war-room-checkpoint

# War Room Checkpoint Skill

Lightweight inline assessment for determining whether a decision point within a command warrants War Room escalation.

## Purpose

This skill is **not invoked directly by users**. It is called by other commands (e.g., `/do-issue`, `/pr-review`) at critical decision points to:

1. Calculate Reversibility Score (RS) for the current context
2. Determine if full War Room deliberation is needed
3. Return either a quick recommendation (express) or escalate to full War Room

## When Commands Should Invoke This

| Command | Trigger Conditions |
|---------|-------------------|
| `/do-issue` | 3+ issues, dependency conflicts, overlapping files |
| `/pr-review` | >3 blocking issues, architecture changes, ADR violations |
| `/architecture-review` | ADR violations, high coupling, boundary violations |
| `/fix-pr` | Major scope, conflicting reviewer feedback |

## Invocation Pattern

```markdown
Skill(attune:war-room-checkpoint) with context:
  - source_command: "{calling_command}"
  - decision_needed: "{human_readable_question}"
  - files_affected: [{list_of_files}]
  - issues_involved: [{issue_numbers}] (if applicable)
  - blocking_items: [{type, description}] (if applicable)
  - conflict_description: "{summary}" (if applicable)
  - profile: "default" | "startup" | "regulated" | "fast" | "cautious"
```

## Checkpoint Flow

### Step 1: Context Analysis

Analyze the provided context to extract:
- Scope of change (files, modules, services affected)
- Stakeholders impacted
- Conflict indicators
- Time pressure signals

### Step 2: Reversibility Assessment

Calculate RS using the 5-dimension framework:

| Dimension | Assessment Question |
|-----------|-------------------|
| Reversal Cost | How hard to undo this decision? |
| Time Lock-In | Does this crystallize immediately? |
| Blast Radius | How many components/people affected? |
| Information Loss | Does this close off future options? |
| Reputation Impact | Is this visible externally? |

Score each 1-