# BRIEFING — 2026-06-26T17:39:00Z

## Mission
Review the changes to `tests/unit/tools/malware/test_adaptive_vaccine.py` and `reversecore_mcp/tools/malware/adaptive_vaccine.py` for correctness, completeness, and robustness, and verify that all tests pass cleanly.

## 🔒 My Identity
- Archetype: reviewer_and_critic
- Roles: reviewer, critic
- Working directory: /Users/sjkim1127/Reversecore_MCP/.agents/reviewer_m4_1/
- Original parent: 7276f128-dc31-45f6-aa95-9c5a0b37b541
- Milestone: review_adaptive_vaccine
- Instance: 1 of 1

## 🔒 Key Constraints
- Review-only — do NOT modify implementation code.
- Write review report to `/Users/sjkim1127/Reversecore_MCP/.agents/reviewer_m4_1/handoff.md`.

## Current Parent
- Conversation ID: 7276f128-dc31-45f6-aa95-9c5a0b37b541
- Updated: 2026-06-26T17:39:00Z

## Review Scope
- **Files to review**: `tests/unit/tools/malware/test_adaptive_vaccine.py`, `reversecore_mcp/tools/malware/adaptive_vaccine.py`
- **Interface contracts**: PROJECT.md / SCOPE.md / AGENTS.md
- **Review criteria**: correctness, style, conformance, completeness, and robustness of unit tests.

## Key Decisions Made
- Inspected the code and test files, confirming no integrity violations or dummy facades.
- Ran specific and full unit test suites, confirming 100% pass rate.
- Decided to issue an APPROVE verdict.

## Artifact Index
- `/Users/sjkim1127/Reversecore_MCP/.agents/reviewer_m4_1/handoff.md` — Final review report.

## Review Checklist
- **Items reviewed**: `reversecore_mcp/tools/malware/adaptive_vaccine.py`, `tests/unit/tools/malware/test_adaptive_vaccine.py`
- **Verdict**: approve
- **Unverified claims**: none

## Attack Surface
- **Hypotheses tested**:
  - Capstone unavailability handling (handled and verified)
  - VA to offset mapping correctness (handled and verified)
  - Write/patch failures and backup rollback (handled and verified)
  - Sanitization of YARA rule names and string literals (handled and verified)
- **Vulnerabilities found**: none
- **Untested angles**: none
