# CRITICS — {{PROJECT_NAME}} second-opinion log

> The cross-vendor adversarial pass: before a non-trivial decision ships, a
> model OUTSIDE this repo's usual family reviews it and logs its strongest
> objection here — not the most polite one. [`SCARS.md`](SCARS.md) holds
> lessons already paid for; this file is where objections are logged BEFORE
> they become one.
>
> **Graduation convention.** A critique that was rejected or deferred and is
> later proven right MUST become a new `SCARS.md` `§ANCHOR` citing the row
> below (`atlas anchor add`) — an ignored-then-vindicated objection is a scar,
> not a footnote.
>
> Dispatch: `atlas critique "<topic>" [--range <A>..<B>] [--verify "<cmds>"]
> [--with-codex | --with-claude | --no-auto]` prints the hostile-review
> prompt. It auto-detects an installed cross-vendor critic CLI (`codex` on
> PATH first) and dispatches it, stamping the entry below with real
> provenance (critic model + reasoning effort + whether each came from an
> env override or the tool's own config default) and the exact inputs it
> had (diff range · files touched · verification commands run) — never a
> static placeholder. Degrades to print-only when no critic CLI is
> installed (`--no-auto` forces print-only even when one is).

### {{DATE}} — example topic
**Critic:** _(a model/vendor different from the one that designed this, e.g. `codex (model: gpt-5, source: config default; effort: high, source: override)`)_
**Topic:** example topic
**Inputs they had:** diff range: _(e.g. `abc123..def456`)_; files: _(N changed)_; verification commands run: _(e.g. `bash tests/bootstrap.test.sh`)_

| # | Critique | Severity | Disposition | ADR/GAPS link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _(paste verbatim — the objection itself)_ | high/med/low | fixed / accepted / rejected (rationale) / deferred / verified-no-issue | _(ADR-NNNN / GAPS G00N, if any)_ |

**Assumptions challenged:**
- _(anything the reviewed decision takes for granted that may not hold)_

**Proposals (with evidence bar):**
- _(a concrete alternative, with what would have to be true / what test would confirm it)_