Claude Plan Review

Send a design document to a Claude subagent for review, then revise the document based on findings. Automatically loops until no critical issues remain or 5 rounds are complete.

Invoke scripts via ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/<name>. That env var is set by Claude Code for every plugin context and gives the absolute path to the marketplace clone — no PATH or cwd assumptions. Bare-command invocation (e.g. claude-plan-review.sh) is NOT reliable: the plugin never puts its scripts on PATH, so bare calls exit 127.

Respond in the user's preferred language (detect from their recent messages, or fall back to the language setting in CLAUDE.md).

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

  • A file path to a design document or plan
  • No arguments: default to the most recently modified .md file under Docs/

Execution Flow

1. Identify the Target File

Try in priority order:

  1. If the user specified a file path, use it
  2. Otherwise check the current conversation for a Claude-generated plan and use the latest one
  3. If no plan file exists, review the current conversation context — find the most recently discussed design proposal, refactoring suggestion, or review conclusion, write it as a temporary spec file (Docs/qq/<branch-name>/tmp-review-spec_<YYYYMMDD-HHmm>.md, timestamped with the current time), then review that file. Get the branch name with: git branch --show-current | tr '/' '_'
  4. Final fallback: use ls -t Docs/**/*.md | grep -v '/qq/' | head -1 to find the most recently modified design document (excluding generated review artifacts)

2–6. Automated Review Loop

Loop automatically — do not ask the user between rounds. Stop when any of the following is true:

  • No [Critical] issues in the review result
  • 5 rounds have been completed

Each round:

2a. Send to Claude for Review

Use the Bash tool with run_in_background: true to run in the background:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/claude-plan-review.sh <file_path>

The script calls claude -p, with results output to stdout and <filename>_review.md. The script automatically reads the project root's CLAUDE.md and includes the coding standards in the Claude prompt. Claude CLI review typically takes 2-5 minutes. Using background execution, the system will automatically notify when the command completes — no need to sleep or poll. Notify the user that the background task has been submitted and will continue processing automatically when complete.

From round 2 onward: If the previous round had findings deemed over-engineered, append a custom prompt with context:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/claude-plan-review.sh <file_path> "Review the updated document using the same review criteria as the first round (architecture, correctness, completeness, feasibility). Additional context: the following suggestions from the previous round were judged as over-engineered and replaced with simpler alternatives: <list items and rationale>. Do not re-suggest more complex approaches unless the simpler version introduces a real defect. Grade by severity: [Critical] [Moderate] [Suggestion]."

2b. Summarize Review Results

After the subagent returns, categorize findings by severity:

  • Critical issues: Logic flaws, contradictions, or major design defects that must be fixed
  • Moderate issues: Worth improving but not blocking
  • Suggestions: Nice-to-have optimizations

Present the summary to the user. Do not modify the spec yet — proceed to the verification step first.

2c. Independent Verification (required, parallel subagents, gate-enforced)

Review Gate: After the review script runs, a PreToolUse hook blocks Edit/Write on .cs and Docs/*.md files until at least 1 verification subagent completes. This is a mechanical constraint — you cannot edit the document until findings are verified.

For each critical and moderate issue, dispatch a subagent to verify it in depth — do not draw conclusions from a quick scan in the main session.

How to execute: Group all findings that need verification, and for each one (or a cluster of related ones) dispatch a subagent using the Agent tool (subagent_type: "general-purpose", model: "opus"), running in parallel. Each subagent's prompt must include the original finding (verbatim), relevant file paths, and the instructions from ../../shared/verification-prompt.md.

After dispatching all verification subagents, write the expected count to the gate file so the gate knows when all verifications are complete:

source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/platform/detect.sh"
IFS=: read -r ts count _ < "$QQ_TEMP_DIR/review-gate-$PPID"
echo "${ts}:${count}:N" > "$QQ_TEMP_DIR/review-gate-$PPID"

(Replace N with the actual number of verification subagents dispatched.)

Aggregate: After all subagents return, consolidate the results and present each finding's verdict and supporting evidence to the user.

2d. Revise the Design Document

  • Only fix issues that are verified as confirmed — skip rejected ones
  • For findings flagged as Confirmed but over-engineered, apply a simpler alternative fix
  • For each confirmed critical issue, update the relevant section of the design document
  • For confirmed moderate issues, apply fixes at your discretion
  • After revising, present a summary of changes to the user

2e. Decide Whether to Continue

  • If this round had [Critical] issues confirmed and fixed → automatically start the next round (back to 2a)
  • If this round had no [Critical] issues → output "Review passed" and end the loop
  • If 5 rounds are complete → output final status and end the loop

Print === Round N/5 === at the start of each round.

7. Clean Up Gate

After the review loop ends (for any reason), clean up the gate marker:

source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/platform/detect.sh"
rm -f "$QQ_TEMP_DIR/review-gate-$PPID"

Handoff

After the review loop ends, recommend the next step:

  • Review passed, plan is solid → "Plan looks good. Want to run /qq:execute <path> to start implementing?"
  • Issues were found and fixed → "Plan revised. Want to run /qq:execute <path>, or another review round?"

--auto mode: run qq-execute-checkpoint.py pipeline-advance --project . --completed-skill "/qq:claude-plan-review" --next-skill "/qq:execute", then invoke /qq:execute <path> --auto.

Notes

  • The review script is at claude-plan-review.sh and requires Claude CLI (claude) to be available
  • Never blindly trust Claude review results — subagents may misread code or reference stale information. Every finding must go through the verification step
  • Watch for over-engineering — always ask: "Is the proposed fix proportionate to the problem?"
  • Do not alter the design intent on your own initiative — only fix what the review found
  • When revising, preserve the overall document structure; only change what needs changing
  • Output path for temp files uses Docs/qq/<branch-name>/ where branch name is obtained via git branch --show-current | tr '/' '_'