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 OTHER than the epic's author — you never review your own epic). 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. Participated in the source Discussion? The participant path narrows the chain; it never exempts it.
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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.
Authored this epic yourself, or participated in its source Discussion? Read references/participant-path.md first.
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