Audit Code

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name: audit-code
model: haiku
effort: standard
description: Self-review checklist for the coding agent to run before dispatching a reviewer. Checks CONVENTIONS.md compliance, Boy Scout Rule, test coverage, types, and SOLID. Produces a pass/fail checklist. Use before request-review, before committing, or when user asks for a code quality check.
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# Audit Code
> **HARD GATE** — Audit must check for: bugs (correctness), security, performance, and clarity. Do NOT skip security review if the code touches user data, auth, or external APIs.

## Target (argument)

If an argument was passed after `/audit` (e.g. `/audit abc1234` or `/audit HEAD~3..HEAD`), use it as the diff target:

```bash
git diff <arg>        # range or two-ref form: abc..def, HEAD~3..HEAD
git show <arg>        # single commit: abc1234
```

If no argument was given, review uncommitted working-tree changes (`git diff` + `git diff --staged`).

Run this self-review before asking anyone else to look at the code. The goal is to catch everything that is clearly wrong or missing — so the reviewer can focus on design and architecture, not hygiene.

**Distinct from `request-review`:** This is the coding agent checking its own work. No second agent is involved. Run this first; run `request-review` after this passes.

## Look-here-first (churn heuristic)

Before the checklist, rank changed files by git churn and review **high-churn hotspots first** — they carry the most latent risk regardless of diff size.

```bash
bash scripts/bp-churn-rank.sh --since 90.days --limit 15
```

Apply the full checklist to churn-ranked files in descending order. Files with zero recent commits but large diffs still get reviewed; churn only sets priority, not scope.

## Modes

- Default: full checklist
- --quick: Run only Supply Chain and Test Coverage. Use for changes under 50 LOC.
- --gate: Non-interactive mode for automated CI gating (used by build-epic step 6). Exit with non-zero status code (`exit 1`) on ANY checklist failure; `exit 0` only if ALL items pass. Produces a compact pass/fail summary to stderr. On failure, list every ✗ item with reason.
- --parallel: Run checklist sections in **isolated git worktrees** (e45s18) so concurrent checks cannot corrupt each other's working tree:

```bash
bash scripts/lib/parallel-review-worktrees.sh audit-code
```

## Checklist

### Supply Chain & Security

- [ ] slopcheck run for new dependencies; packages tagged in plan-work: `[OK]`, `[SUS]`, or `[SLOP]`
- [ ] No `[SLOP]` packages without documented human approval
- [ ] No secrets in diff (`sk-`, `ghp_`, `AKIA`, `.env` values) — see `guard-git` patterns
- [ ] OWASP Top 10 spot-check: injection, broken auth, sensitive data exposure, misconfiguration (see `docs/references/security-threats.md`)
- [ ] Security: diff scanned — no unaddressed HIGH findings (or deviations documented in `specs/security/EXCEPTIONS.md`)

### Provenance & Metadata

- [ ] New plan artefacts include `type:` and `context:` metadata
- [ ] Implementation steps reference ADR or commit SHA where decisions were made

### Law of Demeter

- [ ] No method chains through unrelated objects (e.g. `a.getB().getC().doX()`)
- [ ] Collaborators talk to immediate neighbors only; law violations need explicit justification

### CONVENTIONS.md Compliance

- [ ] All output files are in `specs/` (no docs written to project root)
- [ ] No `gh issue create` calls anywhere in new/modified skills or scripts
- [ ] `gh` used only for PRs and repo clone operations
- [ ] No GitHub REST API called directly (no curl/fetch to api.github.com)

### Scope

- [ ] Changes are limited to what was asked — nothing extra refactored or reorganized
- [ ] No speculative features added
- [ ] No files touched outside the stated scope
- [ ] **Discovered defects:** Reproducible gate failures (Preflight, CI, golden suite) require fix-or-log — `quick-fix` or `fix-bug` — even when "outside" the story scope. Scope-minimization does not waive Always Green.
- [ ] Boy Scout Rule applies to files opened to fix a gate failure; it does not excuse skipping red Preflight

### Boy Scout Rule

- [ ] Every file I touched is cleaner than when I found it
- [ ] No dead code left behind
- [ ] No commented-out code blocks

### Types and Safety

- [ ] No `any` types introduced (TypeScript) or untyped public functions (Python/Go/etc.)
- [ ] No `@ts-ignore` or `// eslint-disable` added
- [ ] No `as unknown as X` casts that bypass type safety

### Test Coverage

- [ ] Every new function has at least one test
- [ ] Every bug fix has a regression test
- [ ] Tests verify behavior through public interfaces (not implementation details)
- [ ] Tests are F.I.R.S.T compliant (per CONVENTIONS.md §Tests; use `enforce-first` if unsure)

### SOLID and Heuristics

- [ ] Single Responsibility: no function or module doing two unrelated things
- [ ] Open/Closed: extended through interfaces, not by modifying stable code
- [ ] Dependency Inversion: dependencies injected, not imported globally where avoidable
- [ ] **Chapter 17 Heuristics**: Code is free of smells documented in `audit-code/HEURISTICS.md` (G, N, C, T)

### Refactoring Smells (Fowler)

Explicitly name any detected smells: Mysterious Name, Duplicated Code, Feature Envy, Data Clumps, Primitive Obsession, Message Chains, Middle Man.

### Code Style (CONVENTIONS.md)

- [ ] Functions: 4–20 lines; split if longer
- [ ] Functions: descend exactly one level of abstraction (The Stepdown Rule / G34)
- [ ] Files: under 300 lines (ideally 200–300)
- [ ] Names: specific and unique (grep returns < 5 hits for each name)
- [ ] No duplication — shared logic extracted (DRY / G5)
- [ ] Early returns over nested ifs; max 2 levels of indentation
- [ ] Conditionals: expressed as positives (G29)
- [ ] Comments explain WHY, not WHAT

### Red Flags

Before reporting, name any rationalization you caught yourself making for skipping a checklist item. Silence is not acceptable — if you skipped an item, state the reason explicitly.

## Output

Report the checklist with ✓ / ✗ per item. For each ✗, describe what needs to be fixed.

If all items pass: suggest running `request-review` for an independent second opinion.
If any items fail: fix them before proceeding.

In `--gate` mode, print one summary line per checklist section (`PASS Supply Chain` / `FAIL Provenance (2 items)`). Exit `0` only if all PASS. Write full report to `specs/verifications/AUDIT-<epic>-<story>.md`.

## Verify

→ verify: `test -f CONVENTIONS.md && test -d skills/enforce-first && test -d skills/request-review`

## Handoff

Gate: READY -> next: commit-message
Writes: state.yaml handoff.next_skill = commit-message

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