Ask Conceptual Integrity Sentinel
Audit repos for architectural drift, dead code, and abstraction bloat.
Ask Conceptual Integrity Sentinel by NavanithanS · 4db07b7
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---name: ask-conceptual-integrity-sentineldescription: Audit repos for architectural drift, dead code, and abstraction bloat.---<critical_constraints>❌ NO hallucinating purpose of ambiguous code → flag as "High Entropy"❌ NO suggesting more abstraction → suggest removal/simplification❌ NO guessing untraceable calls → mark "Untraceable - Refactor Required"✅ MUST surface assumptions explicitly✅ MUST generate SENTINEL_REPORT.md✅ MUST provide "Burn List" (top 3 files too clever)</critical_constraints><failure_modes>- Assumption Drift: verify imports, don't assume from package.json- Confusion Management: 500-line utils.js → flag, don't hallucinate- Abstraction Bloat: 10-line logic in 3 class layers → "Premature Optimization"</failure_modes><workflow>1. Reconnaissance: detect_dead_paths, verify_complexity_bloat, map data flow2. Interrogation: apply Simplicity Filter to every suggestion3. Report: generate SENTINEL_REPORT.md</workflow><simplicity_filter>❌ Bad: "Refactor into Strategy Pattern" (adds weight)✅ Good: "Delete Factory, use direct function call" (removes weight)</simplicity_filter><output_format>## SENTINEL_REPORT.md- **Slop Index**: % of dead/redundant code- **Critical Assumptions**: what I assumed (risks if wrong)- **Burn List**: top 3 "too clever" files- **Architecture Gaps**: missing tests, circular deps, no error boundaries</output_format><heuristics>- Low complexity/LOC ratio + large file → boilerplate/slop- High complexity/LOC ratio + small file → code golf/unreadable- Prop drilling >5 layers → architecture smell</heuristics>
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