@tamsensedev/runner 0.13.0 → 0.19.0
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- package/LICENSE +5 -5
- package/README.md +76 -57
- package/dist/cli.js +757 -379
- package/dist/cli.js.map +1 -1
- package/dist/recorder.cjs.map +1 -1
- package/library/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +5 -5
- package/library/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md +123 -123
- package/library/agents/code-architect.md +67 -67
- package/library/agents/code-explorer.md +61 -61
- package/library/agents/code-reviewer.md +73 -73
- package/library/agents/code-simplifier.md +62 -62
- package/library/agents/design-critic.md +52 -52
- package/library/agents/second-opinion.md +64 -64
- package/library/agents/security-auditor.md +86 -86
- package/library/agents/silent-failure-hunter.md +70 -70
- package/library/agents/test-coverage-analyzer.md +78 -78
- package/library/agents/test-runner.md +48 -48
- package/library/agents/ui-tester.md +50 -50
- package/library/licenses/Apache-2.0.txt +202 -202
- package/library/skills/accessibility/SKILL.md +144 -144
- package/library/skills/accessibility/references/wcag-checks.md +168 -168
- package/library/skills/addressing-review-feedback/SKILL.md +109 -109
- package/library/skills/app-screens/SKILL.md +96 -96
- package/library/skills/app-screens/references/shell-kpis-charts.md +108 -108
- package/library/skills/app-screens/references/states-density-phone.md +54 -54
- package/library/skills/app-screens/references/tables-forms-settings.md +104 -104
- package/library/skills/avoiding-generic-ai-design/SKILL.md +92 -92
- package/library/skills/avoiding-generic-ai-design/references/tells.md +112 -112
- package/library/skills/clean-commits/SKILL.md +85 -85
- package/library/skills/design-review/SKILL.md +107 -107
- package/library/skills/design-review/references/critique-passes.md +101 -101
- package/library/skills/design-review/references/screenshot-procedure.md +121 -121
- package/library/skills/differential-security-review/LICENSE +427 -427
- package/library/skills/differential-security-review/SKILL.md +105 -105
- package/library/skills/differential-security-review/references/adversarial.md +115 -115
- package/library/skills/differential-security-review/references/methodology.md +145 -145
- package/library/skills/differential-security-review/references/patterns.md +108 -108
- package/library/skills/false-positive-check/LICENSE +427 -427
- package/library/skills/false-positive-check/SKILL.md +95 -95
- package/library/skills/false-positive-check/references/bug-class-verification.md +128 -128
- package/library/skills/false-positive-check/references/deep-verification.md +113 -113
- package/library/skills/false-positive-check/references/evidence-templates.md +93 -93
- package/library/skills/false-positive-check/references/false-positive-patterns.md +122 -122
- package/library/skills/false-positive-check/references/gate-reviews.md +36 -36
- package/library/skills/false-positive-check/references/standard-verification.md +80 -80
- package/library/skills/focused-implementation/SKILL.md +104 -104
- package/library/skills/implementation-plan/SKILL.md +66 -66
- package/library/skills/interface-design/SKILL.md +144 -144
- package/library/skills/interface-design/references/craft-defaults.md +130 -130
- package/library/skills/interface-design/references/new-direction.md +62 -62
- package/library/skills/interface-design/references/writing.md +52 -52
- package/library/skills/interface-polish/SKILL.md +103 -103
- package/library/skills/interface-polish/references/detail-rules.md +154 -154
- package/library/skills/interface-polish/references/worst-case-data.md +158 -158
- package/library/skills/motion-design/SKILL.md +106 -106
- package/library/skills/motion-design/references/recipes.md +243 -243
- package/library/skills/postgres-performance/SKILL.md +97 -97
- package/library/skills/postgres-performance/references/rules.md +265 -265
- package/library/skills/project-orientation/SKILL.md +77 -77
- package/library/skills/reviewing-changes/SKILL.md +183 -183
- package/library/skills/safe-database-changes/SKILL.md +111 -111
- package/library/skills/safe-database-changes/references/backfills.md +75 -75
- package/library/skills/safe-database-changes/references/migration-tools.md +69 -69
- package/library/skills/safe-database-changes/references/postgres-ddl.md +199 -199
- package/library/skills/security-review/SKILL.md +132 -132
- package/library/skills/security-review/references/checks-by-area.md +107 -107
- package/library/skills/security-review/references/do-not-report.md +86 -86
- package/library/skills/spec-writing/SKILL.md +144 -144
- package/library/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md +130 -130
- package/library/skills/systematic-debugging/references/flaky-tests.md +51 -51
- package/library/skills/systematic-debugging/references/root-cause-tracing.md +55 -55
- package/library/skills/task-interview/SKILL.md +84 -84
- package/library/skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md +116 -116
- package/library/skills/test-driven-development/references/writing-good-tests.md +85 -85
- package/library/skills/ui-testing/SKILL.md +102 -102
- package/library/skills/ui-testing/references/headless-check.md +295 -295
- package/library/skills/ui-testing/references/local-stand.md +51 -51
- package/library/skills/ui-testing/references/playwright-patterns.md +134 -134
- package/library/skills/ui-testing/references/recording.md +61 -61
- package/library/skills/verification-before-completion/SKILL.md +113 -113
- package/library/skills/web-interface-guidelines/SKILL.md +202 -202
- package/package.json +46 -46
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Commands: pnpm -C web typecheck | pnpm -C web lint | pnpm -C web test -- --run
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Baseline: typecheck ok, lint ok, tests 212 passed / 1 failed (src/date.test.ts, timezone, pre-existing)
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Task code: src/billing/invoice.ts, src/billing/invoice.test.ts, src/pages/Billing.vue
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description: Use when starting work in a repository you have not seen in this run, before changing or judging code: find the project's own rules, how to install, build, test, lint and type-check it, where the task's code lives, and whether the checks already pass before your change.
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Ten minutes here saves an hour of guessing, and the notes you take are reused at the end (see `verification-before-completion`). Nobody will answer questions during the run, so everything you need comes from the repository itself.
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## 1. See the layout
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- `CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md` (also in subfolders: the closest one to the code wins), `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `README.md`, `docs/`.
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- Design rules if there is UI: `DESIGN.md`, a design system or component folder, token files.
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Write down the rules that affect this task in one or two lines each.
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2. Scripts in `package.json`, `Makefile`, `justfile`, `pyproject.toml`, `Taskfile`, `composer.json`, `Cargo.toml`.
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Note the package manager from the lock file (`pnpm-lock.yaml`, `yarn.lock`, `package-lock.json`, `bun.lockb`, `uv.lock`, `poetry.lock`, `Gemfile.lock`, `go.sum`) and use only that one. In a monorepo, find how to run checks for one package (workspace filters) as well as for everything.
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## Output: orientation notes
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Rules: CLAUDE.md says no default exports, tests next to source
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**Pass A: spec.** For each acceptance criterion: met, partly met, or missing, with the evidence (file and line, or the test that proves it). Then look for requirements that look implemented but behave wrongly, and for behaviour nobody asked for. Where the spec is silent, judge by what a reasonable user of this software would expect: silence is not permission to crash or lose data.
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2. Can I name the trigger (input or state) and the bad outcome? If not, you are matching a pattern, not reviewing.
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87
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+
3. Did I read the guards: caller validation, types, framework defaults, middleware, existing tests?
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88
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+
4. Did this change introduce it or make it reachable? Problems on lines the change did not touch are pre-existing: mention them only if the change makes them worse.
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89
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+
5. After concluding, re-read the code once. Did I invent a guard that is not there, or a bug the code does not have?
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90
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+
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91
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+
Then score confidence on this scale and drop everything under 80:
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92
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+
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93
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+
| Score | Meaning |
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94
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+
|---|---|
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95
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+
| 0 | Does not survive a second look, or is pre-existing |
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96
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+
| 25 | Might be real, could not verify; or a style point no project rule names |
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97
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+
| 50 | Real, but minor or rare in practice |
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98
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+
| 75 | Verified, likely to happen in real use, or a required project rule names it |
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99
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+
| 100 | Confirmed: the code shows it directly and it will happen often |
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100
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+
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101
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+
For a suspected security bug, or any blocking finding you are unsure about, run the `false-positive-check` skill on it.
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102
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+
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103
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+
Common false positives, skip them unless this codebase gives specific evidence:
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104
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+
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105
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+
- "Add error handling" where the caller, a framework error handler or a boundary already handles it.
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106
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+
- "Missing validation" on an internal function whose callers validate. Trace one caller first.
|
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107
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+
- "Possible null" where a guard or the type already narrows it.
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108
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+
- "N+1" over a small fixed list, or where batching already exists.
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109
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+
- "Missing await" on deliberate fire-and-forget work (logging, metrics, queue pushes).
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110
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+
- A behaviour change that is the point of the task.
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111
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+
- Magic numbers, long functions, missing doc comments, "consider using X", a different library or stack.
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112
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+
- Anything the type checker, linter or compiler already reports: report the failing check instead.
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113
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+
- Code a lint-ignore comment deliberately silences, with a stated reason.
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114
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+
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115
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+
## 7. Decide what blocks
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116
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+
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117
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+
**Blocks** (passed is false):
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118
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+
|
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119
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+
- Correctness: wrong result, crash or unhandled error under realistic use.
|
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120
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+
- Security: a vulnerability with a concrete path from attacker input to harm.
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121
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+
- Data: loss or corruption, an unsafe migration, a break in stored data or a public API that the task did not ask for.
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122
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+
- The task: an acceptance criterion missing, partial or wrong; a rework comment not addressed.
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123
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+
- The project's checks fail because of this change.
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124
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+
- A rule the project states as required is broken (quote the rule).
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125
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+
- A concrete performance regression on a path users hit, with the trigger named.
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126
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+
- Tests were skipped, deleted or weakened to go green, or tests the task or the project rules require are missing.
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127
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+
|
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128
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+
**Notes** (reported, passed stays true):
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129
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+
|
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130
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+
- Style, naming, formatting, comments, file layout, personal preference.
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131
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+
- Maintainability: duplication, coupling, an abstraction with one use, unless a required project rule forbids it.
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132
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+
- Extra tests that would be nice to have.
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133
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+
- Hardening with no demonstrated exploit, and anything marked "Needs verification".
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134
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+
- Problems that existed before this change.
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135
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+
- Harmless extra scope (risky or contradictory extra scope blocks).
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136
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+
|
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137
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+
When unsure, ask: "If this merges today, what goes wrong, and for whom?" No concrete answer means it is a note. Zero findings is a valid result: do not pad the report to look thorough.
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138
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+
|
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139
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+
## 8. Return the verdict
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140
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+
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141
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+
If a `submit_verdict` tool is available, that is how the result is returned: call it exactly once, at the end, with `passed: true` only if nothing blocks. Without the tool, end your reply with the same verdict and report. Report format:
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142
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+
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143
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+
```
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144
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+
FAILED: the export ignores the date filter, acceptance criterion 2.
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145
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+
|
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146
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+
Scope: api (origin/main..HEAD, 3 commits, 7 files)
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147
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+
Checks: `pnpm typecheck` pass; `pnpm test src/export` pass; `pnpm lint` pass
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148
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+
Acceptance criteria: 1 met (src/export/csv.ts:30); 2 not met (see 1); 3 met (test export.spec.ts:88)
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149
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+
|
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150
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+
Must fix:
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151
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+
1. src/export/query.ts:41 - `from` and `to` are read from the request but never passed to findRows(), so every export returns all rows. Trigger: export with any date range. Fix: pass { from, to } to findRows() and add a test with rows outside the range.
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152
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+
|
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153
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+
Notes (do not block):
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154
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+
- src/export/csv.ts:12 - header names are built twice; one helper would do.
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155
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+
|
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156
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+
Not verified: the S3 upload path (no credentials in this environment).
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157
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+
Assumptions: "last month" means the previous calendar month (spec does not say).
|
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158
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+
```
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159
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+
|
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160
|
+
Each must-fix item names the file and line, what is wrong, the trigger and outcome, and the fix. The fixer works from this text alone.
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161
|
+
|
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162
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+
## Common mistakes
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163
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+
|
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164
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+
| Mistake | Instead |
|
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165
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+
|---|---|
|
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166
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+
| Reading only the changed lines | Open callers and callees; unchanged code breaks too. |
|
|
167
|
+
| Trusting test names or the author's report | Read the assertions; run the tests. |
|
|
168
|
+
| Padding the report after one real bug | Two true findings beat two true findings buried under eight opinions. |
|
|
169
|
+
| Failing for taste | Style and structure are notes unless a required project rule says otherwise. |
|
|
170
|
+
| Severity inflation | A missing doc comment is never blocking; a lost write always is. |
|
|
171
|
+
| "Fixing it quickly" yourself | Reviews never change product code. Describe the fix. |
|
|
172
|
+
| Leaving a probe mutation or temp file in the repo | Restore and confirm `git status --porcelain` is empty. |
|
|
173
|
+
|
|
174
|
+
## Done when
|
|
175
|
+
|
|
176
|
+
- [ ] Every changed file in every repository was read.
|
|
177
|
+
- [ ] Every acceptance criterion has a status with evidence.
|
|
178
|
+
- [ ] Every check you ran is listed with its result; what you could not run is under "Not verified".
|
|
179
|
+
- [ ] Every must-fix item has file, line, trigger, outcome and fix, and survived step 6.
|
|
180
|
+
- [ ] The working tree is as you found it.
|
|
181
|
+
- [ ] The verdict was submitted once.
|
|
182
|
+
|
|
183
|
+
Sources: anthropics/claude-plugins-official code-review (Apache-2.0, commit dfffc8c), getsentry/skills find-bugs (Apache-2.0, commit f57ada2), addyosmani/agent-skills (MIT, commit aeac41d) code-review-and-quality, affaan-m/ECC (MIT, commit 30b6892) code-reviewer, obra/superpowers (MIT, commit bb92a77) code-reviewer template, mattpocock/skills (MIT, commit 5beb35b) code-review. Changed: merged and reworded, posting to GitHub removed, verdict rules added.
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