Quality Gates

Version: 1.0.0 Purpose: Patterns for approval gates, iteration loops, and quality validation in multi-agent workflows Status: Production Ready

Overview

Quality gates are checkpoints in workflows where execution pauses for validation before proceeding. They prevent low-quality work from advancing through the pipeline and ensure user expectations are met.

This skill provides battle-tested patterns for:

• User approval gates (cost gates, quality gates, final acceptance)
• Iteration loops (automated refinement until quality threshold met)
• Issue severity classification (CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW)
• Multi-reviewer consensus (unanimous vs majority agreement)
• Feedback loops (user reports issues → agent fixes → user validates)
• Test-driven development loops (write tests → run → analyze failures → fix → repeat)

Quality gates transform "fire and forget" workflows into iterative refinement systems that consistently produce high-quality results.