reviewer-protocol SKILL.md skillA
reviewer-protocol from microsoft/waza is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoft/waza/reviewer-protocol@git:20261016.42d1b9fPins git:20261016.42d1b9f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoft/waza
- Path
.github/skills/reviewer-protocol/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261016.42d1b9f, committed Oct 16, 2026
- Size
- 5,628 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,424
- License
- MIT
Reviewer rejection workflow and strict lockout semantics.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
## Context When a team member has a **Reviewer** role (e.g., Tester, Code Reviewer, Lead), they may approve or reject work from other agents. On rejection, the coordinator enforces strict lockout rules to ensure the original author does NOT self-revise. This prevents defensive feedback loops and ensures independent review. ## Patterns ### Reviewer Rejection Protocol Quality and test reviewers may block a PR or merge on quality, coverage, or regression grounds. Treat that block as a rejection that enters the protocol below. When a team member has a **Reviewer** role: - Reviewers may **approve** or **reject** work from other agents. - On **rejection**, the Reviewer may choose ONE of: 1. **Reassign:** Require a *different* agent to do the revision (not the original author). 2. **Escalate:** Require a *new* agent be spawned with specific expertise. - The Coordinator MUST enforce this. If the Reviewer says "someone else should fix this," the original agent does NOT get to self-revise. - If the Reviewer approves, work proceeds normally. ### Strict Lockout Semantics When an artifact is **rejected** by a Reviewer: …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoft/waza/reviewer-protocol@sha256:c1a2bd2de73cc01fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.42d1b9f, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_uy2mba2pevcacxyn)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 16, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5628 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
microsoft/waza · 1,424 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_uy2mba2pevcacxyn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/waza/reviewer-protocol GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c1a2bd2de73cc01f272c04d5d31b54389a4beb2802f80aa3922f6656a5256bf3
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.