quality-gates

Runs quality gate validation at each workflow stage. Supports 4 gate types: spec-quality, spec-to-plan, plan-to-tasks, completeness. Produces gate pass/fail reports with actionable feedback. Triggers: "run quality gate", "validate spec quality", "spec quality", "plan coverage", "check plan coverage", "validate plan to tasks", "check task traceability", "verify task completeness", "run completeness review", "review implementation", "check plan traceability", "check coverage", "completeness quality gate", "final sign-off", "feature parity sign-off", "completeness gate", "feature parity", "sign-o

User Input

You MUST consider the user input before proceeding (if not empty).

Output

Reports and checkpoints are written under your task's Artifact path: (from task metadata).

checklists/requirements.md           ← spec-quality gate
checkpoints/spec-to-plan.yaml        ← spec-to-plan gate
traceability-matrix.yaml             ← completeness gate
migration-summary.md                 ← completeness gate

Input

type = spec-quality | spec-to-plan | plan-to-tasks | completeness

Workflow

Step 1: Load Context

Load from cwd:

constitution.md — non-negotiable; violations are always CRITICAL
spec.md, plan.md, tasks.md, checkpoints/ (as relevant for the gate type)

Step 2: Gate Routing

Load the checklist reference for the selected gate:

type	Reference	Key Output
`spec-quality`	`references/gate-spec-quality.md`	`checklists/requirements.md`
`spec-to-plan`	`references/gate-spec-to-plan.md`	`checkpoints/spec-to-plan.yaml`
`plan-to-tasks`	`references/gate-plan-to-tasks.md`	`checkpoints/plan-to-tasks.yaml`
`completeness`	`references/gate-completeness.md`	traceability-matrix.yaml + migration-summary.md

Step 3: Execute Gate

Follow the process defined in the referenced gate file.

Step 4: Verdict

PASS: all checklist items pass → ✓ [gate] PASSED.
FAIL: any CRITICAL → ✗ [gate] FAILED. N critical issues. + remediation steps

Rules

READ-ONLY: never modify source code; only write checklists, checkpoints, reports.
Max 50 findings per gate.
Deterministic: rerunning without changes = same results.
Never hallucinate: if artifact is missing, report it.

Severity

Level	Meaning
CRITICAL	Checkpoint failed, broken traceability, constitution violation, requirement not implemented, testing strategy deviation without documented blocker
HIGH	Partial requirement, implementation drift, untested acceptance criteria
MEDIUM	Incomplete non-functional coverage, terminology drift
LOW	Style/naming, documentation gaps

Resources

references/gate-spec-quality.md — spec quality checklist and process
references/gate-spec-to-plan.md — spec-to-plan checklist and process
references/gate-plan-to-tasks.md — plan-to-tasks checklist and process
references/gate-completeness.md — completeness checklist and process (includes plan coverage)
templates/report-template.md — migration summary structure