pal-e-docs

Review: Evaluate gpt-oss-120b on real agentic tasks via Goose + Groq

review-1742-2026-07-04 Review

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Verdict: READY

Re-review of board item #1742 (Spike). Both issues from the prior review (review-1742-2026-07-03) have been fixed. Scope is solid, traceability complete, fits in a single agent pass.

Template Completeness

Template: template-issue-spike
  • [x] Type — Spike
  • [x] Lineage — Standalone, follows from Groq pivot
  • [x] Repo — ldraney/personal-assistant
  • [x] Question — 7 sub-questions covering file edits, MCP tool use, multi-step workflows, code review, reasoning, coverage %, and model comparison
  • [x] Deliverables — 2 items: docs/model-evaluation.md and follow-up tickets
  • [x] Time-box — 1 session (2-3 hours)
  • [x] Related — project and dependency on #6

Traceability

  • [x] story:groq-pivot label — present on board item
  • [x] story note verified — found in project-personal-assistant user-stories section (describes Groq API as primary inference backend for Goose)
  • [x] arch:personal-assistant label — present on board item
  • [x] arch note verified — arch-personal-assistant note exists in pal-e-docs (covers Goose CLI + Groq stack, key decisions, repos)
  • [x] Forgejo issue — ldraney/personal-assistant#23, state: open

File Targets

Spike type — deliverable creates docs/model-evaluation.md (does not yet exist, as expected). The docs/ directory exists in the repo with 6 existing files. No existing file targets to verify.

Repo Placement

OK — issue filed on ldraney/personal-assistant, repo field matches. Single-repo spike.

Dependencies

  • depends:6 — Issue #6 "Adapt core system prompts for Goose" (board item #1488, currently in todo column). Documented in issue body: "Should run after #6 (system prompts affect evaluation quality)". Dependency is consistent between board labels and issue text.

Acceptance Criteria

Deliverables (spike equivalent of AC):
  • docs/model-evaluation.md with pass/partial/fail results per test category, overall score, and recommendation — verifiable by file existence and content check
  • Follow-up tickets created for integration gaps — verifiable by querying Forgejo
Both are concrete and agent-verifiable.

Blast Radius

Minimal — spike produces documentation and follow-up tickets only. No code changes, no downstream consumers affected. Results will inform model selection for downstream issues (#14, #16, #17 which depend on sprint 3-4 work).

Decomposition Assessment

No decomposition needed:
  • 1 file target, 1 repo — well under 3-file/2-repo threshold
  • 2 deliverables — under 5 AC threshold
  • Time-boxed to 1 session — self-limiting by design

Recommendation

No action needed. Ready to move to todo once dependency #6 is complete.

Prior Review Issues (Resolved)

  • groq-pivot user story — now present in project-personal-assistant user-stories section
  • arch-personal-assistant note — now exists in pal-e-docs with stack, key decisions, and repos documented