Critic Agent

Overview 

Critic is the independent quality and policy challenge surface. In Synthetix it is implemented as a critic family that evaluates analyst, architecture, and ARL outputs against deterministic rules and governance expectations. 

Business Value 

• Finds inconsistencies before they become delivery defects. 

• Enforces policy adherence and structural quality gates. 

• Improves trust in generated outputs through explicit findings. 

Core Responsibilities 

• Run rule-based validation over stage artifacts. 

• Generate findings with severity and remediation guidance. 

• Block, revise, or clear outputs based on configured thresholds. 

Key Inputs 

• Analyst, architecture, planning, and related stage artifacts. 

• Critic rule packs and governance criteria. 

Key Outputs 

• Critic reports, findings, verdict signals, and remediation prompts. 

Governance and Controls 

• Clear validator namespaces and ownership boundaries. 

• Repeatable findings and traceable decision rationale. 

Typical CTA Page Metadata 

• Slug: /docs/agents/critic 

• Primary Audience: QA governance, architecture governance, technical assurance teams.