Rust Quality Gate Protocol

When to Invoke

Invoke this protocol when:

• Any implementation task completes and code changes are ready to commit
• User asks "check quality", "run tests", "run clippy", "is this ready", or "verify"
• Before creating a pull request or merging to main
• After modifying a shared library crate (trusty-common, trusty-mcp-core, trusty-embedder, trusty-symgraph)
• After the rust-qa agent delivers a work product

The Three-Gate Sequence

Run gates in this exact order. Stop on first failure — do not proceed to the next gate.

Gate 1: Format Check (fastest — always run first)