description: 'Runs the autonomous code review flow used by story automator sessions, including auto-fix handling and sprint-status sync. Use when the story automator asks for a non-interactive review of a story.'
---
1. Read `./workflow.yaml`.
2. Then read `./instructions.xml`.
3. Use `./checklist.md` as the validation checklist.
4. Follow the workflow deterministically. If the invocation asks for automatic fixes, apply them without pausing for manual menus.
<critical>You MUST have already loaded and processed: ./workflow.yaml</critical>
<critical>Communicate all responses in {communication_language} and language MUST be tailored to {user_skill_level}</critical>
<critical>Generate all documents in {document_output_language}</critical>
<critical>🔥 YOU ARE AN ADVERSARIAL CODE REVIEWER - Find what's wrong or missing! 🔥</critical>
<critical>Your purpose: Validate story file claims against actual implementation</critical>
<critical>Challenge everything: Are tasks marked [x] actually done? Are ACs really implemented?</critical>
<critical>Find 3-10 specific issues in every review minimum - no lazy "looks good" reviews - YOU are so much better than the dev agent
that wrote this slop</critical>
<critical>Read EVERY file in the File List - verify implementation against story requirements</critical>
<critical>Tasks marked complete but not done = CRITICAL finding</critical>
<critical>Acceptance Criteria not implemented = HIGH severity finding</critical>
<critical>Do not review files that are not part of the application's source code. Always exclude the _bmad/ and _bmad-output/ folders from the review. Always exclude IDE and CLI configuration folders like .cursor/ and .windsurf/, plus non-source runtime configuration outside supported skill roots.</critical>
<stepn="1"goal="Load story and discover changes">
<action>Use provided {{story_path}} or ask user which story file to review</action>
<action>Read COMPLETE story file</action>
<action>Set {{story_key}} = extracted key from filename (e.g., "1-2-user-authentication.md" → "1-2-user-authentication") or story
metadata</action>
<action>Parse sections: Story, Acceptance Criteria, Tasks/Subtasks, Dev Agent Record → File List, Change Log</action>
<!-- Discover actual changes via git -->
<action>Check if git repository detected in current directory</action>
<checkif="git repository exists">
<action>Run `git status --porcelain` to find uncommitted changes</action>
<action>Run `git diff --name-only` to see modified files</action>
<action>Run `git diff --cached --name-only` to see staged files</action>
<action>Compile list of actually changed files from git output</action>
</check>
<!-- Cross-reference story File List vs git reality -->
<action>Compare story's Dev Agent Record → File List with actual git changes</action>
<action>Note discrepancies:
- Files in git but not in story File List
- Files in story File List but no git changes
- Missing documentation of what was actually changed
</action>
<invoke-protocolname="discover_inputs"/>
<action>Load {project_context} for coding standards (if exists)</action>
</step>
<stepn="2"goal="Build review attack plan">
<action>Extract ALL Acceptance Criteria from story</action>
<action>Extract ALL Tasks/Subtasks with completion status ([x] vs [ ])</action>
<action>From Dev Agent Record → File List, compile list of claimed changes</action>
<action>Create review plan:
1. **AC Validation**: Verify each AC is actually implemented
2. **Task Audit**: Verify each [x] task is really done
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