quality-gates

Engineering changes require evidence by binding factual claims to supporting proof, monitoring the task lifecycle, and prompting reviews at critical stages to ensure quality. This approach maintains output integrity by actively validating that important claims have evidence before proceeding.

Lifecycle gates are needed for non-trivial code changes, repository structuring, installer behavior, or complex workflows to prompt critical stage reviews. They monitor task execution and facilitate reviews of behavior changes, ensuring outputs meet engineering standards and resist drift.

Library drift is handled by treating it as a repository bug, which enhances repository integrity and prevents unexpected behavior changes. Resistance to drift is maintained by actively monitoring library versions and flagging inconsistencies during the validation process.

Quality gates are suitable for validating docs defining behavior or process, installer modifications, and complex workflows. The validation layer applies evidence-binding and lifecycle awareness to non-trivial engineering outputs, ensuring documentation meets the same reviewability standards as code.

The best way to add regression coverage is by facilitating reviews of behavior changes and automatically prompting for updated tests when defects are fixed. This ensures that fixes are reviewable and that future drift is caught by the newly added regression coverage.

A lightweight control layer for validation is limited to non-trivial engineering changes and may not replace comprehensive CI/CD pipelines for large-scale deployments. It focuses on evidence-binding and lifecycle awareness rather than handling runtime execution or automated build deployments.