Glossary · AI-native development
Reviewer Agent
An agent assigned to inspect another agent's artifact or decision against explicit criteria and return findings or a verdict.
Why it matters
Separation of roles can catch omissions, but it only helps when the reviewer receives independent evidence and a concrete rubric.
In practice
After one agent produces a patch, give a separate reviewer the diff, scope contract, repository rules, and test output, then require line-specific findings.
Common confusion
A second model call is not automatically independent or correct. Shared context, model bias, and vague criteria can reproduce the same mistake.
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