# Decision Gate: Intent Router Agent

**Branch**: `colonyos/right_now_the_pipeline_always_runs_this_huge_planner_implementation_orchestratio`
**PRD**: `cOS_prds/20260321_125008_prd_right_now_the_pipeline_always_runs_this_huge_planner_implementation_orchestratio.md`
**Date**: 2026-03-21

## Persona Verdicts

| Persona | Verdict | Key Concern |
|---------|---------|-------------|
| Andrej Karpathy | ✅ APPROVE | Stale docstring; Slack path missing config forwarding |
| Linus Torvalds | ✅ APPROVE | Same Slack config gap; duplicated artifact extraction |
| Principal Systems Engineer | ✅ APPROVE | Log file accumulation; no REPL triage bypass |
| Staff Security Engineer | ✅ APPROVE | `bypassPermissions` inherited (existing pattern, not regression) |

**Result: 4/4 APPROVE**

## Findings Summary

| Severity | Finding | Status |
|----------|---------|--------|
| LOW | Stale docstring in `answer_question()` (says "haiku", default is "sonnet") | Non-blocking |
| LOW | Slack Q&A path doesn't forward `qa_model`/`qa_budget` from config | Non-blocking |
| LOW | Artifact extraction via `next(iter())` is fragile but fails safe | Non-blocking |
| LOW | No log file rotation for triage logs | Non-blocking (follow-up) |
| LOW | No REPL bypass for routing | Non-blocking (follow-up) |
| LOW | `bypassPermissions` inherited from existing pattern | Not a regression |

**No CRITICAL or HIGH findings.**

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### Rationale
All four persona reviewers unanimously approve. The implementation covers all 8 functional requirements from the PRD with 236 passing tests and a 2.6x test-to-code ratio. No CRITICAL or HIGH severity findings were identified — all issues are LOW severity (stale docstring, minor config forwarding gap in Slack, log accumulation). The two-stage architecture (zero-tool classifier → read-only Q&A) is well-designed with consistent fail-open behavior, proper input sanitization, and least-privilege enforcement.

### Unresolved Issues
- Slack Q&A path doesn't forward `qa_model`/`qa_budget` from config (easy fix, can be addressed post-merge)
- Stale docstring on `answer_question()` default model
- No triage log rotation (file a follow-up story)
- No way to bypass routing in REPL mode (consider `/no-triage` command as follow-up)

### Recommendation
Merge as-is. The unresolved items are all LOW severity polish that can be addressed in follow-up PRs. The implementation ships the smallest thing that works — a clean intent router that will save 40-60% of unnecessary pipeline runs — and is ready for real-world usage.
