Verification Gates

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user asks about quality gates
• Milestone checks
• Phase transitions
• Go/no-go decision points

Example prompts

• “Use the verification-gates skill to create explicit validation checkpoints (verification gates) between project phases to catch errors early and…”
• “/verification-gates”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Review requirements document
2. 2Identify any unclear items
3. 3Get explicit confirmation on ambiguous points
4. 4Document answers

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d2e5c34. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are yaml and markdown).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Verification Gates loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 139 tokens; SKILL.md has 470 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~139

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from rohitg00/skillkit at commit d2e5c34, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© rohitg00). 470 words, ~1,687 tokens.

name

verification-gates

description

Creates explicit validation checkpoints (verification gates) between project phases to catch errors early and ensure quality before proceeding. Use when the user asks about quality gates, milestone checks, phase transitions, approval steps, go/no-go decision points, or preventing cascading errors across a multi-step workflow. Produces acceptance criteria checklists, automated CI gate configurations, manual sign-off requirements, and conditional review rules for scenarios such as security changes, API changes, or database migrations.

version

1.0.0

triggers

verify before, checkpoint, quality gate, make sure before, validation

tags

planning, verification, quality, gates

difficulty

beginner

estimatedTime

10

relatedSkills

planning/design-first, planning/task-decomposition, testing/red-green-refactor

# CI Pipeline Gates
gates:
  - name: lint
    command: npm run lint
    required: true

  - name: type-check
    command: npm run typecheck
    required: true

  - name: unit-tests
    command: npm test
    required: true
    coverage: 80%

  - name: build
    command: npm run build
    required: true

## Manual Verification Checklist

Before Code Review:
- [ ] I've tested my changes locally
- [ ] I've written/updated tests
- [ ] I've read my own diff
- [ ] I've checked for security issues
- [ ] I've updated documentation

Before Deployment:
- [ ] Code review approved
- [ ] QA verified (if applicable)
- [ ] Stakeholder approved (if required)
- [ ] Deployment plan reviewed

Task Start
    │
    ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ Gate: Prereqs   │ ← Verify before starting
│ - Requirements  │
│ - Dependencies  │
└────────┬────────┘
         │
         ▼
    Do the work
         │
         ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ Gate: Completion│ ← Verify before proceeding
│ - Tests pass    │
│ - Code reviewed │
└────────┬────────┘
         │
         ▼
Task Complete

## Gate: [Name]

**When:** [Before what action]

**Purpose:** [What this gate ensures]

**Checklist:**
- [ ] Item 1
- [ ] Item 2
- [ ] Item 3

**Verification Method:**
- [How to verify each item]

**Failure Actions:**
- [What to do if gate fails]

**Approver:** [Who can approve passage]

# GitHub Actions example
jobs:
  gate-lint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run lint

  gate-test:
    needs: gate-lint
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm test

  gate-build:
    needs: gate-test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run build

  deploy:
    needs: gate-build
    # Only deploys if all gates pass

© rohitg00, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in packages/core/src/methodology/packs/planning/verification-gates of rohitg00/skillkit.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d2e5c34