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Execute work units through the rigorous 4-phase Metaswarm cycle (Implement -> Validate -> Adversarial Review -> Commit) with independent quality gate enforcement.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/blob/HEAD/library/methodologies/metaswarm/skills/orchestrated-execution/SKILL.md

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  • Executing tasks requiring rigorous quality enforcement
  • When TDD compliance must be verified independently

Process

  1. IMPLEMENT - Coder executes via TDD against spec with DoD items
  2. VALIDATE - Orchestrator independently runs tsc, eslint, vitest (never trusts subagent)
  3. ADVERSARIAL REVIEW - Fresh reviewer checks spec compliance: binary PASS/FAIL with evidence
  4. COMMIT - Only after adversarial PASS, within declared file scope

Anti-Patterns (Enforced)

  • Self-certifying (trusting subagent "tests passed" claims)
  • Combining phases into single steps
  • Reusing reviewers after FAIL
  • Passing previous review findings to new reviewers
  • Treating quality gate failures as advisory

Agents Used

  • agents/coder/ - TDD implementation
  • agents/code-reviewer/ - Fresh adversarial review
  • agents/issue-orchestrator/ - Independent validation

Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process: methodologies/metaswarm/metaswarm-execution-loop