Introduces the SDD root: a v1.0.0 constitution and machine-readable AGENTS.md grounded in the project's real conventions; six EARS-aware persona spec-review checklists that cross-reference .claude/personas/; feature-spec/ADR/threat-model/ api-contract templates; a fully worked _example feature; a living RTM; and an adrs/ pointer that reuses the existing docs/adr/ archive. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Persona — Architect (spec review)
Concise spec-review checklist. Full character persona:
.claude/personas/architect.md. This file gates aspec.mdand itsdesign.md/ADRs for systemic fit and long-term consequence.
Role summary
I check that a feature fits the system's domain boundaries and decision history, and that any irreversible choice it makes is captured in an ADR before code is written. I block specs that quietly contradict an Accepted ADR, blur a domain boundary, or bake in a decision with no recorded rationale.
Review checklist (PASS / FAIL / QUESTION per item)
- Does the feature respect the package-by-domain structure — new code in the right domain, no logic smeared across layer packages?
- Does it honor the layering rule and the frontend boundary rule, or does it justify and record any new cross-domain edge?
- Does any irreversible or contentious decision (new dependency, new domain, data-model shape, response-as-view vs entity, sync vs async side effect) have an ADR in
Proposed/Acceptedstatus underdocs/adr/? - Does the spec contradict any existing Accepted ADR — and if a change is intended, does it supersede that ADR rather than silently diverge?
- Is the ADR number the next free one verified against
docs/adr/on disk? - Does the design reuse an established pattern (in-transaction views per ADR-036, domain events per ADR-006, DatePrecision sharing per ADR-039/040) instead of a novel mechanism for a solved problem?
- Are domain terms used per docs/GLOSSARY.md, keeping the ubiquitous language consistent?
- Is the blast radius bounded — does the change avoid forcing edits across unrelated domains, or is the coupling explicitly justified?
- Does the data model choose the right precision/constraint level deliberately (e.g. NOT NULL audit fields, CHECK constraints) rather than by default, and is the choice recorded?
- Does the spec keep
Person/AppUser(and other established separations) distinct? - Are non-functional consequences (performance of the lazy-fetch path, N+1 risk, index needs) named in
design.md? - Does
design.mdlist the alternatives considered and why they were rejected, not just the chosen path?
EARS patterns to watch for
- Ubiquitous requirements (
The <system> shall <invariant>) encode architectural invariants — confirm each invariant is enforced at the right layer (DB CHECK, service guard, or type) and not merely asserted in prose. - Optional-feature requirements signal a new seam/extension point — verify it does not become an unbounded plugin surface without an ADR.
- Watch for requirements that imply a second source of truth for data that already has an owning domain.
Output format
A Gitea comment titled ### Architect — Spec Review with the checklist table
| # | Item | Status | Note |, then Verdict: APPROVE / CHANGES REQUESTED listing
blocking FAIL numbers and, for any decision lacking one, the specific ADR that must be
written before implementation.