# Review by Andrej Karpathy (Round 4)



**Review complete.** Here's the summary:

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## Andrej Karpathy — Round 3 Review

**135 tests pass.** All 5 functional requirements implemented. 10 commits, +1,333 / -24 lines.

### Key Assessment

This implementation follows the cardinal rule of LLM application engineering: **apply deterministic post-processing to semi-structured model output, degrade gracefully when structure is absent.** Zero new LLM calls — all signal extracted from existing artifacts via simple string operations.

The three-tier fallback in `_extract_review_findings_summary()` (FINDINGS → SYNTHESIS → first line) handles real-world variance of stochastic outputs without overengineering. Sanitization is applied at the content boundary (where untrusted data enters), not the output boundary — correct architecture. All Round 2 findings addressed: phase header truncation now uses `_SLACK_TASK_DESC_MAX`, bare link regex expanded to arbitrary URI schemes, audit logging added.

### Findings (Non-blocking)

- **[src/colonyos/orchestrator.py]**: `_extract_review_findings_summary` state machine's blank-line handling is slightly loose — could over-collect if review output deviates from template. Not a practical issue given template constraints and `max_findings` cap.
- **[src/colonyos/orchestrator.py]**: `_format_task_list_with_descriptions` silently swallows `ValueError`/`TypeError` on cost/duration. A `logger.debug` would cost nothing and aid debugging.

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VERDICT: **approve**

Review artifact saved to `cOS_reviews/reviews/andrej_karpathy/20260331_200000_round3_when_you_output_followups_in_the_thread_on_slack_a938599349.md`.
