check-acceptance-criteria

You can automatically verify pull request acceptance criteria by running a script that parses the PR body, evaluates unchecked criteria against relevant source files, and uses the GitHub CLI to tick passing checkboxes. It updates the PR body directly.

Automated acceptance criteria verification works by using the GitHub CLI to parse the PR body, evaluate unchecked criteria against relevant source files, and update the PR body by ticking programmatically verified checkboxes while reporting failures.

Yes, you need both the GitHub CLI (gh) and jq installed to automate PR test plan checks. These dependencies are required to parse PR body data and interact with your repository to verify and update acceptance criteria.

The best way to validate a Test Plan section before merge is to integrate an automated verification script into your pre-merge checks. It inspects source files to determine if criteria are satisfied and updates the PR body accordingly.

You can use this PR verification to identify manual-test items. The script produces a concise summary reporting total, passed, failed, and manual-test items, but only checks off criteria that have been programmatically verified.

Automated PR acceptance criteria checks fail to update the body when script or GitHub CLI errors occur. The script surfaces these errors explicitly and only performs safe, idempotent updates for criteria it can programmatically verify.