Incoherence

Incoherence Detector Skill

Purpose

Detect and resolve incoherence: contradictions between docs and code, ambiguous specifications, missing documentation, or policy violations.

Triggers

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• Documentation may contradict actual code behavior
• Preparing for a release and need a consistency audit
• Specs have changed but implementation status is unclear
• Multiple authors edited docs and code independently

Use direct code review instead when:

• Investigating a single known bug
• The inconsistency is already identified and just needs a fix

Anti-Patterns

Verification

After detection:

• Report file created at user-specified path
• Each issue has Type, Severity, Source A/B, Suggestions, and Resolution section
• Dimension coverage matches selection from step 2

After reconciliation:

• Resolved issues show status marker in report
• Code changes match user-provided resolutions
• No unresolved critical or high severity issues remain

Prerequisites

Before starting: User must specify the report filename (e.g., "output to incoherence-report.md").

Scripts

Invocation

# Detection phase (steps 1-13)
python3 scripts/incoherence.py --step-number 1 --total-steps 22 --thoughts "<context>"

# Reconciliation phase (steps 14-22, after user edits report)
python3 scripts/incoherence.py --step-number 14 --total-steps 22 --thoughts "Reconciling..."

Process

DETECTION PHASE (Steps 1-13):

Step 1:  CODEBASE SURVEY          ─────┐
Step 2:  DIMENSION SELECTION           │ Parent
Step 3:  EXPLORATION DISPATCH     ─────┘
         │
         ▼
    ┌────────────────────────┐
    │ Step 4:  BROAD SWEEP   │
    │ Step 5:  COVERAGE CHECK│ Exploration
    │ Step 6:  GAP-FILL      │ Sub-agents
    │ Step 7:  FORMAT        │
    └────────────────────────┘
         │
         ▼
Step 8:  SYNTHESIS                ─────┐
Step 9:  DEEP-DIVE DISPATCH       ─────┘ Parent
         │
         ▼
    ┌────────────────────────┐
    │ Step 10: EXPLORATION   │ Deep-dive
    │ Step 11: FORMAT        │ Sub-agents
    └────────────────────────┘
         │
         ▼
Step 12: VERDICT ANALYSIS         ─────┐
Step 13: REPORT GENERATION             │ Parent
         │                        ─────┘
         ▼
    ═══════════════════════════
    USER EDITS REPORT
    (fills in Resolution sections)
    ═══════════════════════════
         │
         ▼
RECONCILIATION PHASE (Steps 14-22):

Step 14: RECONCILE PARSE          ─────┐
Step 15: RECONCILE ANALYZE             │
Step 16: RECONCILE PLAN                │ Parent
Step 17: RECONCILE DISPATCH       ─────┘
         │
         ▼
    ┌────────────────────────┐
    │ Step 18: APPLY         │ Sub-agents
    │ Step 19: FORMAT        │ (invoke script)
    └────────────────────────┘
         │
         ▼
Step 20: RECONCILE COLLECT        ───┐
         │ (loop if more waves)      │
         ▼                           │ Parent
Step 21: RECONCILE UPDATE            │
         │                           │
         ▼                           │
Step 22: RECONCILE COMPLETE      ────┘

Reconciliation Behavior

Idempotent: Can be run multiple times on the same report.

Skip conditions (issue left unchanged):

• No resolution provided by user
• Already marked as resolved (from previous run)
• Could not apply (sub-agent failed)

Only action: Mark successfully applied resolutions as ✅ RESOLVED in report.

Report Format

Step 9 generates issues with Resolution sections:

### Issue I1: [Title]

**Type**: Contradiction | Ambiguity | Gap | Policy Violation
**Severity**: critical | high | medium | low

#### Source A / Source B

[quotes and locations]

#### Suggestions

1. [Option A]
2. [Option B]

#### Resolution

<!-- USER: Write your decision below. Be specific. -->

<!-- /Resolution -->

After reconciliation, resolved issues get a Status section:

#### Resolution

<!-- USER: Write your decision below. Be specific. -->

Use the spec value (100MB).

<!-- /Resolution -->

#### Status

✅ RESOLVED — src/uploader.py:156: Changed MAX_FILE_SIZE to 100MB

Dimension Catalog (A-K)