# BRIEFING — 2026-10-01T07:15:00Z

## Mission
Objectively and critically review Milestone 2 remediation performed by worker_m2_2_gen3, verifying interface contracts, kinetic state machine robustness, code hygiene, running test suites, and issuing an independent verdict.

## 🔒 My Identity
- Archetype: Gate Reviewer 2
- Roles: reviewer, critic
- Working directory: c:\Projects\FreeExile\.agents\teamwork\reviewer_m2_2_gen4b
- Original parent: 8412af23-c7a8-41f5-aef2-b2a602fcfaf5
- Milestone: Milestone 2 Iteration 2 Gate Replacement
- Instance: 2 of 2

## 🔒 Key Constraints
- Review-only — do NOT modify implementation code
- Actively check for integrity violations: hardcoded test results, facade implementations, shortcuts, fabricated verification outputs
- Report any failures as findings; do NOT fix them directly
- Write only to own directory `.agents/teamwork/reviewer_m2_2_gen4b/`

## Current Parent
- Conversation ID: 8412af23-c7a8-41f5-aef2-b2a602fcfaf5
- Updated: not yet

## Review Scope
- **Files to review**:
  * `client/webapp/js/engine/combat_feel_engine.js`
  * `client/webapp/js/engine/weapon_swing_renderer.js`
  * `client/webapp/js/engine/animation_engine.js`
  * `client/webapp/js/engine/combat_skills.js`
  * `client/webapp/js/engine/canvas_renderer.js`
  * `tests/unit/test_m2_animation_and_combat_feel.py`
  * `tests/unit/test_challenger_m2_adversarial.py`
  * `tests/e2e/test_poe2_ui_animation_vfx_e2e.py`
  * `.agents/teamwork/worker_m2_2_gen3/handoff.md`
- **Interface contracts**: `PROJECT.md`, `ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md (§ 2026-10-01T00:31:10Z)`
- **Review criteria**: Interface conformance, state machine robustness, timing/decay consistency, edge cases, code hygiene (line limits), integrity checks.

## Review Checklist
- **Items reviewed**: Pending initial inspection
- **Verdict**: PENDING
- **Unverified claims**: worker_m2_2_gen3 claims on bugfixes, tests passing, contracts verified

## Attack Surface
- **Hypotheses tested**: TBD
- **Vulnerabilities found**: TBD
- **Untested angles**: TBD

## Key Decisions Made
- Initialized review workspace and recorded parent dispatch.

## Artifact Index
- `.agents/teamwork/reviewer_m2_2_gen4b/DISPATCH.md` — Inbound instructions from parent
- `.agents/teamwork/reviewer_m2_2_gen4b/BRIEFING.md` — Persistent state and identity
- `.agents/teamwork/reviewer_m2_2_gen4b/progress.md` — Liveness heartbeat and milestone tracking
- `.agents/teamwork/reviewer_m2_2_gen4b/handoff.md` — Final review deliverable