harness-checkpoint-preview

A checkpoint review orients human attention from change intent and context into design concerns and high-impact risk hotspots like authentication, public API, and schema changes. It structures human-in-the-loop walkthroughs around risk areas rather than file-by-file diffs.

The best way to guide human review of a PR diff is applying a checkpoint workflow that highlights sensitive change patterns for human judgment. It turns an ambiguous diff into a structured walkthrough focused on purpose, context, and high blast radius risks.

Yes, you can use a checkpoint workflow for commit, branch, or spec-driven code change walkthroughs. It applies the same risk assessment and design concern orientation to help you confidently review proposed changes across different source contexts.

Risk assessment for high blast radius code changes works by highlighting sensitive change patterns including authentication, public API, schema, security, and config modifications. It surfaces these specific risk hotspots for explicit human judgment during the review process.

No, you do not need an existing review trail. When an authored review trail is missing, the workflow generates a suggested review order from the diff and available context to guide your validation process.