reviewer-protocol

To prevent author self-revision after a code review rejection, enforce a reviewer lockout protocol that mechanically blocks the original author and routes revisions to a new agent. This ensures independent governance and accountability for the rejected artifact.

Reviewer lockout in code review governance is a mechanism that prevents the original author from modifying rejected work. It requires reassignment or escalation to a different agent, ensuring objective revisions and maintaining separation between authors and subsequent revision tasks.

To enforce reviewer workflows for rejected testing and design artifacts, configure reviewer roles and enable enforced lockout. This validates the reviewer action and automatically routes revisions to a new or escalated agent, preventing deadlocks and self-revision.

Yes, you can reassign rejected work to a specialized agent during code review escalation. The protocol supports flexible escalation, allowing you to spawn a new agent with specific expertise or route the revision to a different available agent for objective governance.

If a reviewer rejects work and the original author attempts a revision, the coordinator controls mechanically block the self-revision. The protocol validates the rejection and enforces author lockout, requiring a different agent to handle the subsequent revision.

Use an enforced reviewer lockout protocol when you need strict governance and accountability across code review, testing, and design artifacts. It is necessary when preventing self-revision and ensuring that independent agents handle all post-review revisions to maintain objectivity.