Verify Before Ship

The Non-Negotiable Mandate

You may not ship to production until all 7 gates are cleared with evidence.

This is not a suggestion. It is not a checklist to tick when convenient. No urgency, role, authority, or circumstance overrides this mandate. The pressure you feel to skip a gate is the exact signal that the gate must be held.

When in doubt: DO NOT SHIP.

When This Skill Applies

Invoke this skill whenever any of the following is true:

• You are about to deploy code to production
• You are merging a release branch into main/master
• You are pushing a hotfix, patch, or "quick fix" live
• You are applying schema migrations, config changes, or infrastructure updates
• Someone asks you to ship anything to a live environment