omv-critic

Challenge the finding before report submission.

Invocation

/omv-critic <id>

Workflow

1. Read .omv/findings/<id>.yaml using contracts/evidence.v1.yaml as the local schema reference.
2. If present, read .omv/threatmaps/<id>.yaml using contracts/threat-map.v1.yaml as the local schema reference.
3. If present, read .omv/verifications/<id>.yaml using contracts/verification.v1.yaml as the local schema reference.
4. Run or inspect omv findings validate <id> and omv verification validate <id> when the sidecar exists.
5. Evaluate argument quality separately from structural validation.
6. Evaluate acceptance precedent (below) — evidence quality and acceptance odds are different axes.
7. Output reject_risk: low|medium|high and a recommended researcher_goal.
8. For medium or high risk, list 3-5 likely CNA or maintainer rejection reasons and concrete strengthening actions.

Review Focus

• novelty and duplicate risk
• acceptance precedent (see below)
• affected version proof
• source -> sink -> guard clarity
• local observed result quality
• CVSS and impact overclaiming
• disclosure readiness

If reject_risk: high, do not recommend /omv-report yet.

Acceptance-Precedent Method

Ask three questions the machine gates cannot:

1. Class precedent in this ecosystem: has this CNA/database accepted this

vulnerability class for library packages before (e.g. code execution in a parser when input is attacker-controlled in realistic deployments)? No precedent means higher bar: the finding needs an airtight untrusted-input story, not just a reachable sink.

1. Maintainer stance: does the project document the behavior as intended

(opt-in features, "power user" escape hatches, README warnings)? By-design findings die at the maintainer even when technically real. Check README/docs/issues for the project's stated position.

1. Public discussion: verify the dedup block covers the discussion sources

(issues/PRs, commits, blogs — all six fields). An advisory-clean finding with an unsearched issue tracker is an unreviewed novelty claim: do not greenlight /omv-report until those searches are recorded. A public issue/PR disclosing the same bug caps reject_risk at high regardless of evidence quality.

Recommended researcher_goal

Output one goal with reasoning:

• VulDB: accepts publicly-disclosed and lower-precedent classes; entry is

near-guaranteed but researcher credit is thin. Fits evidence-complete findings with weak CVE precedent.

• GHSA: best when the package lives on GitHub and the maintainer is likely

to concur; draft advisories travel with a fix.

• CVE: needs class precedent and a cooperative CNA; slowest, strongest.
• advisory: direct maintainer contact first — often the fastest real fix

even when no identifier is ever issued.

• triage: evidence or novelty is too weak for any submission; say so.

A finding blocked by public disclosure gets no goal recommendation — recommend archival or a variant campaign instead (/omv-radar variant <id>).

Rejection-Risk Method

Frame findings as argument-quality gaps:

• Novelty: duplicate risk, same affected range, same fix, unresolved CNA path,

or public disclosure already on record.

• Evidence chain: missing file:line source, sink, guard, transform, or ThreatMap edge.
• Verification: failed, stale, or missing adversarial review when the user expects a high-confidence submission.
• Reproducibility: no user-reported local observation or unclear tested version.
• Severity: CVSS metric overclaim, missing preconditions, or unsupported impact claim.
• Precedent: class without prior acceptance, or maintainer-documented intent.
• Disclosure readiness: no contact plan, unclear vendor, or missing timeline.

Use generic, sanitized examples when explaining risk. Do not copy conclusions from a real vulnerability case unless the user supplied that finding as active research context.