complete-stories

To prevent incomplete Scrum stories from being marked as Done, use strict gate validation that blocks completion if acceptance criteria are unchecked, dependencies are incomplete, deliverables are missing, or automated verifiers fail. This atomic approach ensures no partial work receives a Done status.

Yes, you can automatically roll up story status to epics and backlogs in markdown. When a story is marked Done, the parent epic status updates if all child stories are complete, and the backlog status updates when all epics are finished.

Gate validation works with both legacy markdown stories gated on acceptance criteria checkboxes and deliverable presence, and modern plan-validated stories gated on plan status and task completion, ensuring broad coverage across different markdown tracking formats.

Automate Scrum story completion safely by running atomic, side-effect-free completion workflows that only apply edits when all gate conditions pass. If any acceptance criteria, dependencies, deliverables, or verifiers fail, the process blocks and leaves files unchanged.

If a referenced deliverable is missing during story completion, the strict validation gate blocks the process and prevents the story from being marked Done. The atomic workflow ensures no edits are applied until all missing deliverables are resolved.

You need strict gate validation for Agile story tracking when manually marking work as Done risks overlooking unchecked acceptance criteria, incomplete dependencies, or missing deliverables. It enforces atomic completion runs that block on failed automated verifiers to ensure quality.