tools-bug-triad-review

Testing & Quality

Run a weekly adversarial bug triad (finder, skeptic, arbiter) to maximize bug discovery coverage and emit a scored verified bug list.

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Bug Triad Review

Use this skill when the user wants a high-recall, adversarial bug review that intentionally tolerates false positives and then filters them through a skeptic + final arbiter pass.

Weekly Cadence

Run once per week for the default codebase sweep. Prefer a fixed day and artifact path so trends are easy to compare.

Artifact root: docs/audits/bug-triad/<YYYY-MM-DD>/
Required files:
- finder.md
- skeptic.md
- arbiter.md
- verified-bugs.md

Inputs

Use these as evidence for all three phases:

Static bug scan output (pnpm bug-scan or pnpm bug-scan:changed + optional JSON mode).
Targeted code reads around hotspots.
Relevant runtime errors, lint/typecheck diagnostics, or prior incident notes.

If scope is unspecified, default to changed-files plus critical paths touched in the last week.

Execution Workflow

Build evidence packet

Collect scanner output and key code references.
Normalize each candidate issue with a stable ID (BUG-001, BUG-002, ...).

Run Finder pass

Use the Finder prompt from references/phase-prompts.md.
Enforce scoring: Low=+1, Medium=+5, Critical=+10.
Output to finder.md with total score.

Run Skeptic pass

Feed finder.md into the Skeptic prompt.
Challenge every bug; prefer DISPROVE only when confidence is high (2x penalty awareness).
Output to skeptic.md with final skeptic score.

Run Arbiter pass

Feed finder.md + skeptic.md into the Arbiter prompt.
Arbiter resolves truth for each disputed bug and produces final accepted list.
Output to arbiter.md.

Publish verified bug list

Create verified-bugs.md containing only VERDICT: REAL BUG items.
Group by severity, include file references and concise fix direction.

Output Contract

Every run must report:

Run date and scope reviewed.
Finder total score.
Skeptic final score.
Counts: reported, disproved, accepted, confirmed-real.
Verified bug list grouped by Critical, Medium, Low.

Guardrails

Do not invent evidence; every bug must cite concrete repo location(s).
False positives are allowed in Finder pass, but Arbiter output must be evidence-based.
If evidence is insufficient to decide, Arbiter must mark confidence Low and call out exact missing evidence.
Do not skip skeptic or arbiter phases; this skill is triad-by-design.

Escalation

Escalate to lp-do-plan / lp-do-build when:

confirmed critical bugs require coordinated fixes,
the same bug class appears across multiple packages,
weekly trend shows regressions for two consecutive runs.