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review_report: true
reviewer_model: gpt-5.5
reviewed_at: 2026-06-12T13:17:33+00:00
target_doc: architecture/overview.md
target_doc_source_commit: eb9403ef595a99c2ff6def1d538dbd7a792d9371
target_doc_watched_paths_digest: 27462c385136ef073434b5258573aa3428e1b1ede07eb649ae3e32b68e3a86c3
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checklist:
  factual_accuracy: pass
  cross_references: pass
  completeness: pass
  style_consistency: pass
  source_alignment: pass
  front_matter_validity: pass
finding_count: 0
severity_breakdown:
  critical: 0
  major: 0
  minor: 0
  nit: 0
---

# Review report for architecture/overview.md

## Summary
The page passes the review checklist. Its required sections are present, the relative links checked cleanly, and the source spot checks matched the current request, module, public API, build, and source-tree organization code.

## Items checked
- Ran `python3 docs/generated/design/_meta/regenerate.py show architecture/overview.md` and reviewed the per-doc prompt, common prompt, manifest entry, and resolved watched files.
- Checked front matter for all required keys, the recorded source commit, the warning string, and a 64-character hex watched-path digest.
- Checked relative links in the document body, including source directories, public headers, generated peer documents, and handwritten design docs; no dangling links were found in the final lint run.
- Verified the required sections: `## Purpose`, `## Top-level decomposition`, `## Compilation request lifecycle`, `## Where the public API lives`, and `## Reading guide`.
- Spot-checked more than 10 factual claims against source, including `slangc` and `slang-rt` build targets, `libslang` wiring in `source/slang/CMakeLists.txt`, `Session` / `Linkage`, `FrontEndCompileRequest`, `EndToEndCompileRequest`, `CodeGenContext`, `TargetRequest`, `Module`, `IComponentType`, and public API interfaces in `include/slang.h`.
- Checked that no body line-number citations needed verification; the document uses file links without source line anchors.

## Findings
(no findings)

## No-issues notes
- The lifecycle section accurately avoids presenting `BackEndCompileRequest` as a current standalone type and points readers at `CodeGenContext` for backend work.
- The top-level decomposition stays at architecture level and does not drift into pass-by-pass pipeline documentation.
- The public API section correctly distinguishes `include/slang.h` from implementation code under `source/`.
