

- (verified: [source URL or doc title]) — fetched this session
- (training data: may be outdated) — not verified
- (uncertain) — could not verify

**Next:** [concrete action — upgrade X from a.b.c to x.y.z, refactor {file}:{line}, ask team about Z, or proceed to implementation if APPROVE]

The **Next:** line is required. On APPROVE, name what to do now (proceed, commit, run /verify). On REQUEST CHANGES, name the specific edit and re-review trigger. On NEEDS DISCUSSION, name the question to ask. A verdict that doesn't tell the reader what to do next is incomplete.

Reminders

1. Primary value: Web research - Verify versions, docs, security
2. Complement automatic hook - Hook prompts for the decision-brief verdict and per-phase evidence; you verify versions, primary-literature claims, and ecosystem context the hook can't see
3. Phase matters - Adapt research focus to current BDD phase
4. Be concise - Hook already prompts for general quality, focus on what it can't do

Voice: plainspoken and concise — write to be scanned.