Review: Spike: Define link visibility tiers and assign current links (re-review)

review-1379-2026-06-07-b Review

review approved

Verdict: APPROVED

Re-review of board item #1379. Previous review (review-1379-2026-06-07) returned NEEDS_REFINEMENT with 4 issues. All have been addressed.

Previous Findings Resolution

  • [x] [BODY] Role model inconsistency — RESOLVED. Issue body now explicitly declares the canonical model: superadmin + member (Keycloak roles) + anonymous (unauthenticated). Confirmed consistent in docs/visibility.md, docs/architecture.md, project-palinks, and arch-palinks. Residual "lead"/"collaborator" text in docs/user-stories.md (lines 17, 36, 169, 172) is descriptive prose in non-canonical user stories, not role definitions — acceptable for now, cleanup can follow.
  • [x] [BODY] Deliverable reframing — RESOLVED. Issue deliverable now reads "Complete the 'Current Link Inventory' table by auditing production links and assigning proposed visibility tiers." Correctly frames as completing existing doc, not creating from scratch.
  • [x] [SCOPE] Create project-palinks — RESOLVED. project-palinks note exists in pal-e-docs (note_type: project-page) with vision, status, architecture, roles, and user-stories section listing story:auth-roles.
  • [x] [SCOPE] Create arch-palinks — RESOLVED. arch-palinks note exists in pal-e-docs (note_type: doc, tags: architecture,active) with overview, key decisions (including visibility model: three tiers), and canonical docs pointer.

Template Completeness

  • [x] Type — Spike
  • [x] Lineage — references ldraney/palinks #16
  • [x] Repo — ldraney/palinks
  • [x] Question — well-structured with 7 sub-questions including role model clarification
  • [x] Deliverables — 2 checklist items, correctly scoped
  • [x] Time-box — 2 hours
  • [x] Related — lists service, related issues #16 and #19, parent story
All required spike template sections present and complete.

Traceability

  • [x] story:auth-roles label — present on board item
  • [x] story note verified — story:auth-roles found in project-palinks user-stories section
  • [x] arch:palinks label — present on board item
  • [x] arch note verified — arch-palinks note exists in pal-e-docs with visibility model documented
  • [x] Forgejo issue — ldraney/palinks#17, open

File Targets

Spike template expects a docs/{topic}.md as the primary deliverable.
  • [x] docs/visibility.md — verified: exists with tier definitions, mermaid diagrams, schema approach, and scope pseudo-code. "Current Link Inventory" section at line 103 is TODO with empty table. This is correctly identified as the core deliverable.

Repo Placement

OK. Issue filed on ldraney/palinks, work targets ldraney/palinks. Single repo.

Dependencies

  • ldraney/palinks #16 (Keycloak integration spike, board item #1378) — open, in backlog. Issue body documents that #16 depends on visibility model. Correct ordering: this spike (#17) completes first.
  • ldraney/palinks #19 (seed data, board item #1381) — open, in backlog, story:auth-roles. Will consume tier definitions. Documented in Related section.

Acceptance Criteria

Spike deliverables assessment:
  • Complete docs/visibility.md inventory table — verifiable. Agent can check the table rows are populated with link names and tier assignments.
  • Follow-up ticket for adding visibility column — verifiable. Agent can check Forgejo for a new issue.
Both deliverables are concrete and agent-verifiable.

Blast Radius

Role model is now consistent across canonical docs. Residual "lead"/"collaborator" references in docs/user-stories.md (US-1 line 36, mermaid chart line 17, US-9 lines 169/172) are descriptive prose, not role definitions. No code references to old role terms in app/ or config/. No schema changes in this spike — output is docs-only. Impact contained.

Decomposition Assessment

Single repo, docs-only output, 2 deliverables, estimated <30 min agent time. No decomposition needed.

Recommendations

No action needed. All previous findings resolved. Ticket is ready for execution.
Minor note for executing agent: docs/user-stories.md has stale "lead"/"collaborator" references in US-1 and US-9. Not in scope for this spike, but a cleanup todo for a future pass.