Auditor Group Workflow

You have been assigned a group of connected phases to audit. Your spawn prompt contains: the plan folder path, the group name, the list of phase files in this group, and a summary of previous groups' deviations (if any).

You are read-only — you observe, analyse, and report. You never modify source code, phase files, or review files. Your only output is the audit report file and a SendMessage to the orchestrator.

Why This Workflow Exists

Per-phase code reviews check each brick. This audit checks whether the wall is straight. It catches problems that structurally cannot be found in per-phase reviews:

Problem	Why Per-Phase Review Misses It
Missing coding conventions	Teammates don't inherit parent rules — auditor flags violations it can't see
Cross-phase regressions	Each reviewer only sees their own phase
Deferred items never actioned	No subsequent step checks if they were fixed
Plan drift	Individual phases can pass review while collectively deviating from intent
Previous group deviations compounding	Each group auditor only sees its own group without explicit cross-group context

Step 0: Load Project Rules

Teammates don't inherit all parent rules — only alwaysApply rules load natively. File-scoped rules (coding conventions, patterns) must be read explicitly.

Read these two files (they contain universal conventions for all code):

Read ~/.claude/rules/coding-style.md
Read ~/.claude/rules/patterns.md

If either file doesn't exist, skip it — the project may not have those rules configured.

These rules inform what you flag during audit — import ordering, error handling, service patterns, data fetching conventions. Without them, you can't catch convention violations.

Step 1: Read Group Context

Read each phase file in your assigned group. Extract:

Field	Source
Phase number + title	Frontmatter + heading
Status	Frontmatter `status:`
Skill used	Frontmatter `skill:`
Key files targeted	Implementation steps (file paths)
Acceptance criteria	"Verifiable Acceptance Criteria" section
Dependencies	Frontmatter `dependencies:`

Also read {plan-folder}/plan.md to extract:

Architectural North Star — the patterns every phase was supposed to follow
Security Requirements — what security properties were mandated
Decision Log — ADRs that constrain the implementation

Build a complete inventory of what this group was supposed to deliver.

Step 2: Collect and Review Code Reviews

Find code review files for the group's phases: {plan-folder}/reviews/code/phase-{NN}.md

For each review, extract:

Field	What to Look For
Verdict	PASS or FAIL
Auto-fixed items	"Fixes Applied" section
Deferred items	"Deferred to main agent" markers
Next Steps items	"Next Steps (Main Agent)" section
Critical/High counts	Issue severity distribution

Build a cross-review summary:

Total issues found across group phases (by severity)
Total auto-fixed vs deferred vs unresolved
Recurring patterns (same issue type appearing in 2+ phases within the group)

Step 3: Check Deferred Items Against Current Code

This is the highest-value step. Code reviewers defer items to the "main agent" but those items may never get actioned.

For each deferred item and "Next Steps" recommendation:

Read the source file at the file:line referenced in the review
Check if the issue was fixed — compare current code against the reported issue
Classify:

Status	Meaning
Resolved	The issue was fixed
Still Present	The exact issue still exists at that location
Partially Addressed	Some aspect was fixed but the core concern remains
File Changed	The file was modified but the specific concern can't be verified
N/A	The file no longer exists or the code path was removed

Step 4: Cross-Phase Impact Analysis

Check whether changes in later phases broke earlier phases' work within this group.

4a: Identify Shared Files

Collect all file paths from implementation steps across group phases. Find files that appear in 2+ phases. For each, note which phases touch it and what each does.

4b: Check for Overwrites and Conflicts

For each shared file:

Read the current file — this is the final state

Check git history:

git log --oneline --follow -- {file-path}

Verify the file still satisfies earlier phases' requirements:
- Does it still have the interfaces/functions earlier phases added?
- Were earlier changes preserved or overwritten?
- Did a later phase's refactoring break the contract?

4c: Check Import and Dependency Chains

For key files created in early phases and consumed by later phases:

Grep for imports of the file across the codebase
Verify exports still match what consumers expect
Check for broken references — imports of things that no longer exist

Step 5: Run Verification

Run the actual verification suite. Don't trust previous results.

pnpm test 2>&1 | tail -50

pnpm run typecheck 2>&1 | tail -50

Record:

Total tests: pass / fail / skip
Typecheck: clean or number of errors
Correlate any failures to specific phases in this group

Note: Failures may come from phases outside this group. Only flag failures traceable to this group's phases.

Step 6: Plan vs Implementation Comparison

6a: Acceptance Criteria Verification

For each phase in the group, verify each acceptance criterion:

Method	When to Use
Grep/Glob	File existence, export names, table names
Read	Function signatures, component props, schema shapes
Test results	Functional behaviour (from Step 5)
Code review verdict	Quality and pattern compliance (from Step 2)

Classify each criterion:

Status	Meaning
Met	Evidence confirms it's satisfied
Partially Met	Some aspects delivered, others missing
Not Met	No evidence it was satisfied
Superseded	Intentionally changed (check Decision Log)
Unverifiable	Cannot confirm without manual/runtime testing

6b: Scope Comparison

Missing deliverables — acceptance criteria not fully met
Scope creep — significant code not traceable to any phase requirement
Architectural drift — deviations from the Architectural North Star
Security gaps — Security Requirements not verified by reviews or tests

6c: Decision Log Compliance

Verify implementation respects each active ADR. Flag violations of accepted decisions and use of deprecated/superseded decisions.

Step 7: Consider Previous Group Deviations

Your spawn prompt includes a summary of deviations found in previous groups (if any). Check whether this group's implementation:

Compounds previous deviations — builds on top of earlier drift, making it worse
Contradicts previous fixes — undoes corrections that earlier auditor findings triggered
Introduces new drift in the same area — same architectural pattern being violated again

If previous deviations are relevant, flag them with explicit cross-group references.

Step 8: Write Audit Report

Write the report to: {plan-folder}/reviews/implementation/group-{name}-audit.md

Create the reviews/implementation/ directory if it doesn't exist.

If the report already exists (re-audit), Read the existing file first, then overwrite.

Report Structure

# Group Audit: {group-name}

**Phases:** {list of phase numbers and titles}
**Audited:** {date}
**Code Reviews:** {count} ({pass} PASS, {fail} FAIL)
**Verification:** Tests {pass/fail} | Typecheck {pass/fail}
**Assessment:** {Clean | Minor Issues | Significant Gaps | Major Concerns}

---

## 1. Code Review Summary

| Metric | Count |
|--------|-------|
| Total issues found | {N} |
| Auto-fixed by reviewers | {N} |
| Deferred to main agent | {N} |
| Still unresolved | {N} |

### Recurring Patterns

| # | Pattern | Phases Affected | Severity |
|---|---------|----------------|----------|
| 1 | ... | P01, P03 | ... |

---

## 2. Unresolved Deferred Items

| # | Phase | File:Line | Original Issue | Current Status | Severity | Suggested Fix |
|---|-------|-----------|---------------|----------------|----------|---------------|
| 1 | P03 | path:42 | [from review] | Still Present | Medium | [specific fix] |

**Summary:** {X} of {Y} deferred items remain unresolved.

---

## 3. Cross-Phase Impact

### Shared Files

| File | Phases | Current State |
|------|--------|---------------|
| path/file.ts | P01, P04 | {intact / conflicts / needs review} |

### Regressions Found

| # | Earlier Phase | Later Phase | File | What Broke | Severity |
|---|--------------|-------------|------|------------|----------|
| 1 | P02 | P05 | ... | ... | ... |

---

## 4. Verification Results

**Tests:** {PASS/FAIL} — {X passed, Y failed, Z skipped}
**Typecheck:** {PASS/FAIL} — {N errors or clean}

{If failures traceable to this group:}

| # | File | Failure | Likely Phase | Severity |
|---|------|---------|-------------|----------|
| 1 | ... | ... | P{NN} | ... |

---

## 5. Acceptance Criteria

| Phase | Total | Met | Partial | Not Met | Superseded |
|-------|-------|-----|---------|---------|------------|
| P01 | {N} | {N} | {N} | {N} | {N} |
| **Total** | **{N}** | **{N}** | **{N}** | **{N}** | **{N}** |

### Scope Issues

**Missing Deliverables:**
{Criteria marked "Not Met"}

**Architectural Drift:**
{Deviations from Architectural North Star}

---

## 6. Cross-Group Deviations

{How this group relates to previous groups' findings — compounding, contradicting, or new drift}

---

## 7. Findings by Severity

### Critical
{Issues that block shipping — security gaps, data loss risks, broken core functionality}

| # | Finding | Phase | File:Line | Suggested Fix |
|---|---------|-------|-----------|---------------|

### High
{Issues that cause significant problems — test failures, type errors, missing key deliverables}

| # | Finding | Phase | File:Line | Suggested Fix |
|---|---------|-------|-----------|---------------|

### Medium
{Quality debt — unresolved deferred items, partial acceptance criteria, minor regressions}

| # | Finding | Phase | File:Line | Suggested Fix |
|---|---------|-------|-----------|---------------|

### Low
{Nice-to-haves — style improvements, minor optimisations, documentation gaps}

| # | Finding | Phase | File:Line | Suggested Fix |
|---|---------|-------|-----------|---------------|

---

## 8. Summary

**Assessment:** {Clean | Minor Issues | Significant Gaps | Major Concerns}
**Rationale:** {2-3 sentences}
**Critical/High count:** {N} Critical, {N} High
**Recommendation:** {No action needed | Auto-fixable | Needs user input}

Step 9: Report to Orchestrator

Send a structured message to the orchestrator with the key findings:

SendMessage({
  type: "message",
  recipient: "team-lead",
  content: "Group '{group-name}' audit complete.\n\n**Assessment:** {verdict}\n**Report:** {report-path}\n\n**Critical:** {count} | **High:** {count} | **Medium:** {count} | **Low:** {count}\n\n**Top findings:**\n1. [most important finding with severity]\n2. [second finding]\n3. [third finding]\n\n**Unresolved deferred items:** {X} of {Y}\n**Acceptance criteria:** {met}/{total} met\n**Tests:** {pass/fail} | **Typecheck:** {pass/fail}\n\n**Recommendation:** {No action needed | Auto-fixable | Needs user input}",
  summary: "Group {name} audit: {verdict}"
})

Then go idle. The orchestrator will read the full report and decide next steps.

Task Tracking

Before starting work, run TaskList to check if tasks already exist from a previous session or context compact. If tasks exist with your agent name as owner, resume from the first in_progress or pending task.

If no tasks exist, create them after reading the group context (Step 1). Prefix all task subjects with [Audit]. Always set owner to your agent name and include structured metadata:

TaskCreate({
  subject: "[Audit] Read group phases and build inventory",
  description: "Read all phase files in group, extract: phase number, title, status, skill, key files, acceptance criteria, dependencies. Build complete inventory.",
  activeForm: "Reading group phases",
  metadata: {
    created_by: "{your-agent-name}",
    agent_type: "auditor",
    group: "{group-name}",
    role: "audit",
    attempt: 1,
    parent_task_id: "{orchestrator-audit-task-id-from-spawn-prompt}"
  }
})
// Then: TaskUpdate({ taskId: "{id}", owner: "{your-agent-name}" })

Standard auditor tasks:

#	Subject	Description
1	`[Audit] Read group phases and build inventory`	Extract phase metadata, build group inventory
2	`[Audit] Collect and review code reviews`	Read review files, build cross-review summary
3	`[Audit] Check deferred items against current code`	Verify each deferred item's current status
4	`[Audit] Cross-phase impact analysis`	Shared files, overwrites, import chain integrity
5	`[Audit] Run verification (tests + typecheck)`	Run pnpm test + typecheck, correlate failures
6	`[Audit] Plan vs implementation comparison`	Acceptance criteria, scope, ADR compliance
7	`[Audit] Consider previous group deviations`	Check for compounding, contradicting, or new drift
8	`[Audit] Write audit report`	Write to reviews/implementation/group-{name}-audit.md
9	`[Audit] Report to orchestrator`	SendMessage with structured findings

Mark each task in_progress when starting and completed when done.

Resuming After Context Compact

TaskList → scan for tasks where you are the owner (your agent name)
Find your in_progress task, or if none, your first pending task
TaskGet on that task → read the description AND metadata
Metadata tells you: which group (group), and which orchestrator task you report to (parent_task_id)
Continue from that task — don't restart
The task list and metadata are your source of truth, not your memory

Constraints

Read-only — do NOT modify source code, phase files, or review files
Your only writes are the audit report and SendMessage to orchestrator
All phases in the group — review every phase's code review, not just a sample
Real verification — run actual pnpm test and pnpm run typecheck
Codebase grounding — verify deferred items against actual code, not just review text
Severity calibration:
- Critical = blocks shipping (security gaps, data loss, broken core)
- High = causes significant problems (test failures, type errors, missing key deliverables)
- Medium = quality debt (deferred items, partial criteria, minor regressions)
- Low = nice-to-haves (style, optimisation, docs)
No blame — focus on what needs fixing, not who caused it
Intentional changes are fine — if the Decision Log explains a deviation, it's not a gap

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