/bernstein-approve

name: bernstein-approve
description: >
  Review and approve/reject pending tasks or plans in Bernstein.
  Use when the user asks about approvals, wants to review agent work,
  or needs to approve/reject a plan before execution begins.

Bernstein Approvals

Review pending approvals and plans, then approve or reject them.

When to Use

• User asks "any pending approvals?" or "what needs my review?"
• User wants to approve or reject a completed task
• User wants to review and approve/reject a plan before agents execute it
• User says "approve that" or "reject task X"

Instructions

List pending approvals

1. Run `scripts/approvals.sh list` to fetch pending approvals and plans. 2. Present each item with its diff summary and test results:

## Pending Approvals

### Task TASK-042: Fix auth middleware
**Agent:** claude-backend-01 | **Role:** backend
**Files changed:** src/auth/middleware.py (+42 -8)
**Tests:** 14/14 passing

[Approve] [Reject]

Approve or reject

3. When the user decides:

• Approve: `scripts/approvals.sh approve <task_id> "reason"`
• Reject: `scripts/approvals.sh reject <task_id> "reason"`

4. For **plans** (multi-task proposals):

• List plans: `scripts/approvals.sh plans`
• Approve plan: `scripts/approvals.sh approve-plan <plan_id>`
• Reject plan: `scripts/approvals.sh reject-plan <plan_id>`

After approval

5. Confirm the action and note what happens next:

• Approved tasks → agent commits and merges
• Approved plans → planned tasks promoted to open, agents start picking them up
• Rejected → task goes back to open for retry, or gets cancelled