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Validates design docs against an 8-point checklist before planning begins. Catches spec gaps, consistency issues, and blind spots.
npx claudepluginhub nikhilsitaram/claude-caliper --plugin claude-caliper-toolingHow this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/claude-caliper-workflow:design-reviewThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Dispatch a reviewer subagent to validate a design doc before planning. Catches spec gaps that are cheap to fix in design but expensive to fix mid-implementation.
Reviews design and implementation docs from analysis-process for document quality, internal consistency, and technical soundness before implementation-process.
Spawns five specialist agents (PM, Architect, Designer, Security, CTO) to review design documents in parallel, iterating until all approve.
Reviews completed design drafts for architecture, modules, API contracts, data models, and backend NFRs against approved specs. Delivers structured verdict and findings to gate approval before task planning. Use after design drafting when ready for formal review.
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Dispatch a reviewer subagent to validate a design doc before planning. Catches spec gaps that are cheap to fix in design but expensive to fix mid-implementation.
Core principle: Designs are hypotheses about what to build. Validate before committing to a plan.
Skip for: Trivially small changes with no design doc.
Gather inputs:
$MAIN_ROOT/.claude/claude-caliper/YYYY-MM-DD-topic/design-topic.md (main repo, not worktree)Dispatch with model: "$DESIGN_REVIEWER_MODEL" — review requires strong reasoning to catch blind spots the designer and user converged past.
Use subagent_type: "claude-caliper:design-reviewer". See: reviewer-prompt.md for invocation template.
Reviewer produces:
Pass: Zero issues, or all issues fixed and confirmed clean Fail: Return to design skill to fix, then re-run design-review
Re-review gate (design-review): The design skill controls the review loop with these rules:
low and medium issues are auto-dismissed; only high and critical issues block planning past iteration 3Note: Plan-review uses a separate gate — caliper-settings get re_review_threshold. That gate is unchanged.
Auto-dispatched by: design (after design doc written)
Leads to: draft-plan (once review passes)