Reflection Pattern Review Checklist

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Fit check
[ ] The task has explicit acceptance criteria
[ ] One critique pass can materially improve the result
[ ] The task does not require deterministic validation instead
[ ] The reflection step cannot approve irreversible side effects
[ ] The budget allows the extra model call

Reflection contract
[ ] Original goal captured
[ ] Original artifact stored
[ ] Acceptance criteria listed
[ ] Constraints listed
[ ] Evidence or sources attached where relevant
[ ] Allowed changes declared
[ ] Maximum reflection passes declared
[ ] Stop reasons declared

Critique quality
[ ] Critique names concrete issues
[ ] Each issue maps to an acceptance criterion
[ ] Each issue has severity
[ ] Each issue has a proposed fix
[ ] The revised artifact preserves valid evidence
[ ] The revised artifact changes only failing parts
[ ] Already-good artifacts can pass without rewriting

Safety and escalation
[ ] Unsafe or high-risk actions escalate
[ ] Missing evidence escalates or triggers retrieval
[ ] Policy decisions are not delegated to reflection alone
[ ] Human approval remains separate from critique

Evaluation
[ ] Fixture covers correct but verbose output
[ ] Fixture covers plausible false claim
[ ] Fixture covers missing acceptance criterion
[ ] Fixture covers unsafe proposed action
[ ] Fixture covers stale or weak evidence
[ ] Fixture covers already-good artifact

Release decision
[ ] Green: ready for controlled use
[ ] Yellow: limited use; stronger evals needed
[ ] Red: demo only

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