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The fix was already fully implemented in a prior round's checkpoint commit (f97b5c0, "wip(sdd-loop): task 0 checkpoint"). I verified it rather than redoing the work:

• detect_design_spec (task_sourcing.rs) narrows detect_review_only's signal specifically to the design-spec flavor.
• build_review_analyst_prompt and build_judge_prompt (prompt_builders.rs) now take a design_spec flag and use a distinct mode_note/opening that instructs "no application code, but write your analysis to a spec file (e.g. under docs/superpowers/specs/)" instead of the generic "produce no artifacts" review-only wording.
• WorkItemData carries a new design_spec field wired through dispatch (work_item_pipeline.rs), and finalize still routes design-spec through the review-only comment path (posts the role's reported findings/spec path as a comment, no item_done/PR), which now carries real content since the role is told to reply with the spec's path and summary.

Verified: cargo build --lib succeeds; cargo test --bin agentflare work_item_pipeline → 97 passed, 0 failed, 2 pre-existing ignored (unrelated to this change, require a real GitHub remote). Working tree is clean, no further changes needed.

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• New Features

  • Added support for recognizing design-specification tasks from task type or description.
  • Design-specification tasks now receive specialized guidance to produce a design document and report its location and contents.
  • Review-only tasks retain review-focused guidance, including when modes overlap.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved task classification to distinguish design requests from implementation and review-only requests.
  • Authentication-expiry failures are now handled as terminal failures instead of being retried.

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The pipeline detects design-spec tasks, persists the mode in workflow state, and passes it to analyst and judge prompt builders. Agent dispatch now treats authentication-expiry failures as terminal and retains retry handling for other failures.

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Design-spec review mode

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Design-spec task detection src/work_item_pipeline/task_sourcing.rs, src/work_item_pipeline/review_only_detection_tests.rs	Adds shared phrase matching and detect_design_spec coverage for explicit metadata, free-text descriptions, and negative cases.
Persist and propagate mode src/work_item_pipeline.rs	Stores design_spec in WorkItemData and passes it through dispatch, analyst, and judge prompt construction.
Build and validate mode-specific prompts src/work_item_pipeline/prompt_builders.rs, src/work_item_pipeline/prompt_builder_tests.rs	Adds design-spec instructions for document creation, path reporting, and contents reporting while preserving ordinary review prompts.
Handle agent failures src/work_item_pipeline.rs	Treats authentication-expiry errors as terminal failures and clears stale session IDs before retrying other failures.

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Design-spec runs retain their written specification in the worktree when released, so the previously identified artifact-loss risk does not block merge.

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