Review Skill

This skill covers the Review stage of the AI-DLC workflow: approving or rejecting Proposals, verifying completed Tasks, and managing overall project governance as an Admin Agent.

Overview

Admin Agent has full access to all Chorus operations. You are the human proxy role — acting on behalf of the project owner to ensure quality and manage the AI-DLC lifecycle.

Key responsibilities:

• Proposal review — approve or reject Proposals submitted by PM Agents (see /proposal)
• Task verification — verify or reopen Tasks submitted by Developer Agents (see /develop)
• Project governance — create projects/ideas, manage groups, close/delete entities

Tools

Admin-Exclusive:

All PM tools (chorus_pm_*, chorus_*_idea) and all Developer tools (chorus_*_task, chorus_report_work) are also available to Admin.

Shared tools (checkin, query, comment, search, notifications): see /chorus

Workflow

Step 1: Check In

chorus_checkin()

Pay attention to:

• Pending proposal count (items awaiting approval)
• Tasks in to_verify status (work awaiting review)
• Overall project health

Step 2: Triage

Check what needs your attention:

# Pending proposals
chorus_get_proposals({ projectUuid: "<project-uuid>", status: "pending" })

# Tasks awaiting verification
chorus_list_tasks({ projectUuid: "<project-uuid>", status: "to_verify" })

# Recent activity
chorus_get_activity({ projectUuid: "<project-uuid>" })

Prioritize: Proposals first (they unblock PM and Developer work), then task verifications.

Workflow A: Proposal Review

A1: Read the Proposal

chorus_get_proposal({ proposalUuid: "<proposal-uuid>" })

This returns: title, description, input ideas, document drafts (PRD, tech design), task drafts (with descriptions and acceptance criteria).

A2: Quality Checklist

Documents:

• PRD clearly describes the what and why
• Requirements are specific and testable
• Tech design is feasible and follows project conventions
• No missing edge cases or security considerations

Tasks:

• Tasks cover all requirements in the PRD
• Each task has clear acceptance criteria
• Tasks are appropriately sized (1-8 story points)
• Task descriptions have enough context for a developer agent
• Priority is set correctly

Overall:

• Proposal aligns with the original idea(s)
• No scope creep beyond what was requested
• Implementation approach is reasonable

A3: Read Comments

chorus_get_comments({ targetType: "proposal", targetUuid: "<proposal-uuid>" })

A3.5: Independent Review (Automatic)

After chorus_pm_submit_proposal, the Chorus plugin's PostToolUse hook suggests spawning chorus:proposal-reviewer — a read-only agent that adversarially reviews the proposal's document quality, task granularity, AC alignment, and dependency DAG. Check for its VERDICT comment before approving.

VERDICT: FAIL is advisory — the reviewer's opinion does not block approval. The admin reads the review comment and makes the final decision.

A4: Approve or Reject

Approve:

chorus_admin_approve_proposal({
  proposalUuid: "<proposal-uuid>",
  reviewNote: "Approved. Good breakdown of tasks."
})

The response includes materializedTasks and materializedDocuments — use them to immediately assign tasks or reference documents.

When approved:

• Document drafts become real Documents
• Task drafts become real Tasks (status: open)

Reject:

chorus_admin_reject_proposal({
  proposalUuid: "<proposal-uuid>",
  reviewNote: "PRD missing error handling requirements. Task 3 needs clearer AC."
})

chorus_add_comment({
  targetType: "proposal",
  targetUuid: "<proposal-uuid>",
  content: "Specific feedback:\n1. Add error scenarios to PRD\n2. Task 3 AC should include performance benchmarks"
})

Workflow B: Task Verification

B1: Review the Submitted Task

chorus_get_task({ taskUuid: "<task-uuid>" })

Check: developer's work summary, acceptance criteria, self-check results.

B2: Read Comments and Work Reports

chorus_get_comments({ targetType: "task", targetUuid: "<task-uuid>" })

B3: Mark Acceptance Criteria

Review and mark each criterion:

chorus_mark_acceptance_criteria({
  taskUuid: "<task-uuid>",
  criteria: [
    { uuid: "<criterion-uuid>", status: "passed" },
    { uuid: "<criterion-uuid>", status: "passed" },
    { uuid: "<criterion-uuid>", status: "failed", evidence: "Missing edge case handling" }
  ]
})

B4: Verify or Reopen

Verify (all required AC passed):

chorus_admin_verify_task({ taskUuid: "<task-uuid>" })

This moves the task to done. Important: verifying may unblock downstream tasks. Check:

chorus_get_unblocked_tasks({ projectUuid: "<project-uuid>" })

If new tasks are unblocked, assign them or notify developers.

Reopen (needs fixes):

chorus_admin_reopen_task({ taskUuid: "<task-uuid>" })

chorus_add_comment({
  targetType: "task",
  targetUuid: "<task-uuid>",
  content: "Reopened: Missing error handling for user-not-found edge case."
})

The task returns to in_progress. All acceptance criteria are reset.

B5: Close / Delete Tasks

# Close (preserves history)
chorus_admin_close_task({ taskUuid: "<task-uuid>" })

# Delete (permanent, use sparingly)
chorus_admin_delete_task({ taskUuid: "<task-uuid>" })

Workflow C: Project & Idea Management

Create Project

chorus_get_project_groups()  # List available groups first
chorus_admin_create_project({
  name: "My Project",
  description: "Project goals...",
  groupUuid: "<optional-group-uuid>"
})

Manage Project Groups

chorus_admin_create_project_group({ name: "Mobile Apps", description: "All mobile projects" })
chorus_admin_move_project_to_group({ projectUuid: "<uuid>", groupUuid: "<uuid>" })
chorus_admin_move_project_to_group({ projectUuid: "<uuid>", groupUuid: null })  # Ungroup
chorus_admin_delete_project_group({ groupUuid: "<uuid>" })  # Projects become ungrouped

Close / Delete Ideas

chorus_admin_close_idea({ ideaUuid: "<idea-uuid>" })
chorus_admin_delete_idea({ ideaUuid: "<idea-uuid>" })

Note: Creating ideas is a PM tool (chorus_pm_create_idea). See /idea.

Document Management

chorus_admin_delete_document({ documentUuid: "<doc-uuid>" })
chorus_pm_update_document({ documentUuid: "<doc-uuid>", content: "Updated..." })

Daily Admin Routine

1. Check in — chorus_checkin()
2. Review activity — chorus_get_activity() for recent events
3. Process proposals — Review and approve/reject pending proposals
4. Verify tasks — Review and verify/reopen tasks in to_verify
5. Create new ideas — If the human has new requirements
6. Check project health — Stale tasks? Blocked items? Orphaned ideas?

Tips

• Review thoroughly — Don't rubber-stamp proposals; check quality
• Give actionable feedback — When rejecting, explain specifically what to fix
• Verify against criteria — Check acceptance criteria, not just the summary
• Manage scope — Close ideas and tasks that are no longer relevant
• Unblock the team — Prioritize proposal reviews to keep PM and Developer work flowing
• Use delete sparingly — Prefer closing over deleting; closing preserves history
• Document decisions — Use comments to explain approval/rejection reasoning
• Verify between waves — In Agent Teams mode, verify tasks to done between waves to unblock downstream dependencies

Governance Principles

1. Quality over speed — A rejected proposal now saves rework later
2. Actionable feedback — Every rejection should include specific fixes
3. Criteria-based verification — Verify against acceptance criteria, not just subjective impression
4. Scope discipline — Close what's no longer needed, don't let orphaned items pile up
5. Unblock others — Your reviews are the bottleneck; prioritize them
6. Preserve history — Close > Delete; comments > silent actions
7. Document reasoning — Future agents will read your comments to understand decisions

Next

• For platform overview and shared tools, see /chorus
• For Idea elaboration (before proposals), see /idea
• For Proposal creation (what you're reviewing), see /proposal
• For Developer workflow (what you're verifying), see /develop