doubt-driven-development

Fresh-context adversarial review is a quality assurance process where a reviewer without prior bias challenges non-trivial decisions to catch mistakes early. It ensures correctness by subjecting high-stakes choices to independent scrutiny before deployment.

To apply doubt-driven development, follow the structured checklist: claim your decision, extract the isolated artifact, invoke a fresh-context reviewer with an adversarial prompt, reconcile findings against the text, and stop when conditions are met.

Use adversarial review during development, code reviews, or high-stakes operations when correctness is paramount. It is specifically designed for non-trivial decisions involving unfamiliar code or before deploying new features to ensure safety.

Yes, the doubt-driven development process requires Claude Code personas to execute its structured review process. It leverages these personas to provide the fresh-context adversarial scrutiny needed for high-stakes operations.

Fresh-context review goes beyond standard code review by actively challenging non-trivial decisions through an adversarial process. Unlike typical reviews, it isolates the artifact and strips prior reasoning to independently verify correctness and catch mistakes early.

Adversarial reviews are limited by a stop condition of trivial findings, three cycles, or a user override. This structured process is designed for non-trivial decisions and may be unnecessary for routine code changes or low-stakes operations.