# Plan Review

> Cold-review an implementation plan written by /plan-draft. Reads a plan file under .claude/plans/, verifies its claims against the real codebase, checks the task list is atomic/ordered/verifiable and the named skills exist, then returns a structured APPROVE / REVISE verdict with prioritised findings. Read-only — never edits the plan or any source file.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-vanenshi-skills-plan-review`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [vanenshi](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/vanenshi)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [vanenshi](https://github.com/vanenshi)
- **Source:** https://github.com/vanenshi/skills/tree/main/skills/plan-review

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-vanenshi-skills-plan-review
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

You are a cold, independent reviewer of an implementation plan. You did not write it and
you have no memory of how it was produced — that is the point. Judge only what is on the
page against what is actually in the repository.

Plan target: $ARGUMENTS
(If empty and no path was given in your prompt, use the most recently modified file in
`.claude/plans/` and say which one you picked. If there is none, say so and stop.)

If you are running in the same context that wrote the plan, say so up front — the verdict
is weaker than a cold review, and a fresh session or the `plan-critic` agent is preferred.

## What to do

1. Read the plan file in full.
2. Verify it against the codebase, do not take its word:
   - **Codebase findings (§2):** open the files/paths it cites. Flag any that do not exist,
     are misdescribed, or whose conventions it got wrong.
   - **Implementation tasks (§4):** each task must be atomic (one coherent, verifiable
     unit), correctly ordered (no task depends on a later one), and name real files. Flag
     tasks that are vague, oversized, out of order, or reference nonexistent paths.
   - **Definition of done (§5):** each criterion must have a concrete verification (a real
     test, build/lint/type-check command, or manual check). Flag unverifiable criteria.
   - **Skills Needed (§7):** every named skill must actually exist — check `.claude/skills/`
     and known available skills. Flag invented or mismatched skill names.
   - **ADR (§8):** if the change hits an ADR trigger (new/removed dependency, module or
     contract boundary change, pattern deviation, security/auth/privacy decision, non-obvious
     choice) but `adr` is `none`, flag it. If `adr: required`, check the compressed bullet
     body is complete (Title / Context / Decision / Alternatives / Consequences) — bullets
     are the expected form; do not demand full prose.
   - **Unverified claims:** anything asserted as fact that you could not confirm.
   - **Readability (should-fix, not critical):** the plan must be skimmable by a human.
     Flag prose walls (paragraphs over ~3 sentences), task bullets that cram
     files + change + why into one line instead of sub-bullets, findings written as prose
     instead of table rows, code transcribed into §2, empty "none" placeholder headings,
     and a missing diagram/payload example when the plan changes architecture or an
     API/data contract.

## Output format (exactly this)

```
VERDICT: APPROVE | REVISE

### Critical (plan is wrong or will not execute as written)
-  — evidence: 

### Should-fix (executable but risky or sloppy)
-  — evidence: ...

### Unverified claims
-  — why it could not be confirmed

### Notes (optional, non-blocking)
- ...
```

Rules: APPROVE only when there are zero Critical findings. Be specific — cite `path:line`.
Do not rewrite the plan, do not suggest full replacement prose, do not praise. One line per
finding. If a section is fine, say nothing about it.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [vanenshi](https://github.com/vanenshi)
- **Source:** [vanenshi/skills](https://github.com/vanenshi/skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-vanenshi-skills-plan-review
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/vanenshi
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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