plan-eng-review

A software architecture review evaluates data flow, edge cases, and test strategy before implementation. It walks through design doc issues interactively, providing opinionated recommendations to lock in the execution plan and catch architectural flaws early.

An engineering plan review is a structured evaluation of software architecture, data flow, and test coverage. You need one when a design doc or plan exists and you are about to start coding, to catch architecture issues before implementation.

You lock in an execution plan by executing an end-to-end review of software architecture, edge cases, and test strategy. This tracks outcomes and integrates with routing and design-doc checks to improve overall planning quality.

Yes, you can get proactive suggestions to improve software architecture when a design doc exists. The review process proactively suggests improvements for architecture, data flow, and tests when triggered by a design doc or existing plan.

Yes, the engineering review integrates with CLAUDE.md routing and governance prompts. It uses these routing and design-doc checks to track outcomes and improve the quality of your planning workflow.

Automated design doc reviews depend on an existing plan or design doc to function effectively. Without a pre-existing plan, the tool cannot proactively suggest architecture improvements or walk through data flow and edge cases interactively.