Propagates the 10-reviewer peer list across agent frontmatter, Position/Critical prose, shared-patterns, skill dispatchers, gate validators, and docs — resolving drift left behind when multi-tenant-reviewer and lib-commons-reviewer were added to the pool. Also fixes broken shared-pattern paths in lib-commons-reviewer and adds substantive blocker criteria to multi-tenant-reviewer plus codebase-context severity heuristic (Lerian third-rail vs external recommendation) to lib-commons-reviewer.
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Increases the number of parallel reviewers from 8 to 10 for both the
frontend and backend development workflows.
This change introduces two new specialized reviewer roles:
- `multi-tenant-reviewer`
- `lib-commons-reviewer`
The "Post-cycle: Multi-Tenant" step is removed from the backend
workflow. This integrates the multi-tenancy check directly into the
main review process, ensuring it is considered from the beginning
rather than as a final adaptation step. This shift-left approach aims
to catch architectural issues earlier in the development cycle.
Cross-reference audit after v1.56.0 found stale references to the removed Gate 0.5 dispatch. Critical: validate-gate-progression.sh was reading .delivery_verification.status from TASK level (no longer populated), firing false errors on every real cycle. Now reads subtask-level .gate_progress.implementation.delivery_verified. dev-cycle/SKILL.md self-description (frontmatter, overview, cannot-skip block) updated from "11 gates (0→0.5→1→...→9)" to the three-cadence model. using-dev-team marks ring:dev-delivery-verification DEPRECATED. dev-refactor-frontend artifact description swaps "1:1 mapped" for clustering.
Public docs (CLAUDE.md, README.md, WORKFLOWS.md) updated to describe subtask/task/cycle cadence instead of old per-unit linear flow. file-size-enforcement.md dispatch point corrected from Gate 0.5 to Gate 0 exit criteria (ring:dev-implementation Step 7).
Stripped meta-narration markers ("since R4", "formerly Gate 0.5", "since Prancy Bentley speedup", "absorbed from former...") from skill bodies. Skills describe current behavior; edit history lives in CHANGELOG and git log, not in agent context.
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Update all skills, agents, shared patterns, docs, and platform configs that still referenced 7 code review agents to reflect the 8th reviewer (ring:performance-reviewer). Includes agent self-descriptions, dispatch instructions, anti-rationalization tables, slicing math, gate tables, and opencode schema definitions.
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Bring dev-team, pm-team, and pmo-team using-* skills to the same canonical pattern used by default, finops, and tw plugins. Adds complete agent and skill inventories organized by category, removes duplicate entries in pmo-team list, and ensures all entries use the ring: prefix consistently.
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Skills are now the sole invocation mechanism — commands have been eliminated
as an architectural layer. All 33 commands removed, 22 skills renamed to
match the command names teams already knew, and 1 new skill (portfolio-review)
created to replace the last orchestrator command.
Renames: brainstorming→brainstorm, requesting-code-review→codereview,
git-commit→commit, session-handoff→create-handoff, drawing-diagrams→diagram,
executing-plans→execute-plan, exploring-codebase→explore-codebase,
interviewing-user→interview-me, linting-codebase→lint,
release-guide-info→release-guide, visual-explainer→visualize,
using-git-worktrees→worktree, writing-plans→write-plan,
dev-feedback-loop→dev-report, delivery-status-tracking→delivery-status,
delivery-reporting→delivery-report, executive-reporting→executive-summary,
dependency-mapping→dependency-analysis, documentation-review→review-docs,
writing-functional-docs→write-guide, writing-api-docs→write-api
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Update stale counts in marketplace.json descriptions (default skills 21->22, dev-team skills 24->32, agents 11->12, commands 8->9, pm-team skills 15->16). Add 3 missing agents (frontend-engineer, helm-engineer, prompt-quality-reviewer) to using-dev-team/SKILL.md and update all references from 9 to 12 specialists. Reorganize MANUAL.md command tables to give pm-team commands their own section, matching the pattern of other plugin subsections.
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Introduces a new parallel reviewer, `ring:dead-code-reviewer`, to
systematically identify orphaned code resulting from changes. This
enhances codebase hygiene by detecting unused helpers, types, and
tests, thereby reducing technical debt and improving maintainability.
The parallel code review system is expanded from 6 to 7 concurrent
reviewers. All related workflows, skills, commands, and documentation
have been updated to integrate this new capability.
- Add the `ring:dead-code-reviewer` agent, which analyzes code across
three concentric rings (target, direct dependents, ripple effect) to
find unreachable code.
- Update the `/ring:codereview` command and `ring:requesting-code-review`
skill to dispatch all 7 reviewers in a single parallel step.
- Adjust project documentation, including architecture diagrams, manuals,
and agent guides, to reflect the 7-reviewer workflow.
Removes the hard-coded `model: "opus"` requirement from all agent
definitions, skill examples, and command documentation. The orchestrator
is now responsible for model selection, making the agent framework more
flexible and model-agnostic.
Key changes include:
- Removing the `model` parameter from all agent frontmatter and Task
tool examples.
- Deleting the "Model Requirement" hard gate and self-verification
sections from all agent prompts. This simplifies the prompts and
removes model-specific enforcement logic.
- Updating core documentation (ARCHITECTURE, MANUAL, README) to reflect
that model selection is an orchestrator concern.
- Removing redundant `changelog` and `last_updated` fields from agent
frontmatter, as this information is tracked by source control.
This architectural shift allows the orchestrator to dynamically choose
the best model for a given task based on complexity, cost, or speed,
without being constrained by the agent's definition. It simplifies
agent maintenance and prepares the system for easier integration of
future AI models.
Move multi-tenant adaptation from per-unit Gate 0.5 (between implementation and devops) to a post-cycle step (after all units complete and deferred tests pass). This separates concerns: dev-cycle focuses on single-tenant business logic through 10 gates, then ring:dev-multi-tenant runs once at the end with its own tests and review for MT-specific changes. Update all references across dev-cycle, dev-implementation, dev-refactor, using-dev-team, dev-cycle.md command, and CLAUDE.md.
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Add Gate 0.5 between Implementation (Gate 0) and DevOps (Gate 1) that delegates to ring:dev-multi-tenant with scoped context. Two modes: SCOPED (MT infra compliant — adapt only new files) and FULL (MT missing or non-compliant — run complete cycle). Replace inline MT enforcement with lean detection + compliance audit. Remove MT responsibility from dev-implementation (Gate 0 now single-tenant only). Update all references from 10-gate to 11-gate across CLAUDE.md, commands, and using-dev-team.
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Code reviews that focus only on changed files can miss how those
changes break other parts of the codebase. Callers, contract
consumers, and dependent modules can be inadvertently affected, leading to
bugs that are difficult to detect in a localized review.
This commit introduces a new agent, `ring:consequences-reviewer`, to
systematically trace these "ripple effects." Its purpose is to analyze
the downstream impact of code changes by walking caller chains and
verifying consumer contracts.
The core parallel code review workflow, orchestrated by the
`/ring:codereview` command, now dispatches six agents in parallel
instead of five. All related documentation, skills, and agent prompts
have been updated to reflect this more robust 6-reviewer process.
Adds ring:dev-refactor-frontend skill and /ring:dev-refactor-frontend command for analyzing frontend codebases against Ring standards. Dispatches 5-7 frontend-specific agents in ANALYSIS mode, maps findings to 9-gate frontend cycle gate escapes, and hands off to ring:dev-cycle-frontend.
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Update CLAUDE.md totals (79 skills, 34 agents, 28 commands), marketplace.json version bump to 1.9.0, and using-dev-team skill with frontend cycle documentation, corrected agent counts, and new skills/commands lists.
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The parallel code review process expands from 3 to 5 reviewers to
enhance code quality. This introduces `ring:test-reviewer` and
`ring:nil-safety-reviewer` to provide deeper analysis of test coverage
and null safety patterns, improving overall reliability.
The `dev-cycle` workflow is upgraded from a 6-gate to a 10-gate process,
incorporating a sophisticated suite of automated testing gates:
- Unit Testing (Gate 3)
- Fuzz Testing (Gate 4)
- Property-based Testing (Gate 5)
- Integration Testing (Gate 6)
- Chaos Testing (Gate 7)
This change establishes a much higher standard for testing and ensures
features are more resilient and production-ready.
Finally, new agents and commands are added to the PMO and Product plugins
to support delivery tracking, design validation, and reporting, further
extending the system's capabilities across the development lifecycle.
All documentation is updated to reflect these enhancements.
Transform all user-facing Ring component references from colon-based
notation (ring:) to a standardized hyphen-based format (ring-).
This change affects skill names, agent names, and slash commands in all
documentation, guides, and examples. The goal is to create a consistent
and user-friendly namespace that is easier to read and type.
For example:
- Skill/Agent references like `ring:code-reviewer` become `ring-code-reviewer`
- Slash commands like `/ring:codereview` become `/ring-codereview`
The colon-based format (`ring:`) is intentionally preserved in YAML
frontmatter (`name: ring:skill-name`) for internal metadata, separating
the user-facing display name from the internal tooling identifier.
Renames docs/refactor/ to docs/ring:dev-refactor/ to match the skill namespace. Defines explicit timestamp format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS for consistent directory naming.
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- Updated framework specifications in frontend-bff-engineer-typescript and frontend-engineer to reflect version policy for Next.js, clarifying usage for new and existing projects.
- Introduced a new ui-engineer agent to handle UI implementation from product-designer outputs, ensuring compliance with design specifications and UX criteria.
- Added detailed documentation for the ui-engineer, including technical expertise and required outputs for effective UI development.
This enhances clarity in framework usage and establishes a dedicated role for translating design specifications into production-ready components.
Updates all skill, agent, and command invocations across active and archived plugins to use the ring: prefix consistently. This ensures namespace uniformity throughout the codebase.
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This commit restructures the plugin ecosystem to improve maintainability,
simplify component invocation, and focus on high-value domains.
Key changes:
- **Unified Namespace:** All component invocations are standardized to the
`ring:{component}` format, replacing the verbose `ring-{plugin}:...`
prefix. This simplifies usage and abstracts the internal plugin
structure.
- **Archive Legacy Plugins:** The `finance-team`, `ops-team`, `pmm-team`,
and `pmo-team` plugins are moved to a new `.archive` directory.
These plugins contained complex, outdated patterns and are now
preserved for historical reference only.
- **Introduce FinOps Plugin:** A new, highly-focused `finops-team` plugin
is added to handle Brazilian financial regulatory compliance (BACEN,
RFB), consolidating critical functionality into a more focused package.
- **Update Documentation:** Core documentation (`ARCHITECTURE.md`,`README.md`,
`CLAUDE.md`, `MANUAL.md`) and the plugin marketplace are updated to
reflect the new structure and unified namespace.
This change introduces a namespacing convention for all built-in agents,
commands, and skills to prevent potential naming collisions with
user-defined entities.
All default entity names in the frontmatter are now prefixed with
'ring:'. For example, 'name: code-reviewer' becomes
'name: ring:code-reviewer'.
This creates a clear distinction between core framework components and
custom ones, improving the system's overall robustness and
extensibility.
This major refactoring archives 5 non-core plugins to simplify the
project's focus and reduce maintenance overhead. The goal is to
concentrate on the primary software delivery value chain: Product
Planning -> Development -> Documentation.
The following plugins have been moved to the `.archive/` directory:
- ring-finance-team
- ring-finops-team
- ring-ops-team
- ring-pmm-team
- ring-pmo-team
This change reduces the number of active plugins from 9 to 4.
Key changes include:
- Updating `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` to remove archived plugins.
- Updating all top-level documentation (README, ARCHITECTURE, MANUAL) to
reflect the new, focused set of 4 plugins.
- Deleting obsolete development plans and handoffs associated with the
archived plugins.
- Removing cross-plugin references from the remaining active plugins.
- Updating the installer script to remove mentions of archived plugins.
By archiving this code instead of deleting it, we preserve the work
for future reference while cleaning up the active codebase.
Simplify naming convention by removing fully qualified prefixes from all components. Names now use simple format (e.g., code-reviewer instead of ring-default:code-reviewer).
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Update agent references to use fully qualified names across documentation and skill files. Fixed references for sre, frontend-bff-engineer-typescript, frontend-engineer, frontend-designer, devops-engineer, and finance-team agents.
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Comprehensive update of all agent, skill, and command references throughout
the repository to use fully qualified names:
- Agent refs: `agent-name` → `ring-{plugin}:agent-name`
- Skill refs: `skill-name` → `ring-{plugin}:skill-name`
- Command refs: `/command` → `/ring-{plugin}:command`
Files updated include:
- All agent files in */agents/
- All skill files in */skills/
- All command files in */commands/
- Documentation files (README, CLAUDE.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, WORKFLOWS.md)
- Shared patterns and standards files
This ensures consistency between documentation and implementation,
enabling unambiguous component resolution in multi-plugin environments.
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Update all agents, skills, and commands across 9 plugins to use fully qualified names in YAML frontmatter. This enables unambiguous component identification in multi-plugin environments.
Changes:
- 42 agents: name field updated to ring-{plugin}:{agent-name}
- 87 skills: name field updated to ring-{plugin}:{skill-name}
- 27 commands: name field updated (added frontmatter where missing)
- CLAUDE.md: Fixed contradictory examples in naming conventions
- ARCHITECTURE.md: Updated invocation examples throughout
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- Rename execution-report.md to output-execution-report.md
- Rename anti-rationalization.md to shared-anti-rationalization.md
- Rename orchestrator-principle.md to shared-orchestrator-principle.md
- Rename pressure-resistance.md to shared-pressure-resistance.md
- Rename red-flags.md to shared-red-flags.md
- Rename tdd-prompt-templates.md to template-tdd-prompts.md
- Update all references across skills, agents, and documentation
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docs(standards): mandate explicit model parameter for specialized agents
feat(reviewers): add guidance for skipping reviews on trivial changes
refactor(docs): simplify shared pattern files for better reusability
fix(security): add SSRF to blocker criteria and OWASP version check
fix(docs): align heading levels and table formats for consistency
Converted all canonical references from relative paths to GitHub raw URLs for installation-agnostic access:
Changed pattern:
- Before: [CLAUDE.md](../../../CLAUDE.md)
- After: [CLAUDE.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LerianStudio/ring/main/CLAUDE.md)
Files updated (18 total):
- All 10 dev-team skills
- All 8 dev-team agents with Standards Compliance Reports
Benefits:
- Works regardless of Ring installation location
- Consistent with WebFetch pattern already used in Standards Loading
- No broken links if directory structure changes
- Agent prompts can always access canonical sources
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Added canonical references to 6 skills per Content Duplication Prevention rule:
- dev-devops: References CLAUDE.md and devops.md standards
- dev-feedback-loop: References CLAUDE.md for validation/gate requirements
- dev-implementation: References CLAUDE.md and test-driven-development skill
- dev-review: References CLAUDE.md and requesting-code-review skill
- dev-testing: References CLAUDE.md and test-driven-development skill
- using-dev-team: References CLAUDE.md and using-ring skill
All 10 dev-team skills now have canonical references pointing to single sources of truth.
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Changed coverage threshold from 80% to 85% in:
- using-dev-team/SKILL.md line 259 (gate summary table)
- qa-analyst.md line 368 (Standards Compliance comparison)
- qa-analyst.md line 414 (decision guidance)
- qa-analyst.md line 972 (example output)
All dev-team documentation now consistently requires coverage ≥85% (Ring minimum). PROJECT_RULES.md may only raise, not lower, this threshold.
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AI-Model: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
