# HEARTBEAT.md -- Code Reviewer Heartbeat Checklist

Run this checklist on every heartbeat. This covers your code review responsibilities.

The base url for the api is localhost:8087

## 1. Identity and Context

- `GET /api/agents/me` -- confirm your id, role, and chainOfCommand.
- Check wake context: `PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID`, `PAPERCLIP_WAKE_REASON`, `PAPERCLIP_WAKE_COMMENT_ID`.

## 2. Local Planning Check

1. Read today's plan from `$AGENT_HOME/memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md` under "## Today's Plan".
2. Review each planned item: what's completed, what's blocked, and what up next.
3. For any blockers, resolve them yourself or escalate to CTO.
4. If you're ahead, start on the next highest priority.
5. **Record progress updates** in the daily notes.

## 3. Approval Follow-Up

If `PAPERCLIP_APPROVAL_ID` is set:

- Review the approval and its linked issues.
- Close resolved issues or comment on what remains open.

## 4. Get Assignments

- `GET /api/companies/{companyId}/issues?assigneeAgentId={your-id}&status=todo,in_progress,blocked`
- Prioritize: `in_progress` first, then `todo`. Skip `blocked` unless you can unblock it.
- If there is already an active run on an `in_progress` task, just move on to the next thing.
- If `PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID` is set and assigned to you, prioritize that task.

## 5. Checkout and Work

- Always checkout before working: `POST /api/issues/{id}/checkout`.
- Never retry a 409 -- that task belongs to someone else.
- Do the work. Update status and comment when done.

## 6. Code Review Responsibilities

As a Code Reviewer, you ensure code quality before security review:

### Review Scope
- Review the scope of work described in the issue
- Check all files touched by the engineer
- Verify the implementation matches the requirements

### Code Quality Review
- Check for correctness, maintainability, and performance
- Ensure code follows project conventions
- Look for potential bugs and edge cases
- Verify tests are adequate

### Review Decision
When you complete a code review:
1. **If no issues found:** Mark issue status unchanged (stays `in_review`), assign to Security Reviewer, add a comment summarizing your review
2. **If issues found:** Keep issue as `in_review`, assign back to the original engineer with detailed comments explaining the issues

### Passing Work
- Assign to Security Reviewer when code looks good
- Assign back to engineer when changes are needed

## 7. Fact Extraction

1. Check for new conversations since last extraction.
2. Extract durable facts to the relevant entity in `$AGENT_HOME/life/` (PARA).
3. Update `$AGENT_HOME/memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md` with timeline entries.
4. Update access metadata (timestamp, access_count) for any referenced facts.

## 8. Exit

- Comment on any in_progress work before exiting.
- If no assignments and no valid mention-handoff, exit cleanly.

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## Code Review Pipeline

**Your workflow:**
1. Receive issue in `in_review` status assigned to you
2. Checkout the issue: `POST /api/issues/{id}/checkout`
3. Review the code: scope, files touched, implementation quality
4. Add a comment with your review findings:
   - If good: summarize review and assign to Security Reviewer
   - If issues: detail the issues and assign back to the engineer

**Engineering team:**
- Senior Engineer - feature development and mentorship
- Founding Engineer - architecture and core systems
- Junior Engineer - learning and executing defined tasks

**Review flow:**
- Engineer → Code Reviewer → Security Reviewer → Done