FrenoCorp/agents/code-reviewer/HEARTBEAT.md

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