Promotion Readiness Checklist

Assess whether a repository meets the requirements for promotion to the next governance state.

The Promotion State Machine

LOCAL → CANDIDATE → PUBLIC_PROCESS → GRADUATED → ARCHIVED
  ↓         ↓              ↓              ↓
 (no skip) (no skip)    (no skip)     (terminal)

Hard rule: No state skipping. Each transition requires explicit evidence of meeting all requirements.

LOCAL → CANDIDATE

Theme: "This exists and has basic hygiene."

Required