gate-check

Phase gate readiness assessment validates required artifacts, review verdicts, and quality signals to produce a clear PASS, CONCERNS, or FAIL verdict. It checks deterministic file existence and non-empty content to identify specific blockers preventing your project from advancing to the next stage.

Phase gate validation is a project governance mechanism that enforces deterministic artifact checks and review consistency logic. It ensures required documents, build evidence, and quality criteria are met before transitions like Concept to Systems Design or Technical Setup to Pre-Production are approved.

Release readiness validation enforces collaborative verification using required director gates and explicit manual checks for subjective playtesting. It runs parallel director evaluations in lean or full modes to flag readiness risks that cannot be confirmed through simple file existence checks alone.

Yes, phase gate validation writes the next stage name to production/stage.txt upon a PASS verdict with confirmation. This automatically updates production status so future development sessions reflect the new project phase immediately without manual status tracking.

Yes, phase gate quality checking operates with zero external dependencies. It performs deterministic artifact validation and review consistency logic internally, relying on required director gates and manual checks rather than external components to verify readiness.