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Mandatory pre-commit code review gate. Checks constraint violations, cross-module consistency, and implementation quality. Trigger proactively when changes span multiple files or touch shared infrastructure. Trigger: 'review', 'check before commit'.

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  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Code Review Workflow

Process Overview

1. Capture changes → git diff
2. Load constraints → .agents/knowledge/constraints.md
3. Review against constraints and architecture
4. Route by verdict:
   ✓ Safe → Proceed with commit
   ⚠ Needs-attention → Fix issues, then commit
   ✗ Risky → Halt and report

Step 1: Capture Changes

git diff HEAD          # All changes
git status             # Modified files

Step 2: Load Context

  • Read .agents/knowledge/constraints.md — All hard constraints
  • Reference .agents/knowledge/architecture.md — Module dependencies
  • Identify which modules are affected by the changes

Step 3: Review Checklist

Constraint Compliance

  • No constraint violations found
  • Registry entries updated if classes moved/renamed (#1–4)
  • Pipeline order preserved (#6)
  • Coupled/decoupled paradigm respected (#7)
  • Base class interfaces not broken (#11–13)
  • Config fields synchronized with YAML examples (#15–17)

Cross-Module Consistency

  • Changes to abc.py base classes reflected in ALL subclasses (grpo, grpo-guard, dppo, nft, awm, dgpo, dpo, crd, diffusion-opd)
  • Changes to hparams/ reflected in ALL example configs
  • Changes to AdvantageProcessor compatible with all trainers
  • Registry keys match actual import paths
  • Sample dataclass _shared_fields consistent

Implementation Quality

  • No hardcoded devices (use self.device or accelerator.device)
  • @torch.no_grad() on reward model __call__
  • Proper synchronization barriers for distributed code
  • No ZeRO-3 usage
  • Type annotations on public methods

Code Style

  • Black formatting (line-length=100)
  • isort compliance (profile="black")
  • English comments and docstrings
  • Apache 2.0 license header on new files
  • No unnecessary wildcard imports (except hparams)
  • Top-level imports only (constraint #22) — see that file for the three sanctioned exceptions (optional deps via try/except ImportError, backend-gated runtime feature checks like DeepSpeed/FSDP, unresolvable circular imports).

Documentation

  • guidance/ docs updated if behavior changed
  • New config fields added to ALL example configs with defaults and # Options: comments
  • PR title follows format: [{modules}] {type}: {description}

Step 4: Route by Verdict

✓ Safe

No issues found. Proceed with commit.

⚠ Needs-Attention

Issues found but fixable:

  1. List each issue with file and line
  2. Fix identified problems
  3. Re-stage and re-review

✗ Risky

Potential breaking changes:

  1. Halt commit
  2. Report findings with severity
  3. Await explicit user approval

After Commit

  • Run black --check src/ && isort --check src/ to confirm formatting compliance.
  • Verify PR title follows [{modules}] {type}: {description} format.
  • If this was a bug fix, follow topics/fix_patterns.md archival process.

Pre-Review Reading

Before reviewing, always read Tier 1: constraints.md, architecture.md, philosophy.md.

Additionally, read based on diff scope:

Diff touches...Also read
models/topics/adapter_conventions.md, topics/parity_testing.md
trainers/topics/train_inference_consistency.md, topics/autocast_param_swap.md
scheduler/topics/train_inference_consistency.md, topics/dtype_precision.md
New adaptertopics/adapter_conventions.md, topics/parity_testing.md
dtype/precisiontopics/dtype_precision.md, topics/autocast_param_swap.md

Common Issues Found in Review

  1. Registry path stale — Class moved but registry not updated
  2. Config field renamed — YAML examples still use old name
  3. New config field not in examples — Users won't discover it; add with default value and # Options: comment
  4. Base class change not propagated — Subclass override now has wrong signature
  5. Missing wait_for_everyone() — Distributed deadlock risk
  6. Reward shape mismatch — Pointwise returning wrong batch dim
  7. License header missing — New files without Apache 2.0 header
  8. Autocast spans a forward — flat loss / KL ≈ 0 (fp32 master); see #20a / topics/autocast_param_swap.md