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named-persona-adversarial-review

Use when a PR has architectural or UX impact, or automated review feels generic, and you want it reviewed through named engineers' documented views (Torvalds, Thompson, Carmack, Beck, Jobs, Cagan). Cites the source for each persona's critique.

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# Named-Persona Adversarial Review

> **TL;DR:** Abstract roles find abstract problems. Named engineers with *documented, sourced* philosophies find problems you would actually fix — as long as you cite the real principle and never invent the quote.

**Triggers:** "review this PR with real engineers" | "named persona review" | "philosophy-grounded review"

## Example Output

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CRITICAL [Torvalds]: Special-case error handling at auth.ts:47 duplicates the
  happy path. Torvalds' documented "good taste" principle: restructure so the
  special case disappears rather than adding a branch. (confidence: high — TED 2016)
WARNING  [Thompson]: parseConfig() does three unrelated things; the Unix
  "do one thing well" principle argues to split it. (confidence: high)