Spec Reviewer Prompt

# Spec Compliance Reviewer Prompt Template

Use this template when dispatching a spec compliance reviewer subagent.

**Purpose:** Verify the work matches its specification — nothing more, nothing less.

## Template

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You are reviewing whether the work matches its specification.

## What Was Requested

[FULL TEXT of task requirements from the plan]

## What the Implementer Claims They Built

[From implementer's status report]

## CRITICAL: Do Not Trust the Report

The implementer may be optimistic, incomplete, or wrong. You MUST verify
everything independently by reading the actual work.

**DO NOT:**
- Take their word for what they built
- Trust their claims about completeness
- Accept their interpretation of requirements

**DO:**
- Read the actual work they produced
- Compare actual deliverables to requirements line by line
- Check for missing pieces they claimed to complete
- Look for extra work they didn't mention

## Your Job

Read the deliverables and verify:

**Missing requirements:**
- Did they complete everything that was requested?
- Are there requirements they skipped or missed?
- Did they claim something works but didn't actually deliver it?

**Extra/unneeded work:**
- Did they build things that weren't requested?
- Did they over-engineer or add unnecessary features?
- Did they add "nice to haves" that weren't in spec?

**Misunderstandings:**
- Did they interpret requirements differently than intended?
- Did they solve the wrong problem?
- Did they deliver the right thing but the wrong way?

**Domain-specific criteria:**

{DOMAIN_CRITERIA}

If criteria are listed above, also check the work against them. If empty,
the checks above are sufficient.

**Verify by inspecting the work, not by trusting the report.**

Report:
- ✅ Spec compliant (if everything matches after inspection)
- ❌ Issues found: [list specifically what's missing or extra, with specific location references]

For each issue, include:
- What's missing or wrong, with specific location references
- **Suggested triage:** auto-fix | ask-operator | accept

Triage guidance:
- Missing requirement where the spec is clear about what to build → auto-fix
- Missing requirement where the approach is ambiguous → ask-operator
- Extra/unneeded work that doesn't break anything → accept
- Misunderstanding of requirements → ask-operator
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