constitution-enforcer

Governance enforcement validates your project against Constitutional Articles before implementation. Constitution-enforcer performs Phase -1 gate checks across 9 articles—covering library-first principles, CLI interfaces, test-first practices, EARS requirements, traceability, project memory, simplicity, abstraction avoidance, and integration testing—to catch compliance gaps early and suggest remediation steps.

Constitutional Articles are nine governance standards that enforce compliance rules across software projects. They cover design principles (Article I–II), development practices (Article III–V), project structure (Article VI–VII), and testing strategy (Article VIII–IX). Constitution-enforcer validates adherence to each article and identifies violations before code reaches implementation.

Yes. Constitution-enforcer includes justification-tracking for exceptions, allowing you to document why specific Constitutional Articles cannot be met in your context. This supports compliance auditing while maintaining flexibility for documented deviations and remediation planning.

The Skill performs end-to-end traceability validation, connecting requirements to design artifacts, code, and tests across all 9 articles. This ensures governance compliance is measurable from specification through implementation and verifiable during audit phases.

Constitution-enforcer detects governance violations and generates actionable remediation plans showing specific steps to achieve compliance. Violations are mapped to the relevant article and severity, enabling prioritized fixes before phase gates proceed.

Governance checks work on standard project artifacts—requirements documents, design specifications, code, and tests. No external dependencies are required; constitution-enforcer validates whatever project materials you provide against the 9 Constitutional Articles.