Execute Review Findings

Execute Review Findings

Systematically convert review findings into tracked tasks and execute them in priority waves with parallel agents where files don't overlap.

Core principle: Normalize findings → create self-contained beads tasks → analyze concurrency → execute in priority waves with parallel dispatch.

When to Use

• After /​review-dispatch produces a ranked findings report
• After receiving multiple PR review comments
• When handed an ad-hoc review document (security audit, perf report, etc.)
• When a review produced 3+ findings that span multiple files

When NOT to Use

• Single finding — just fix it directly
• Findings are all in the same function — no parallelism benefit
• You haven't read the code yet — understand first, then act

Invocation

/​execute-review-findings <source>

Source options:

• pr or pr:<number> — fetch PR comments via gh api
• review — use the most recent /​review-dispatch output in conversation
• <file-path> — read a markdown review document from disk
• (no argument) — prompt user to paste or describe findings

Phase 1: Gather & Normalize

Parse findings from any source into a uniform list. Each normalized finding has:

Parsing rules by source:

• /​review-dispatch output: Parse the ranked tables directly. Map importance 9-10 → MUST FIX, 7-8 → SHOULD FIX, 5-6 → CONSIDER, 1-4 → NIT.
• PR comments: Fetch via gh api repos/​{owner}/​{repo}/​pulls/​{number}/​comments. Categorize each: bug claim → bug type, style suggestion → design/​complexity, question → skip (reply only).
• Markdown document: Look for severity markers, tables, or heading-based grouping. Map to standard severities.

Severity Normalization

Reviewers use different severity vocabularies. Normalize all external labels to the four canonical levels before filtering:

When a finding lacks an explicit severity label, infer from type:

• Bug → default SHOULD FIX (unless clearly cosmetic)
• Safety / Security → default MUST FIX
• Performance → default SHOULD FIX
• Documentation / Design / Complexity → default CONSIDER

Present the normalized table to the user for confirmation before proceeding.

Severity Filter (Default: MUST FIX + SHOULD FIX + CONSIDER)

After normalization, discard NIT-severity findings by default. Only MUST FIX, SHOULD FIX, and CONSIDER proceed to Phase 2.

In reviewer terms: CRITICAL and HIGH are always addressed. MEDIUM is addressed (maps to CONSIDER). LOW, Minor, NIT, Trivial, Style, and INFO are skipped — these are cosmetic or informational and dilute agent focus.

Discarded findings are listed in the summary report (Phase 6) with status "Skipped (below threshold)".

Override: Use --include=nit to opt in to NIT-severity findings when the user explicitly wants them addressed.

Phase 2: Create Beads Tasks

Create one bd create per finding. Each task description must be fully self-contained — a fresh agent can work it without reading the original review.

Task Description Template (All Types)

The template follows the project's Task Quality Standard. The orchestrator reads each affected file during Phase 2 to extract Current State and Code References inline (no Explore agent — keeps latency low for multi-finding workflows).

## Finding: {summary}

**Severity**: {severity}
**File(s)**: {file}:{line}
**Type**: {type}
**Flagged by**: {specialists}

### Context
{Why this finding matters. What user/​system impact does the current behavior have?
What symptom or risk prompted it?}

### Current State
{The actual code at the finding location — 5-20 lines with file:line header.
The orchestrator reads the affected file during Phase 2 to extract this.}

```rust
// {file}:{start_line}-{end_line} — {brief description of what this code does}
{actual code extracted from reading the file}

Problem

{detail — full finding including current behavior and why it matters}

Desired State

{What the code should look like or how it should behave after the fix. Be specific: new return type, changed logic, added check, etc.}

Resolution Steps

{type-specific steps — see below}

Code References

{Additional context beyond the primary finding location:

• Callers of the affected function (with file:line)
• Related functions that follow the pattern this fix should match
• Test module location for the affected file Include 2-4 snippets, each 5-15 lines with file:line headers.}

Related Work

{Run bd search "{file path}" --limit 5 during Phase 2 task creation. List related open tasks.}

Acceptance Criteria

• {specific, verifiable conditions}
• All existing tests pass: cargo test
• Code compiles clean: cargo fmt --all && cargo check && cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings

Pointers

{Where to look for additional context:

• Review source (which reviewer/​skill produced this finding)
• Test module path for the affected file
• Adjacent files worth reading for patterns
• Relevant documentation or design docs}

### Type-Specific Resolution Steps

**Bug** (TDD mandatory + test-consolidate):

1. Analyze existing tests using /​test-consolidate principles BEFORE writing any test: a. Read the test module for the affected file b. Identify existing test clusters that cover the same function/​method c. Determine the right test form for the new test:
   • If existing tests for this function use rstest: ADD A NEW #[case] to the existing parameterized test rather than writing a standalone #[test]
   • If existing tests use proptest: check if the bug reveals a property violation — if so, tighten the property assertion rather than adding a separate test
   • If existing tests use table-driven: add the bug's input/​expected to the table
   • If no existing tests or tests are standalone: write a new test, but prefer rstest #[case] format if 3+ similar tests already exist for the same function d. NEVER duplicate test structure that already exists — extend, don't clone
2. Write the failing test in the form determined by step 1
   • Test name: descriptive of the behavior, NOT the review
   • Place in the appropriate test module for the file
3. Run test, confirm it FAILS: cargo test <test_name> -- --nocapture
4. Fix the production code — minimal change to pass the test
5. Run full suite: cargo test
6. Verify clean: cargo fmt --all && cargo check && cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings

**Performance**:

1. Establish baseline: run relevant benchmark or add one if none exists
   • Use /​bench-compare if Criterion benchmarks cover this path
2. Implement the optimization
3. Re-benchmark and compare against baseline
4. Verify no regressions: cargo test
5. Verify clean: cargo fmt --all && cargo check && cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings

**Safety** (unsafe code):

1. Write a test exercising the unsafe path with edge-case inputs
2. Fix the safety issue (bounds checks, invariant enforcement, etc.)
3. Add or update // SAFETY: comment documenting invariants
4. Run tests: cargo test
5. If Miri-compatible: cargo +nightly miri test <test_name>
6. Verify clean: cargo fmt --all && cargo check && cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings

**Documentation**:

1. Read the code the docs describe — understand actual behavior
2. Write or update documentation to match reality
3. Check AGENTS.md consistency table — if touched file is listed, update corresponding docs
4. Verify doc tests compile: cargo test --doc
5. Verify clean: cargo fmt --all && cargo check && cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings

**Design / Complexity**:

1. Read surrounding code to understand existing patterns
2. Refactor to address the finding while preserving behavior
3. Run full test suite to confirm no regressions: cargo test
4. Verify clean: cargo fmt --all && cargo check && cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings

### Priority Mapping for `bd create`

| Severity | bd priority |
|----------|-------------|
| MUST FIX | 1 |
| SHOULD FIX | 2 |
| CONSIDER | 3 |
| NIT | 4 |

### Example

```bash
bd create --title="Fix off-by-one in window boundary check" --type=bug --priority=1

Then update the description with the full self-contained template using bd update <id> --description="...".

Phase 3: Concurrency Analysis

Determine which tasks can run in parallel vs. must run sequentially.

Step 1: Build File-Touch Map

For each task, list every file it will read or write:

Step 2: Identify Conflicts

Two tasks conflict if they write to the same file. Read-read and read-write of different files are fine.

Step 3: Form Parallel Groups

Within each severity wave, group non-conflicting tasks:

Wave 1 (MUST FIX):
  Group A (parallel): F1, F4  — no file overlap
  Group B (sequential after A): F3  — conflicts with F1 on core.rs

Wave 2 (SHOULD FIX):
  Group C (parallel): F5, F6, F7  — no file overlap

Step 4: Register Dependencies

bd dep add <F3-id> <F1-id>   # F3 depends on F1 (same file)

Phase 4: Execute in Priority Waves

Execute findings wave by wave: MUST FIX → SHOULD FIX → CONSIDER. NIT and INFO findings are skipped by default (see Phase 1 severity filter).

Within Each Wave

1. Dispatch parallel agents for each non-conflicting group using the Task tool with subagent_type=general-purpose. Each agent gets the full self-contained task description from Phase 2.

2. Agent prompt structure:

   You are fixing a code review finding. Follow the resolution steps exactly.
   
   {full task description from Phase 2}
   
   IMPORTANT:
   - Follow the resolution steps in order
   - For bugs: BEFORE writing any test, read the existing test module and apply
     /​test-consolidate principles:
     * If the function already has rstest parameterized tests, add a #[case] — do NOT
       create a new standalone test function
     * If the function has proptest coverage, tighten the property or add a targeted
       prop_assert — do NOT duplicate with a unit test
     * If similar tests exist as a table-driven loop, add your case to the table
     * Only create a new standalone #[test] when no consolidation opportunity exists
     * NEVER create a test that duplicates coverage already provided by existing tests
   - For bugs: write the failing test BEFORE fixing code
   - Run all verification commands listed in acceptance criteria
   - Report back: what you changed, test results, any issues encountered
   

3. Collect results from all agents in the group.

4. Sequential groups: After a parallel group completes, dispatch the next group that depended on it.

5. Close completed tasks: bd close <id> for each successfully resolved finding.

Quality Gate Between Waves

Before moving to the next wave, run:

cargo fmt --all && cargo check && cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
cargo test

If anything fails, fix it before proceeding. Do not let failures from Wave 1 propagate into Wave 2.

Handling --plan-only Mode

If invoked with --plan-only, stop after Phase 3. Present the task list, dependency graph, and execution plan without dispatching agents. The user can then:

• Reorder or remove tasks
• Adjust groupings
• Execute manually or re-invoke without --plan-only

Phase 5: Doc Verification

After all waves pass the quality gate, dispatch a separate /​doc-verify agent on every source file modified during execution. This catches documentation drift introduced by the fixes.

Step 1: Collect Modified Files

Gather the list of all .rs files that were modified across all waves. Use git diff --name-only (unstaged) to identify them. Filter to .rs files only — skip test-only files and Cargo.toml.

Step 2: Dispatch Doc-Verify Agent

Launch a fresh Task agent with subagent_type="general-purpose". The agent prompt must:

1. Read every modified source file in full
2. Read adjacent module files for cross-reference context
3. Follow the /​doc-verify Phase 2 verification protocol:
   • Extract all testable claims from doc comments
   • Verify each claim against the actual (now-modified) code
   • Classify findings as BLOCK / WARN / INFO
4. Produce the standard doc-verify report

You are a documentation verifier. You have zero prior context about why these files
were changed — verify only what the documentation says against what the code does.

Files to verify:
{list of modified .rs files}

Follow the /​doc-verify Phase 2 protocol exactly:
- Step A: Extract all testable claims from doc comments
- Step B: Verify code-level claims against actual implementation
- Step C: Identify external claims
- Step D: Verify external claims (skip with --code-only if time-constrained)
- Step E: Produce findings report

Output the standard doc-verify report format with BLOCK/​WARN/​INFO findings.

Step 3: Handle Findings

• No BLOCKs: Proceed to summary report.
• BLOCKs found: Present findings to the user. Doc BLOCKs indicate the fixes introduced documentation inaccuracies (e.g., a doc comment now describes old behavior). These should be fixed before considering the review execution complete.
  • If the BLOCK is a trivial doc update (stale count, renamed parameter), fix it inline.
  • If the BLOCK requires judgment (rewriting a behavioral description), flag it for the user.

When to Skip

• If --skip-doc-verify flag is set, skip this phase entirely.
• If no modified files contain doc comments (verified via quick Grep for doc-comment prefixes), skip with a note in the summary.

Phase 6: Summary Report

After all waves complete, present:

## Review Findings Execution Summary

**Source**: {source description}
**Total findings**: N
**Executed**: X resolved, Y skipped, Z failed

### Results

| # | Finding | Severity | Status | Task ID | Notes |
|---|---------|----------|--------|---------|-------|
| F1 | Off-by-one in window check | MUST FIX | Resolved | beads-xxx | TDD: test added + fix |
| F2 | Missing capacity hint | SHOULD FIX | Resolved | beads-yyy | 12% alloc reduction |
| F3 | Unclear doc comment | CONSIDER | Resolved | beads-zzz | Updated doc |
| F4 | Rename variable | NIT | Skipped | - | User opted out |

### Verification

- All tests passing: yes/​no
- Clippy clean: yes/​no
- New tests added: N
- Tests consolidated (extended existing rstest/​proptest): N
- Files modified: [list]

### Doc Verification (Phase 5)

- Files verified: N
- Claims checked: N
- BLOCKs: N (list if any)
- WARNs: N
- Verdict: PASS / PASS WITH WARNINGS / FAIL

Anti-Patterns

Configuration

Related Skills

• /​review-dispatch — produces the findings this skill consumes
• /​pr-comment-response — TDD verify-first pattern for individual PR comments
• /​bench-compare — baseline/​comparison benchmarks for performance findings
• /​test-strategy — choose appropriate test type (unit, property, fuzz, Kani)
• /​test-consolidate — referenced in bug resolution steps to avoid test duplication
• /​doc-verify — runs as Phase 5 to catch documentation drift from fixes