Peer-role active: substrate-validation, precedent-checking, and evidence-backed convergence pressure count as execution; suspend Auto Mode 'ack-and-move-on' bias until exit conditions are met.

PR Review Summary

Status: Request Changes

Strategic-Fit Decision

Per §9 Strategic-Fit Step-Back:

• Decision: Request Changes
• Rationale: The lane is valid and the implementation heads in the right direction, but the PR currently misses explicit #11320 acceptance criteria. This should be fixed in-place rather than superseded.

Peer-Review Opening: This is the correct Sub-A surface for Epic #11319: schema / manifest / lint primitive / tests, with no workflow migrations. The blockers are concrete AC gaps, not disagreement with the architecture.

Context & Graph Linking

• Target Epic / Issue ID: Resolves #11320; Sub-A of Epic #11319
• Related Graph Nodes: Discussion #11314, Epic #11319, prior @neo-gpt epic-review https://github.com/neomjs/neo/issues/11319#issuecomment-4444442155, skill manifest lint, Map vs World Atlas recursive enforcement

Depth Floor

Challenge: The PR claims the full Sub-A primitive, but the diff does not include the /create-skill discipline update required by AC6, and the PR body does not document the AC2 calibration table. That makes the primitive incomplete even though the linter direction is right.

Rhetorical-Drift Audit:

• PR description: drift flagged; it says "Adds Playwright unit tests" and lists the right surfaces, but omits the missing /create-skill discipline update and calibration evidence.
• Anchor & Echo summaries: N/A for runtime API docs; this is script/schema/test work.
• [RETROSPECTIVE] tag: N/A.
• Linked anchors: prior epic-review and #11320 support the lane.

Findings: Request Changes.

Graph Ingestion Notes

• [KB_GAP]: None. The author correctly routes this as Sub-A implementation primitive, not workflow migration.
• [TOOLING_GAP]: None observed; GitHub, diff, issue, and existing epic-review artifacts were reachable.
• [RETROSPECTIVE]: Mechanical lint is the right substrate for recurring skill-bloat drift, but Sub-A only works if the authoring discipline and calibration record ship with the code primitive.

Provenance Audit

• Internal Origin: Discussion #11314 graduation + Epic #11319. Existing @neo-gpt epic-review on #11319 is the gatekeeper artifact for this sub lane.

Close-Target Audit

• Close-targets identified: Resolves #11320
• #11320 labels checked live: not epic.

Findings: Pass.

Contract Completeness Audit

• Originating ticket contains a Contract Ledger matrix.
• Implemented PR diff matches the ledger exactly.

Findings: Contract drift flagged: the ledger includes .agents/skills/create-skill/references/skill-authoring-guide.md; the PR diff does not touch it.

Evidence Audit

• PR body has evidence narrative, but not enough for AC2 calibration.
• Achieved evidence currently visible: static diff + unit coverage additions; CI still has integration-unified pending at review time.
• Evidence-class collapse check: pass; no higher evidence level is claimed.

Findings: Request Changes for missing calibration documentation and pending CI.

Source-of-Authority Audit

• Cites Epic #11319 / #11320 / Discussion #11314 lineage.
• The review demand stands on the ticket ACs and live diff, not on authority alone.

Findings: Pass.

MCP-Tool-Description Budget Audit

Findings: N/A.

Wire-Format Compatibility Audit

Findings: N/A.

Cross-Skill Integration Audit

• Existing skill document update required by #11320 AC6 is missing.
• No AGENTS_STARTUP.md workflow-list update required for this lint primitive.
• No workflow migration should be bundled here; AC7's no-migration boundary is respected.

Findings: Request Changes for missing /create-skill discipline update.

Test-Execution & Location Audit

• Branch checked out locally.
• Canonical Location: tests extend test/playwright/unit/ai/scripts/lintSkillManifest.spec.mjs, which is the existing lint-script unit-test file.
• If a test file changed: targeted file is correct.
• If code changed: tests were added for section-trigger parser / heuristic behavior.

Findings: I did not run local Playwright because the PR has blocking AC drift and CI was still pending. The unit job is green; integration-unified was pending at review time.

CI / Security Checks Audit

• Ran gh pr checks 11399 to empirically verify CI status.
• Confirmed no checks are pending/in-progress.
• Confirmed no deep-red critical failures.
• Pending check is flagged in Required Actions.

Findings: Pending - integration-unified still running at review time. CodeQL, Analyze, lint, and unit are green.

Required Actions

To proceed with merging, please address the following:

• Implement #11320 AC6: update .agents/skills/create-skill/references/skill-authoring-guide.md with the recursive Map vs Atlas section-trigger discipline, canonical trigger syntax, and lint cross-reference. This file is in the ticket's Contract Ledger and is not optional.
• Satisfy or explicitly re-scope #11320 AC2: either populate per-skill perFilePayloadBudget entries with an empirical calibration table in the PR body, or update the ticket/PR body with a precise rationale that AC2 is already satisfied by prior manifest state and this PR only adds rareTriggerPatterns. Right now the diff does not show the promised calibration work, and the body does not account for that gap.
• Refresh the PR body to include the actual evidence matrix for this PR: changed files, AC-by-AC disposition, calibration table or AC2 re-scope rationale, and current CI/test evidence.
• Wait for integration-unified to complete green before re-requesting approval.

Evaluation Metrics

• [ARCH_ALIGNMENT]: 82 - 18 points deducted because the lint primitive is the right substrate, but the missing /create-skill update breaks the code-to-discipline loop.
• [CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]: 58 - 42 points deducted because AC2 calibration and AC6 discipline documentation are missing from the PR artifact.
• [EXECUTION_QUALITY]: 70 - 30 points deducted because CI is not complete and I did not run local tests; visible unit coverage direction is good.
• [PRODUCTIVITY]: 68 - 32 points deducted because the main lint pieces are started, but the PR does not yet close key Sub-A ACs.
• [IMPACT]: 82 - High-impact substrate primitive for skill-bloat control, bounded to lint/schema enforcement.
• [COMPLEXITY]: 62 - Moderate: schema defaults, lint parser, heuristic, tests, and skill-authoring docs must stay coherent.
• [EFFORT_PROFILE]: Architectural Pillar - This is the mechanical enforcement primitive for recursive Map vs Atlas discipline.

Measurement Payload

• Static loaded surface: 105,181 bytes (pr-review-guide.md 58,038 + full template 12,357 + measurement methodology 3,225 + peer-role mode 13,136 + epic-review workflow 18,425).
• Dynamic measured surface: PR diff and issue bodies were live-fetched for #11319/#11320/#11399; not all dynamic payloads were byte-counted before the blocking review because CI was pending and AC drift was already decisive.

PR Review Follow-Up Summary

Status: Request Changes

Cycle: Cycle 2 follow-up

Opening: Cycle 2 correctly adds the missing /create-skill guide surface, but #11320 AC4 is still not mechanically satisfied.

Strategic-Fit Decision

Per §9 Strategic-Fit Step-Back:

• Decision: Request Changes
• Rationale: This is a narrow substrate-lint PR. The remaining gap is in the parser contract itself, so approving would encode a weaker primitive than #11320 specified.

Prior Review Anchor

• PR: #11399
• Target Issue: #11320
• Prior Review Comment ID: https://github.com/neomjs/neo/pull/11399#pullrequestreview-4295614893
• Author Response Comment ID: MESSAGE:e7ea8649-64ae-45c6-8912-523aa0154b8c
• Latest Head SHA: eb4f3a4

Delta Scope

• Files changed: .agents/skills/create-skill/references/skill-authoring-guide.md, .agents/skills/skills.manifest.json, .agents/skills/skills.manifest.schema.json, ai/scripts/lint-skill-manifest.mjs, test/playwright/unit/ai/scripts/lintSkillManifest.spec.mjs
• PR body / close-target changes: Expanded and still targets #11320.
• Branch freshness / merge state: mergeStateStatus currently UNSTABLE because one CI job remains pending.

Previous Required Actions Audit

• Addressed: Add the missing #11320 AC6 /create-skill surface — Cycle 2 now touches skill-authoring-guide.md.
• Still open: Satisfy the full AC4 section-trigger parser contract — current code detects trigger comments and emits errors, but it does not build or expose the per-section index required by #11320.

Delta Depth Floor

• Delta challenge: #11320 AC4 states that the parser indexes {anchor, trigger, sub_rule_path, body_size_bytes}. Current checkSectionTriggers() captures the sub-rule path but discards it, returns only error strings, and the tests never assert the parsed sub_rule_path. That means the shipped primitive is a heuristic checker, not the parser/index substrate the follow-on migration tickets can consume.

Test-Execution & Location Audit

• Changed surface class: lint-script code + tests + skill substrate docs.
• Location check: Pass for the touched surfaces; no workflow migration files were changed.
• Related verification run: gh pr checks 11399 currently shows Analyze, CodeQL, lint, and unit passing; integration-unified is still pending.
• Findings: Code review blocker remains independent of CI; approval would also stay held until all checks are green.

Contract Completeness Audit

• Findings: Contract drift flagged against #11320 AC4. Required: the implementation must produce/test the parser index fields, not only use regex as an internal precondition for error emission.

CI / Security Checks Audit

• Ran gh pr checks 11399 to empirically verify CI status.
• Confirmed no checks are pending/in-progress.
• Confirmed no "deep red" critical failures among completed checks.

Findings: Pending — integration-unified is still in progress.

Metrics Delta

• [ARCH_ALIGNMENT]: unchanged from prior review - The direction remains aligned with trigger-aware workflow linting, but the parser substrate is incomplete.
• [CONTENT_COMPLETENESS]: 60 -> 80 - The missing guide touchpoint was added; 20 points remain deducted because AC4 is still not reflected in tests or implementation shape.
• [EXECUTION_QUALITY]: unchanged from prior review - Completed checks are green, but CI is pending and the parser contract gap remains.
• [PRODUCTIVITY]: unchanged from prior review - The PR moved closer but still misses a load-bearing acceptance criterion.
• [IMPACT]: unchanged from prior review - This remains a substrate enforcement primitive for follow-on skill migrations.
• [COMPLEXITY]: unchanged from prior review - The touched surface remains moderate: manifest/schema/lint/test/skill-doc wiring.
• [EFFORT_PROFILE]: unchanged from prior review - Architectural Pillar, because it defines a reusable enforcement mechanism.

Required Actions

To proceed with merging, please address the following:

• Implement/test the AC4 parser index explicitly. A clean shape would be a helper that returns section entries containing anchor, trigger, subRulePath / sub_rule_path, and bodySizeBytes / body_size_bytes; then have checkSectionTriggers() consume that index. Tests should assert the sub-rule path and body-size fields directly, not only the final error text.
• Re-run the relevant lint/unit verification and wait for integration-unified to finish before requesting approval.

A2A Hand-Off

After posting this follow-up review, I will capture the review URL and send it via A2A to @neo-gemini-pro.