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Final pass to identify missed items, edge cases, and risks before considering a scope done. Use as a final breadth pass before calling a scope or task done - to catch missed items, overlooked requirements, edge cases, and risks after the core work is complete and reviewed.

Scope Sweep

Now that we’ve completed the core work and reviewed it, do a final pass to identify anything we missed or should address before considering this scope “done”.

This is the breadth pass - it makes sure nothing was dropped. For a deep dive on a single axis, reach for focused passes instead: edge-case probing for logic and failure-mode analysis of a diff, self-review for simplification and idiomatic cleanup, critical thinking to stress-test your own reasoning.

Note: Prefer your agent’s built-in file-search and file-reading tools (instead of ad-hoc bash find/grep) to quickly sweep the codebase for incomplete items, FIXME comments, or test gaps.

Please check for:

  • Incomplete tasks: anything you planned to do but didn’t get to
  • Overlooked requirements: anything implied but not explicitly handled
  • Missing questions: what I should have asked but didn’t
  • Hidden assumptions: any assumptions you made that could be wrong
  • Edge cases: scenarios that could break or degrade the solution
  • Failure modes: what happens when inputs are malformed, missing, hostile, or extreme
  • Operational concerns: deployment, monitoring, logging, maintenance, rollback
  • Security and abuse risks: permissions, misuse paths, data exposure
  • Performance bottlenecks: scalability issues, worst-case behavior, cost traps
  • Testing gaps: what still needs tests or validation
  • User experience gaps: confusing flows, unclear outputs, poor defaults
  • Integration risks: dependencies, external APIs, versioning, backward compatibility
  • Future-proofing: what will become painful in 3-6 months if not handled now

Finally:

  • What is the biggest risk remaining?
  • If you were reviewing this as a third party, what would you criticize first?
  • What would you improve if you had one more day?

Last updated Oct 08, 2026