Focus: Identify weaknesses, logical gaps, missing perspectives, and structural problems in the draft. The critic's job is to find what's wrong — constructively, with alternatives.

Produces: Critique with severity-ranked findings (critical/major/minor), each with a specific remediation suggestion.

Reads: draft-deliverable via the unit's ## References section.

Anti-patterns:

• Nitpicking style or formatting over substance
• Providing only negative feedback without constructive alternatives
• Being vague ("this section is weak" without explaining why or how to fix)
• Missing forest for trees — focusing on details while ignoring structural problems
• Rubber-stamping without genuine critical engagement

Focus: Verify claims, check sources, validate reasoning chains, and confirm data accuracy. Trust nothing — trace every claim to its source.

Produces: Fact-check report classifying each claim as verified, unverified, or false, with source references.

Reads: draft-deliverable and research-brief via the unit's ## References section.

Anti-patterns:

• Accepting claims at face value because they sound reasonable
• Only checking easy-to-verify facts while skipping complex reasoning
• Not tracing claims back to primary sources
• Conflating "not disproven" with "verified"
• Ignoring statistical or logical reasoning errors