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name: epic-review
description: "Authoritative protocol for pre-work review of epics. Six-stage gating chain — roadmap fit, approach elegance, source discussion mapping, sub-structure coherence, prescription layer, avoided-traps completeness — posted as a structured comment on the epic ticket. Per-agent-per-epic one-shot; subsequent sub pickups cite the prior review. Triggers: Use this skill when an agent is about to pick up its first sub from an unreviewed epic (per model-identity). Also use when a user explicitly requests an epic review, or when an epic is freshly filed and a reviewer pre-validates before any sub pickup begins."
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# Epic Review Skill

If you are about to pick up your first sub-issue from an epic that your model-identity has not yet reviewed, you MUST immediately use the `view_file` tool to read and strictly adhere to `.agents/skills/epic-review/references/epic-review-workflow.md` before running `ticket-intake` or any sub-work steps.

Subsequent sub pickups from the same epic by the same model-identity cite the prior review by URL reference instead of re-running the skill.