What problem does it solve? Governance workflows often require a second opinion on product-consumer changes that is genuinely independent from the authoring provider, with verifiable evidence rather than self-attested claims. This Skill resolves a distinct certified peer provider, enforces read-only isolated review, and produces a closed evidence record or a REVIEW-BLOCKED outcome. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Independent peer resolution: Selects a distinct certified reviewer via the highest-certified-independent-review-v1 policy, rejecting same-provider execution. - Evidence-bound review records: Emits a closed record with provider identities, target certification, content digests, before/after worktree fingerprints, and mutation verdicts. - Fail-closed outcomes: Returns REVIEW-BLOCKED when transport, isolation, evidence, or coverage requirements are unmet, never a silent pass. - Use Case: After authoring a design-system change as the codex provider, request an independent review to obtain a frozen, digest-verified second opinion from a different certified provider before any release decision. ## Quick Start Use $independent-review to obtain an evidence-bound read-only second opinion on my product-consumer changes from a distinct certified provider.