Step 4: Route

INSTRUCTIONS

{triage_file}, the triage step's output, is the input here. Work from its F findings.

1. Route each deduplicated finding: decide which should be fixed right away, and which dealt with in a different manner. Assign each of them to one of [decision_needed, patch, defer], as follows:
2. decision_needed -- There is an ambiguous choice that requires human input. The code cannot be correctly patched without knowing the user's intent. You should assign decision_needed even when running in a non-interactive mode. Do not guess and patch, even if a human cannot answer during this session. List the options, one line each, and the one you recommend with the reason.
3. patch -- Code issue that is fixable without human input. The correct fix is unambiguous, adds no public surface, and guards no state you did not demonstrate; otherwise decision_needed.
4. defer -- Pre-existing issue not caused by the current change, real but not actionable now; or an entry whose members are all maybe-false and the claim, if true, would be medium or high -- record that severity marked unverified, plus what would settle it (if it would only be low, reject it with the same note); or any entry whose fix edits agent-context files (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, rules) or a ticket file.

An entry this change caused, with a verified high, medium, or low member, is never defer, whatever its fix touches: it is patch or decision_needed. defer is only for what is not this change's problem.

Write each finding's route into its block in {triage_file}, with the options and recommendation for decision_needed and the note for defer.

1. If failed_layers is non-empty, report which lenses failed before announcing results. If zero entries remain after rejections AND failed_layers is non-empty, warn the user that the review may be incomplete rather than announcing a clean review.
2. If zero entries remain after triage (all rejected or none raised): state "✅ Clean review — all lenses passed." (Item 2 already warned if any review lenses failed via failed_layers.)

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