Kensai Review

Code Review

Read-only — do not edit, write, or modify files.

The kensai MCP server holds all session state. Agents self-serve context via mcp__kensai__session_priming — no data threading from lead to agents.

Environment

Agent teams: !printenv CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS

Prerequisites

1. If printenv above is blank or TeamCreate tool is not available, stop and tell the user:

   Agent teams required. Add to settings:

   { "env": { "CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS": "1" } }
   

   Then restart.

2. Call mcp__kensai__session_start with resolved mode and path. On error, inform the user and stop.

Mode: $mode (default: uncommitted) Path: $path (default: current directory)

If mode looks like a path, treat as $path with mode uncommitted.

• committed — HEAD~1..HEAD. Review the topmost commit.
• uncommitted (default) — HEAD..working tree. Review work-in-progress.
• all — HEAD~1..working tree. Review commit + uncommitted (amendment scenario).

Model Selection

After session_start, check session_state for changed_files total. 20+ files → spawn teammates with model: "<current-model>[1m]". Otherwise default model.

Pipeline

Phase 1: Grounding

1. Create a team. Spawn a review-grounder teammate. No data in spawn prompt — grounder self-serves via session_priming.
2. Wait for grounder to complete. Grounder stores structured context via MCP and calls mcp__kensai__grounding_complete.
3. Shut down the grounder.

Phase 2: Surfacing

1. Read grounding from mcp__kensai__grounding_get — summary, integration surface, hotspots, blind spots, intent.

2. Derive surfacing dimensions from grounding — each dimension names a specific risk area this change introduces, not a generic review category. The dimension tells the surfacer WHERE to focus; the surfacer decides WHAT to find.

   Derivation process:

   • Read grounding hotspots. Each hotspot is a candidate dimension or feeds into one.
   • Read the integration surface. Cross-boundary touchpoints suggest dimensions.
   • Name the dimension after the RISK, not after a review discipline.

   Self-check before spawning: if you could copy the same dimension name to a different change and it would still make sense, the dimension is too generic. Rewrite it using terms from the grounding.

3. Create a task per dimension. Spawn review-surfacer teammates in parallel — one per dimension. Spawn prompt: dimension name + quality criteria from grounding hotspots (risk patterns to watch for, not methodology).

4. Always spawn one additional general-review surfacer alongside the dimension surfacers. No prescribed dimension or quality criteria. Spawn prompt: "General review -- no prescribed dimension. Follow any thread. Focus on behavioral regressions: semantic contracts, lifecycle guarantees, concurrency, and anything the dimension surfacers might miss."

5. Wait for all surfacers. They record findings and call mcp__kensai__surface_clean or mcp__kensai__finding_surface via MCP.

6. Shut down all surfacers.

Phase 3: Proving

1. Call mcp__kensai__surfacing_complete. If 0 findings -> skips to filing.
2. Spawn a review-prover teammate. Prover self-serves findings and context via MCP, applies falsification gates, verdicts each finding.
3. Wait for prover to complete.
4. Check for unverdicted findings — call mcp__kensai__findings_list with status: "pending". If any remain, message the prover with the pending finding IDs and wait. Repeat until all are handled.
5. Shut down the prover.

Phase 4: Filing

1. Read confirmed findings from mcp__kensai__findings_list with status: "confirmed".
2. Apply last-gate filter: already handled? Intentional? Not actionable? Speculative? Boundary crossing? Drop if any.
3. Write the terminal report. One issue per finding. Assertions, not questions. Quote code, cite file:line.
4. Call mcp__kensai__filing_complete.
5. Call mcp__kensai__session_end.
6. Clean up the team.

The MCP enforces phase order. Tools reject calls outside their valid phase.