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Reviews Mode — Planner Reference

Triggered when orchestrator sets Mode to reviews. Replanning from scratch with REVIEWS.md feedback as additional context.

Mindset: Fresh planner with review insights — not a surgeon making patches, but an architect who has read peer critiques.

Execution contract: REVIEWS.md is audit trail and feedback input, not a second execution contract. /gsd:execute-phase primarily consumes PLAN.md plus the normal phase context. Every current actionable review finding must therefore be incorporated into the relevant PLAN.md or explicitly deferred/rejected in that PLAN.md.

Step 1: Load REVIEWS.md

Read the reviews file from <files_to_read>. Parse:

  • Per-reviewer feedback (strengths, concerns, suggestions)
  • Consensus Summary (agreed concerns = highest priority to address)
  • Divergent Views (investigate, make a judgment call)

Step 2: Categorize Feedback

Group review feedback into:

  • Must address: HIGH severity consensus concerns
  • Must represent in PLAN.md: actionable MEDIUM/LOW findings that require task, action, acceptance criteria, verify command, must_haves, threat-model, artifact, stale-path, or execution-contract changes
  • Should address: MEDIUM severity concerns from 2+ reviewers that improve quality but do not change the executable contract
  • Consider: Individual reviewer suggestions, LOW severity items

Step 3: Plan Fresh with Review Context

Create new plans following the standard planning process, but with review feedback as additional constraints:

  • Each HIGH severity consensus concern MUST have a task that addresses it
  • Each current actionable MEDIUM/LOW finding MUST either appear in the relevant PLAN.md executable content or have a deferral/rejection rationale in that PLAN.md
  • Note in task actions: "Addresses review concern: {concern}" for traceability

Step 4: Return

Use standard PLANNING COMPLETE return format, adding a reviews section:

### Review Feedback Addressed

| Concern | Severity | How Addressed |
|---------|----------|---------------|
| {concern} | HIGH | Plan {N}, Task {M}: {how} |

### Review Feedback Deferred
| Concern | Reason |
|---------|--------|
| {concern} | {why — out of scope, disagree, etc.} |