release-health-gates

Release gates are declarative checklists that attach to deployment PRs in GitHub, mirroring checks and readiness criteria. The Skill automates gate validation across scope, quality, comms, and operations categories, auto-filling blockers from tracker data and enforcing waiver approvals before deployment.

Release gates are readiness criteria that validate all required conditions are met before deployment. Use them during release trains, hotfix reviews, stakeholder briefings, and quality sign-offs to ensure consistent, traceable deployment decisions across your team.

Yes. The Skill produces QA handshake summaries and rollout scorecards alongside gate validation, automating the collection and enforcement of QA approvals within your GitHub-enabled release workflow.

Release gates load gate modules and attach sections directly to deployment PRs, working within GitHub's native checks system. This embeds quality signals and readiness validation into your standard PR workflow without requiring external tooling.

Release gates are GitHub-aware, traceable checklists that auto-populate blocker data from trackers, enforce required waivers, and integrate into PR checks. They provide structured readiness signals tied to deployment, replacing manual checklist processes with automated validation.

Release gates auto-fill blockers from tracker data as part of their core function, so integration with your existing issue or work-tracking system is expected. The Skill handles population of gate sections from your tracker without manual entry.