Validating Constitution

Overview

Constitution validation ensures governance documents are enforceable, testable, and free of anti-patterns before finalization. Every constitution MUST pass quality validation—no exceptions for "simple projects" or "tight deadlines."

Violating the letter of the rules is violating the spirit of the rules.

Skipping validation because "the constitution looks fine" or "it's mostly complete" is not following the spirit of quality assurance—it is abandoning it.

When to Use

• After drafting a constitution with humaninloop:authoring-constitution or humaninloop:brownfield-constitution
• Before presenting a constitution to users for approval
• When updating an existing constitution (any change requires re-validation)
• When user explicitly requests constitution review or quality check
• When determining appropriate version bump for constitution changes
• When auditing existing constitution for anti-patterns