review-severity-format

Testing & Quality

Shared severity levels, issue ID format, and verdict criteria for all code reviewers. Use when performing code reviews or generating review reports. Do NOT use when writing or modifying code -- this is for review output formatting only.

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Review Severity Format

Severity Levels

Level	Meaning	Merge Impact
`must`	Blocks merge. Must be fixed before merging.	Blocks
`imo`	Recommended improvement. Author decides whether to fix.	Does not block
`nits`	Stylistic or trivial. Optional.	Does not block

Uncertainty Modifier

Append ? to any level to signal reviewer uncertainty (e.g., [imo?], [must?]). The ? suffix does not affect verdict logic -- a must? still blocks merge.

Subset Allowance

Reviewers MAY use a subset of levels when their domain warrants it (e.g., dead-code-reviewer uses must + nits only).

Issue ID Format

Each issue uses the format [PREFIX-NNN] with a reviewer-specific prefix:

Reviewer	Prefix
code-reviewer	CR
security-reviewer	SR
performance-reviewer	PR
sre-reviewer	SRE
database-reviewer	DR
dead-code-reviewer	DC
claude-config-reviewer	CFG
test-quality-reviewer	TQ
accessibility-reviewer	AR

Sequential numbering starts from 001 per review session.

Verdict Criteria

Verdict	Condition
APPROVE	No `must` issues
APPROVE WITH WARNINGS	`imo` issues only
REQUEST CHANGES	Any `must` issue found

Output Template

For each issue found, use checkbox format:

- [ ] [PREFIX-NNN] [level] Description - `file:line`
  Issue: Details
  Fix: Suggested remediation

Review Summary

## [Reviewer Name] Review Summary

**Files Reviewed:** X
**Issues Found:** Y

### By Severity
- must: X
- imo: Y
- nits: Z

### Issues

#### must
- [ ] [PREFIX-001] [must] Issue description - `file:line`

#### imo
- [ ] [PREFIX-002] [imo] Issue description - `file:line`

#### nits
- [ ] [PREFIX-003] [nits] Issue description - `file:line`

### Verdict
[APPROVE | APPROVE WITH WARNINGS | REQUEST CHANGES]