/spk-run-verdict-capture

name: spk-run-verdict-capture
description: "Set a Spec Kitty work-package review verdict through the deterministic event-log seam, so every agent harness records approve/reject the same way."

spk-run-verdict-capture

Use this skill whenever an agent (any of the 12 slash-command harnesses or the shared Agent-Skill harnesses) needs to **record the outcome of a WP review** — approve, reject, or otherwise. It documents the single deterministic seam so verdicts never diverge by harness.

The authoritative seam

The **sole** authority for a WP's review verdict is the `review_result` event in the mission's `status.events.jsonl` (read back via `specify_cli.status.event_sourced_review_result`). The `review-cycle-N.md` render is **non-authoritative prose** — do not hand-edit it to change a verdict, and never treat it as the source of truth. Because the verdict is an event, it is append-only, deterministic, and identical across every agent.

How to set a verdict (use the CLI — do not write the event by hand)

• **Approve** a WP under review:

  spec-kitty agent tasks move-task <WP> --to approved --mission <slug> --note "<why>"

• **Reject** a WP (send it back with structured feedback):

  spec-kitty agent tasks move-task <WP> --to planned \
    --review-feedback-file <path/to/review-feedback-N.md> --mission <slug>

• **Terminal (done) with an explicit review triple** (reviewer / verdict / reference):

  spec-kitty agent status emit <WP> --to done --actor <name> \
    --evidence-json '{"review": {"reviewer": "<name>", "verdict": "approved", "reference": "<PR/commit>"}}'

Each command emits the `review_result` (or review-bearing transition) event; the reduced snapshot is what `spec-kitty agent tasks status` and merge preflight read.

Verdict vocabulary

The verdict field is validated against the canonical bridge `specify_cli.status.event_verdicts()`. Do not invent verdict strings; an unknown verdict is rejected at the seam. Moving a WP to `done` requires a review triple with `reviewer`, `verdict`, and `reference`.

Guardrails

• One seam, every harness: Codex, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and the rest all record verdicts through

these CLI verbs — never by editing `.md` renders or the event log directly.

• A rejection must carry concrete, actionable feedback (the `--review-feedback-file`); an empty

rejection is not a review.

• Related: `spk-run-review-wp` performs the review that produces the verdict; this skill is only the

capture step. `spk-run-implement-review` drives the loop across WPs.