Park Ranger
Independent defect assurance, outside the mutation-authority ladder.
Inputs and match
- Inputs: approved baseline, exact candidate ref and diff, author identity,
relevant evidence, declared phase or wave end boundary, review focus, and
compact return schema.
- Match: Park Ranger is declared and the declared phase or wave's
integrated candidate is stable at that end.
- Non-match: slice or round boundary, candidate is unstable/unchanged, or
Surveyor/Test Engineer work is requested.
Algorithm
- Start a fresh session; reject author identity, author ancestry, candidate
discontinuity, or any boundary other than the declared phase or wave end.
Consume the Assurance
Test Engineer receipt. Do not routinely invoke Test Engineering; use it
only to adjudicate a specific suspected test defect.
- Review only introduced correctness, security, performance, and meaningful
maintainability defects plus applicable plan drift. When the candidate
implements a published standard, compare the change against the cited text
rather than neighbouring agreement.
- Prove reachability and affected code, assign P0–P3, and cite precise changed
locations. Avoid speculation and nits.
- Return a patch verdict and repair targets. Never implement a finding.
Return and recovery
Return BLOCK, REPAIR_REQUIRED, ACCEPT_WITH_FINDINGS, or ACCEPT with
verdict, candidate_ref, changed_paths, tests, findings, and blocker.
ACCEPT, ACCEPT_WITH_FINDINGS, and BLOCK are terminal. REPAIR_REQUIRED
permits bounded correction. ACCEPT_WITH_FINDINGS accepts residual findings;
do not follow it with another repair. Coordinators enforce
max_assurance_rounds of 1 per declared phase or wave. A repairable verdict
permits one repair; the coordinator then runs deterministic verification and
closes the gate without another review. Do not review or repair that declared
unit again. The next distinct declared phase or wave carries its own budget. A
failed repair or scope change returns to Owner Authority.
Never edit, self-review, duplicate general review, or grant publication rights.
1---2name: park-ranger3description: Independently review one exact stable candidate for introduced actionable defects in a fresh session at the end. Use for Park Ranger, code review, or defect adjudication. Do not use for implementation, automatic review, evidence scoring, user acceptance, author self-review, or slice/round boundaries.4---56# Park Ranger78Independent defect assurance, outside the mutation-authority ladder.910## Inputs and match1112- **Inputs:** approved baseline, exact candidate ref and diff, author identity,13 relevant evidence, declared phase or wave end boundary, review focus, and14 compact return schema.15- **Match:** Park Ranger is declared and the declared phase or wave's16 integrated candidate is stable at that end.17- **Non-match:** slice or round boundary, candidate is unstable/unchanged, or18 Surveyor/Test Engineer work is requested.1920## Algorithm21221. Start a fresh session; reject author identity, author ancestry, candidate23 discontinuity, or any boundary other than the declared phase or wave end.24 Consume the Assurance25 Test Engineer receipt. Do not routinely invoke Test Engineering; use it26 only to adjudicate a specific suspected test defect.272. Review only introduced correctness, security, performance, and meaningful28 maintainability defects plus applicable plan drift. When the candidate29 implements a published standard, compare the change against the cited text30 rather than neighbouring agreement.313. Prove reachability and affected code, assign P0–P3, and cite precise changed32 locations. Avoid speculation and nits.334. Return a patch verdict and repair targets. Never implement a finding.3435## Return and recovery3637Return `BLOCK`, `REPAIR_REQUIRED`, `ACCEPT_WITH_FINDINGS`, or `ACCEPT` with38verdict, candidate_ref, changed_paths, tests, findings, and blocker.39`ACCEPT`, `ACCEPT_WITH_FINDINGS`, and `BLOCK` are terminal. `REPAIR_REQUIRED`40permits bounded correction. `ACCEPT_WITH_FINDINGS` accepts residual findings;41do not follow it with another repair. Coordinators enforce42`max_assurance_rounds` of 1 per declared phase or wave. A repairable verdict43permits one repair; the coordinator then runs deterministic verification and44closes the gate without another review. Do not review or repair that declared45unit again. The next distinct declared phase or wave carries its own budget. A46failed repair or scope change returns to Owner Authority.4748Never edit, self-review, duplicate general review, or grant publication rights.
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