Review: Write infrastructure pipeline docs (DNS, platform, services, deployments)

review-1921-2026-07-25 Review

review ready

Verdict: NEEDS_REFINEMENT

Re-review (2026-07-25). Prior review found 3 issues; 2 have been resolved. One remains: decomposition.

Template Completeness

  • [x] Type -- Feature
  • [x] Lineage -- Standalone, first batch of playbook docs
  • [x] Repo -- ldraney/platform-playbook
  • [x] User Story -- present, well-formed (As a platform operator / I want / So that)
  • [x] Context -- present, good background on README skeleton and ISS as reference
  • [x] File Targets -- 4 files to create, 3 source repos to read (not modify)
  • [x] Feature Flag -- none (appropriate for docs-only work)
  • [x] Acceptance Criteria -- 4 criteria
  • [x] Test Expectations -- present (n/a run command, appropriate for docs)
  • [x] Constraints -- 3 constraints listed
  • [x] Checklist -- standard 3-item checklist (PR opened, Tests pass, No unrelated changes) [RESOLVED from prior review]
  • [x] Related -- references project-platform-playbook

Traceability

  • [x] story:playbook-docs label -- present on board item
  • [x] story note verified -- found in project-platform-playbook user-stories section (key: playbook-docs, role: Platform operator, goal: prescriptive docs with mermaid diagrams) [RESOLVED from prior review -- project page now exists]
  • [x] arch:docs label -- present on board item
  • [x] arch note verified -- arch-docs note exists in pal-e-docs (id 2311, "Architecture: Documentation")
  • [x] Forgejo issue -- ldraney/platform-playbook#8, state: open

File Targets

  • [x] docs/dns-domain.md -- to create (does not exist yet, expected)
  • [x] docs/platform-provisioning.md -- to create (does not exist yet, expected)
  • [x] docs/services-wiring.md -- to create (does not exist yet, expected)
  • [x] docs/deployment-overlays.md -- to create (does not exist yet, expected)
  • [x] ~/pal-e-platform/terraform/ -- verified: modules/, main.tf, dns.tf, providers.tf all exist
  • [x] ~/pal-e-services/terraform/ -- verified: keycloak.tf, services.tf, k3s.tfvars all exist
  • [x] ~/pal-e-deployments/overlays/ -- verified: intelligentstaffingsystems (dev/prod), landscaping-assistant (dev/prod), westsidekingsandqueens (dev/prod) overlays present
Note: The docs/ directory does not exist yet and will need to be created. The README already references all 12 doc paths, so file names are pre-defined.

Repo Placement

OK. Issue filed on ldraney/platform-playbook, files to create are in platform-playbook/docs/. Source repos (pal-e-platform, pal-e-services, pal-e-deployments) are read-only as stated in constraints. No multi-repo write concern. Single Forgejo issue is sufficient.

Dependencies

  • Board item #1924 (Forgejo issue #11, "Write overview and checklist docs") has label depends:8+9+10, meaning it depends on this ticket completing first. Dependency is correctly documented.
  • No blockers for this ticket -- it can proceed independently.
  • Board items #1922 (#9) and #1923 (#10) are peer issues at same level, no ordering dependency between them and this ticket.

Acceptance Criteria

4 criteria, all agent-verifiable:
  • [x] "Each doc has mermaid diagrams" -- grep for ```mermaid blocks
  • [x] "Each doc is prescriptive with code templates" -- check for code blocks with template content
  • [x] "Each doc references ISS as the working example" -- grep for ISS references
  • [x] "Docs flow sequentially" -- check cross-references between docs in order
Test expectations are reasonable for docs-only work.

Blast Radius

Minimal. Creates new documentation files only. No existing docs to overwrite (docs/ directory does not exist). README already links to all 12 doc paths. Source repos are read-only. Sibling tickets #9, #10, #11 target different files (no overlap). Scorecard files under scorecards/ are unaffected.

Decomposition Assessment

NEEDS DECOMPOSITION -- route to skill-decompose-ticket.
  • 4 file targets in 1 repo -- does not trigger the ">3 files across >2 repos" criterion
  • 4 acceptance criteria -- does not trigger the ">5 AC" criterion
  • Estimated agent work >5 minutes -- TRIGGERED. Each doc requires: (1) reading relevant terraform source files across 1-2 repos, (2) understanding patterns and ISS implementation details, (3) writing prescriptive content with code templates, (4) creating mermaid architecture diagrams. Estimated 15-25 minutes total. Recommend decomposing into one issue per doc.

Recommendation

  • [DECOMPOSE] 4 docs to write from 3 source repos, each requiring mermaid diagrams and code templates. Estimated 15-25 min agent work exceeds 5-minute rule. Recommend decomposing into 4 sub-issues (one per doc) via skill-decompose-ticket.
Prior review findings now resolved:
  • [SCOPE] Create project page project-platform-playbook -- RESOLVED: project page exists with user-stories section containing playbook-docs entry.
  • [BODY] Checklist deviates from Feature template -- RESOLVED: checklist now matches standard template.