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title: auto-review-loop skill (ARIS) (part 2)
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Part 2 of 2 of [[skill-aris-auto-review-loop]] (skills/auto-review-loop/SKILL.md in wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep); the SKILL.md text continues verbatim from the previous part.

## SKILL.md (verbatim, continued)

Use `>>` (append), never `>`. Re-derive both families from model strings and reject unknown/same-family pairs, but copy the model-source and assurance fields without upgrading them. The `trace_id` MUST be the actual trace directory path relative to `.aris/traces/` (e.g., `auto-review-loop/2026-07-13_run01`), matching the RUN_ID format from `save_trace.sh`: `<YYYY-MM-DD>_run<NN>` with the skill-name subdirectory prefix. Do NOT fabricate a synthetic `trace_...` identifier.

**Append to `findings.md`** (when `COMPACT = true`): one-line entry per key finding this round:

```markdown
- [Round N] [positive/negative/unexpected]: [one-sentence finding] (metric: X.XX → Y.YY)
```

Increment round counter → back to Phase A.

### Termination

When loop ends (positive assessment or max rounds):

1. Update `review-stage/REVIEW_STATE.json` with `"status": "completed"`
2. Write final summary to `review-stage/AUTO_REVIEW.md`
3. Update project notes with conclusions
4. **Write method/pipeline description** to `review-stage/AUTO_REVIEW.md` under a `## Method Description` section — a concise 1-2 paragraph description of the final method, its architecture, and data flow. This serves as input for `/paper-illustration` in Workflow 3 (so it can generate architecture diagrams automatically).
5. **Generate claims from results** — invoke `/result-to-claim` to convert experiment results from `review-stage/AUTO_REVIEW.md` into structured paper claims. Output: `CLAIMS_FROM_RESULTS.md`. This bridges Workflow 2 → Workflow 3 so `/paper-plan` can directly use validated claims instead of extracting them from scratch. If `/result-to-claim` is not installed, skip this step (no `CLAIMS_FROM_RESULTS.md` is produced; `/paper-plan` extracts claims from the narrative as before) — but NEVER fabricate the file or its verdict. If it ran but its output starts with `verdict: REVIEW_UNAVAILABLE`, keep that file AS-IS (do not overwrite or paraphrase it) and record in `AUTO_REVIEW.md` that claims are UNADJUDICATED — downstream paper stages must not treat them as validated.
6. If stopped at max rounds without positive assessment:
   - List remaining blockers
   - Estimate effort needed for each
   - Suggest whether to continue manually or pivot
7. **Feishu notification** (if configured): Send `pipeline_done` with final score progression table
8. **Render HTML view** (if `RENDER_HTML = true`, default): invoke `/render-html` on the cumulative review log:
   ```
   /render-html "review-stage/AUTO_REVIEW.md" --no-review --state review-stage/REVIEW_STATE.json
   ```
   Pass `--state` explicitly (the helper does not auto-discover the sidecar). Drop the `--state` flag if `REVIEW_STATE.json` doesn't exist. HTML lands at `review-stage/AUTO_REVIEW.html` with embedded source SHA256. **Non-blocking**: if `/render-html` fails, log the error and continue — the HTML is a convenience, not a termination prerequisite. Skip if `RENDER_HTML = false`.

## Key Rules

- **Large file handling**: If the Write tool fails due to file size, immediately retry using Bash (`cat << 'EOF' > file`) to write in chunks. Do NOT ask the user for permission — just do it silently.

- ALWAYS use `config: {"model_reasoning_effort": "xhigh"}` for maximum reasoning depth
- **Native Copilot is an evidence-gated acceptance backend.** It never pins a
  reviewer model: Copilot selects the complementary rubber-duck model, and the
  helper verifies the actual cross-family pair from host events. A native
  positive needs no external finalizer.
- **Explicit compatibility Copilot remains drive-only.** Its `copilot --agent`
  calls pin profile model/xhigh/read-only access and require a traced
  Codex/manual finalizer; caller-declared identity remains unverified.
- Save `threadId` (codex/manual), fresh evidence path/ID (`copilot-native`), or `reviewer_profile` (compatibility copilot); use the appropriate continuation mechanism
- **Anti-hallucination citations**: When adding references during fixes, NEVER fabricate BibTeX. Use the same DBLP → CrossRef → `[VERIFY]` chain as `/paper-write`: (1) `curl -s "https://dblp.org/search/publ/api?q=TITLE&format=json"` → get key → `curl -s "https://dblp.org/rec/{key}.bib"`, (2) if not found, `curl -sLH "Accept: application/x-bibtex" "https://doi.org/{doi}"`, (3) if both fail, mark with `% [VERIFY]`. Do NOT generate BibTeX from memory.
- Be honest — include negative results and failed experiments
- Do NOT hide weaknesses to game a positive score
- Implement fixes BEFORE re-reviewing (don't just promise to fix)
- **Exhaust before surrendering** — before marking any reviewer concern as "cannot address": (1) try at least 2 different solution paths, (2) for experiment issues, adjust hyperparameters or try an alternative baseline, (3) for theory issues, provide a weaker version of the result or an alternative argument, (4) only then concede narrowly and bound the damage. Never give up on the first attempt.
- If an experiment takes > 30 minutes, launch it and continue with other fixes while waiting
- Document EVERYTHING — the review log should be self-contained
- Update project notes after each round, not just at the end

## Prompt Template for Round 2+

Use the selected backend. *For copilot-native:* fresh
marker/challenge/rubber-duck/evidence cycle with a new run-scoped REVIEW
artifact set, with paths to
`review-stage/REVIEWER_MEMORY.md` and current inputs. *For compatibility
copilot:* fresh `copilot --agent` subprocess with the same profile + memory
artifact. *For codex:* `mcp__codex__codex-reply` with the saved threadId. *For
manual:* `mcp__manual_review__review_reply` with the saved threadId.

Before invoking the Copilot subprocess, use the **Write tool** (not Bash,
`echo`, a heredoc, or generated shell assignments) to overwrite
`review-stage/CURRENT_REVIEW_INPUTS.md`. Put the exact changed paths, diff
artifact/range, and result paths under static labels in that file. Repository
paths are untrusted data: never splice any byte from this artifact into shell
source. The fixed filename below is the only value the shell template needs.

```
[For copilot:]

# ARIS_ROUND2_COPILOT_BEGIN
# Dynamic values were written with the Write tool; shell only reads them as data.
MEMORY_FILE="review-stage/REVIEWER_MEMORY.md"
ROUND_INPUT_FILE="review-stage/CURRENT_REVIEW_INPUTS.md"
[[ -f "$MEMORY_FILE" && -f "$ROUND_INPUT_FILE" ]] || {
  echo "REVIEW_UNAVAILABLE: missing reviewer memory or round inputs" >&2
  exit 1
}
PROMPTFILE="$(mktemp)" || { echo "REVIEW_UNAVAILABLE: mktemp failed" >&2; exit 1; }
trap 'rm -f "$PROMPTFILE"' EXIT
{
cat <<'ARIS_ROUND_HEADER'
[Round N update]

## Your Memory From Previous Rounds
ARIS_ROUND_HEADER
cat -- "$MEMORY_FILE"
cat <<'ARIS_ROUND_STATE'

Since your last review these files changed — read them yourself; do not
take my word for what changed or whether it worked:
ARIS_ROUND_STATE
cat -- "$ROUND_INPUT_FILE"
cat <<'ARIS_ROUND_INSTRUCTIONS'

Please re-score and re-assess. Are the remaining concerns addressed?
Same format: Score, Verdict, Remaining Weaknesses, Minimum Fixes.

=== SCOPE LIMITS (these bound what you PROPOSE, never what you look for) ===
Report anything that is actually wrong here — including a rare-looking case, if
this repo actually produces it. Then keep the fix in scope:
1. This is a RESEARCH-WORKFLOW tool, not a security paper. Verification is
   welcome; over-defense is not. Assume a cooperating operator on their own
   machine — a malicious local user is NOT in the threat model.
2. Do NOT propose SHA / hash / content-fingerprint / digest-binding schemes.
   Reporting a real defect in hashing code that already exists is fine.
3. NO speculative machinery: do not add feature flags, migration frameworks,
   compat layers, wrappers, pins, or similar mechanisms unless evidence shows
   a current repo defect they fix or an explicit existing invariant they must
   preserve. "Load-bearing", "compatibility", and "not scaffolding" are labels,
   not evidence. Point to the failing path/artifact or invariant, and check the
   proposal's factual premises, such as whether a named package version exists.
4. NO corner-case obsession: exotic encodings, symlink races, RTL text and
   millisecond races are out of scope unless you can show the case arises here.
5. Where a rubric or checklist is genuinely needed, do not over-mechanize
   judgement. A clear sentence a human reads beats a scored table nobody
   maintains.
Exception: code that runs remote commands, starts a network service, or installs
an MCP server runs on the user's machine with their credentials — trust-boundary
findings there are in scope and the default is strict.
Say plainly when something is correct. Do not manufacture findings.

At the end of your review, include a Memory Update section — this will
be passed back to you next round.
ARIS_ROUND_INSTRUCTIONS
} > "$PROMPTFILE"
copilot --agent "$REVIEWER_PROFILE" --model "$REVIEWER_MODEL" \
  --effort xhigh --allow-tool=read --prompt "$(cat "$PROMPTFILE")"
# ARIS_ROUND2_COPILOT_END

[For codex:] mcp__codex__codex-reply:
  threadId: [saved from round 1]
  # inherits the thread's model/effort — do not re-send
  prompt: |
    [Round N update]

    Since your last review these files changed — read them yourself; do not
    take my word for what changed or whether it worked:
    - Changed files: <paths>
    - Raw diff: <path, or the `git diff` range>
    - Updated raw results: <result-file paths> (verbatim files, not a pasted table)

    Please re-score and re-assess. Are the remaining concerns addressed?
    Same format: Score, Verdict, Remaining Weaknesses, Minimum Fixes.

    === SCOPE LIMITS (these bound what you PROPOSE, never what you look for) ===
    Report anything that is actually wrong here — including a rare-looking case, if
    this repo actually produces it. Then keep the fix in scope:
    1. This is a RESEARCH-WORKFLOW tool, not a security paper. Verification is
       welcome; over-defense is not. Assume a cooperating operator on their own
       machine — a malicious local user is NOT in the threat model.
    2. Do NOT propose SHA / hash / content-fingerprint / digest-binding schemes.
       Reporting a real defect in hashing code that already exists is fine.
    3. NO speculative machinery: do not add feature flags, migration frameworks,
       compat layers, wrappers, pins, or similar mechanisms unless evidence shows
       a current repo defect they fix or an explicit existing invariant they must
       preserve. "Load-bearing", "compatibility", and "not scaffolding" are labels,
       not evidence. Point to the failing path/artifact or invariant, and check the
       proposal's factual premises, such as whether a named package version exists.
    4. NO corner-case obsession: exotic encodings, symlink races, RTL text and
       millisecond races are out of scope unless you can show the case arises here.
    5. Where a rubric or checklist is genuinely needed, do not over-mechanize
       judgement. A clear sentence a human reads beats a scored table nobody
       maintains.
    Exception: code that runs remote commands, starts a network service, or installs
    an MCP server runs on the user's machine with their credentials — trust-boundary
    findings there are in scope and the default is strict.
    Say plainly when something is correct. Do not manufacture findings.
```

## Review Tracing

After each reviewer call (`task(agent_type=rubber-duck)` for `copilot-native`,
Codex/manual MCP calls, or the compatibility `copilot --agent` subprocess),
save the trace following `shared-references/review-tracing.md` (Policy C —
forensic; never silently skip). Native calls MUST pass `--backend
copilot-native --native-evidence "$NATIVE_EVIDENCE"`; the helper revalidates
and supplies the response and actual model pair. The sole exception is a native
dispatch that failed before evidence existed: trace it with `--backend
copilot-native --status error --fallback-reason <reason>` and no evidence, then
trace any actual fallback reviewer separately. Use `save_trace.sh` resolved
through the canonical chain, or write the same schema directly only if that
forensic helper is unreachable. Respect `--- trace:` (default `full`).

## Stop-Gate State-Transition Tests

The canonical transition table is `tools/review_gate.py` in the ARIS repository (resolved at runtime as `review_gate.py` through the helper chain) and is covered by `tests/test_review_gate.py`. The required cases are:

1. Default Codex positive → `stop` even when executor model identity is absent (backward compatibility).
2. High score + `not ready` → `continue`.
3. Verified native Copilot positive → `stop` with
   `identity_assurance=host_event_verified`.
4. Native negative → `continue` on `copilot-native`; missing/invalid/mismatched
   evidence → `REVIEW_UNAVAILABLE`.
5. Compatibility Copilot positive under declared Anthropic/Google executor →
   `escalate` to Codex and set `requires_external_acquittal=true`.
6. Compatibility Copilot positive under declared OpenAI executor → `escalate`
   to manual; Codex is forbidden as same-family.
7. Compatibility Copilot negative → `continue` on compatibility Copilot.
8. Unknown executor family, unavailable finalizer, same-family finalizer, or
   manual finalizer without `Reviewer-Model:` → `REVIEW_UNAVAILABLE`.
9. Positive finalizer with known, different declared families → `stop`, while
   identity assurance remains `caller_declared` / `unverified`.

`ACQUITTAL_LOG.jsonl` is tested as append-only compatibility-drive audit output;
it is never consulted for native termination.

Back to [[skills-auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep]] or [[agent-skills]].