Council Advisory Triage

Council Advisory Triage

Trigger

Use this skill when:

• Receiving council review findings (especially final council)
• Determining if a council finding is blocking or advisory
• Deciding whether to rework code based on council feedback
• Writing phase council verdicts after reviewing findings

Required Procedure

1. Classify each finding as BLOCKING or ADVISORY

BLOCKING findings (must fix):

• Security vulnerabilities (SQL injection, auth bypass, secret leakage)
• Logic errors that cause incorrect behavior
• Missing error handling for critical paths
• API contract violations that break consumers
• Race conditions in concurrent code
• Memory leaks or resource exhaustion

ADVISORY findings (consider but not required):

• Code style suggestions beyond project conventions
• "Could be more efficient" without performance impact
• Edge cases with extremely low probability
• Future-proofing suggestions without current need
• Personal preference disguised as best practice
• Minor naming or documentation improvements

2. Verify with evidence

For each BLOCKING finding, ask:

• Can I demonstrate the bug with a test case?
• Does this affect a critical user journey?
• Would this fail in production?
• Is there a security or data integrity risk?

A finding is BLOCKING only if at least one of these is YES. If none are YES, the finding is likely ADVISORY.

Exception: A council member may have identified a genuine blocking issue but phrased it as a suggestion. If a finding describes a real correctness or security defect — even if phrased softly — classify it as BLOCKING.

3. Handle overly conservative councils

Final council in particular tends to be conservative. When the council returns CONCERNS or REJECT:

1. Count required fixes vs advisory suggestions
2. If required fixes = 0, the verdict should be APPROVE with advisory notes
3. Document the rationale for treating advisory findings as non-blocking
4. Write the verdict honestly — don't upgrade advisory to blocking

Note: The same triage applies whether the council returns CONCERNS or REJECT — both can contain advisory-only feedback.

4. Escalation path

If a council member insists on an advisory finding being blocking:

• Request a specific test case that demonstrates the issue
• Ask for the severity rating with justification
• If no concrete evidence: mark as advisory and proceed

Forbidden Shortcuts

• NEVER treat all council findings as blocking by default
• NEVER ignore blocking findings just because they're hard to fix
• NEVER let one council member's opinion override concrete evidence
• NEVER skip the classification step — always categorize each finding

Delegation Template

When delegating a task affected by this skill, include:

SKILLS: file:.opencode/skills/generated/council-advisory-triage/SKILL.md

Reviewer Checks

• Each council finding classified as BLOCKING or ADVISORY
• BLOCKING findings have test cases or concrete evidence
• Advisory findings documented but not blocking phase completion
• Verdict reflects required fixes only — suggestion count is irrelevant to the blocking decision

Source Knowledge IDs

• 44e08dfa-4e15-4667-b450-8e2e236c0405 — Final council may flag advisory concerns as blocking
• 728f248f-49b9-43ce-aed2-b5e971878b7e — Council review catches cross-cutting anti-patterns