gate-check — скилл для Claude Code: проверка готовности к смене фазы
Формальный вердикт PASS, CONCERNS, NOT ASSESSED или FAIL перед переходом проекта на следующую стадию разработки.
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill gate-check -a claude-codeЧто делает gate-check
Скилл отвечает на вопрос «можно двигаться дальше?». Он сверяет проект с чек-листом целевой фазы: нужные артефакты, качество, блокеры. На выходе — один из четырёх вердиктов, список блокеров и того, что ещё не сделано.
Стадии идут по порядку: Concept, Systems Design, Technical Setup, Pre-Production, Production, Polish, Release. Без аргумента скилл сам определяет текущую стадию и спрашивает подтверждение через AskUserQuestion — шаг не пропускается. Целевую фазу можно задать явно: /gate-check production. Флаг --review full|lean|solo перекрывает review_mode из конфига.
В режиме solo субагенты-директора не запускаются, остаётся только проверка наличия артефактов. В lean они работают. Уровень qa.level управляет проверками тестов: при minimal они не обязательны, но сборка и запуск всё равно проверяются — проект, который никто не запускал, получает NOT ASSESSED. Когда гейт пройден, стадия пишется сразу в project.yaml и в production/stage.txt.
Скилл не диагностирует «где мы», этим занимается /project-stage-detect. Здесь вердикт выносится по формальным критериям, и это осознанная точка остановки для человека, а не авто-прогон.
Какие задачи решает
- решить, можно ли переходить из Pre-Production в Production
- получить список блокеров перед релизом
- проверить, что все обязательные артефакты фазы на месте
- зафиксировать смену стадии в
project.yamlиproduction/stage.txt - отделить диагностику текущей стадии от решения о переходе
Примеры запросов агенту
- /gate-check production
- /gate-check --review full
- Проверь, готовы ли мы к переходу на стадию polish
Как установить gate-check
1Через Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill gate-check -a claude-code2Вручную: положить файлы
~/.claude/skills/gate-check/SKILL.mdПапка скилла целиком; для одного проекта — .claude/skills/gate-check/
1Через Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill gate-check -a codex2Вручную: положить файлы
.agents/skills/gate-check/SKILL.mdДля всех проектов — ~/.agents/skills/
1Через Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill gate-check -a cursor2Вручную: положить файлы
.cursor/skills/gate-check/SKILL.mdCursor читает и .agents/skills/, и .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios gate-check2Вручную: положить файлы
.github/skills/gate-check/SKILL.md1Через Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill gate-check -a gemini-cli2Командой платформы
gemini skills install https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --path .claude/skills/gate-checkВручную: положить файлы
.devin/skills/gate-check/SKILL.mdСтарый путь .windsurf/skills/ тоже читается
Через Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill gate-check -a opencodeClaude.ai
Упакуйте папку в zip и загрузите в Settings → Capabilities → Skills
По шагам, с командами для каждой платформы: Как установить скилл в Claude Code: пять способов
Вопросы о gate-check
Как установить gate-check в Claude?
Выполните npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill gate-check -a claude-code. Скилл встанет в ~/.claude/skills/gate-check/SKILL.md.
Что делает gate-check?
Проверяет готовность проекта к переходу между фазами разработки и выдаёт вердикт PASS, CONCERNS, NOT ASSESSED или FAIL вместе с блокерами и списком недостающих артефактов.
Чем gate-check отличается от /project-stage-detect?
/project-stage-detect отвечает, где проект сейчас. gate-check решает, готов ли он к следующему шагу, и выносит формальный вердикт.
Исходный текст
SKILL.md · MIT
---
name: gate-check
description: "Ready to advance between development phases? PASS/CONCERNS/NOT ASSESSED/FAIL with blockers and required artifacts. 'Can we move to production?'"
argument-hint: "[target-phase: systems-design | technical-setup | pre-production | production | polish | release] [--review full|lean|solo]"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, Agent, AskUserQuestion, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/gate-check/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/artifact-check.sh *), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/gdd-structure-check.sh*), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/adr-dep-graph.sh*), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/set-stage.sh *)
model: opus
---
!`bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys review_mode,workflow,qa.level,testing.strict,performance.enforce,team.size,project.stage,system_overrides`
Resolved above — use as-is; `--review` overrides `review_mode`. No block →
defaults in `.claude/docs/config-resolution.md`.
# Phase Gate Validation
This skill validates whether the project is ready to advance to the next development
phase. It checks for required artifacts, quality standards, and blockers.
**Distinct from `/project-stage-detect`**: That skill is diagnostic ("where are we?").
This skill is prescriptive ("are we ready to advance?" with a formal verdict).
## Production Stages (7)
The project progresses through these stages:
1. **Concept** — Brainstorming, game concept document
2. **Systems Design** — Mapping systems, writing GDDs
3. **Technical Setup** — Engine config, architecture decisions
4. **Pre-Production** — Prototyping, vertical slice validation
5. **Production** — Feature development (Epic/Feature/Task tracking active)
6. **Polish** — Performance, playtesting, bug fixing
7. **Release** — Launch prep, certification
**When a gate passes** (or the user explicitly accepts a CONCERNS verdict's risks — Section 6), update the stage in both `project.yaml` (set `project.stage: <new-stage>`) AND write the new stage name to `production/stage.txt` (single line, e.g. `Production`). Dual-write keeps backward compatibility with hooks that haven't migrated yet. This updates the status line immediately.
---
## 1. Parse Arguments
**Target phase:** `$ARGUMENTS` with any `--review <mode>` pair removed (blank = auto-detect current stage, then validate next transition). `/gate-check --review full` names no phase.
Note: in `solo` mode, director spawns (CD-PHASE-GATE, TD-PHASE-GATE, PR-PHASE-GATE, AD-PHASE-GATE) are skipped — gate-check becomes artifact-existence checks only. In `lean` mode, the phase-gate directors still run (phase gates are the purpose of lean mode); how many of them run is set by `workflow` below.
**`workflow`** (per `.claude/docs/workflow-modes.md`):
`gate-check` runs project-wide, so it uses the project-level `workflow` for the
gate's overall artifact checklist (the loaded gate file), AND consults
GDDs — a system pinned to a higher tier must meet that tier's section count
before the gate passes, regardless of the project-level workflow (see Section 2b,
"Per-system overrides").
> **gate-check honors `workflow` but is exempt from `automation`.** The artifact
> checklist changes per tier; the collaborative prompting protocol (the
> Collaborative Protocol section) always applies — a phase gate is a deliberate
> human checkpoint, never auto-run.
**`qa.level`**: controls test enforcement at phase gates, where `workflow`
controls which artifacts are required. `modes.rigor` sets both together; set
`qa.level` explicitly to vary enforcement alone. At `minimal`, no test gates apply — the
test-evidence and unit-test artifact items become non-required and the
Section 3 `testing.strict` check is a no-op; the smoke check is not relaxed (Section 2b) —
but at this level `/smoke-check` runs without game tests (its automated row reads
WAIVED), so the build check (`commands.smoke`, else `commands.build`, when set) and
the launch and critical-path checks are the floor — a build nobody launched is
NOT ASSESSED — and a project with no tests can still pass. At `standard`,
Logic + Integration tests must pass. At `full`, a full coverage check + regression suite are required
(coverage minimum from `qa.coverage_minimum` if set). The retained screenshots
UI and Visual/Feel stories need are not test items: no `qa.level` relaxes them
(Section 2b).
**`team.size`**: does not change how many directors spawn at a phase gate — panel
width is `workflow`'s axis (Section 4b). This value affects only the
**specialist depth within each director's review**.
`individual` uses the core specialist set; `small` the standard set; `studio`
adds engine sub-specialists. It never skips a director — skipping directors is
`review_mode`'s job. Both `review_mode` and `team.size` are set by
`modes.rigor` — one rigor choice sets both — and each still overrides that axis
when set explicitly (a full-rigor project gets the `studio` set; lighter tiers
get `individual`).
- **With argument**: `/gate-check production` — validate readiness for that specific phase
- **No argument**: Auto-detect current stage using the same heuristics as
`/project-stage-detect`, then **confirm with the user before running**:
Use `AskUserQuestion`:
- Prompt: "Detected stage: **[current stage]**. Running gate for [Current] → [Next] transition. Is this correct?"
- Options:
- `[A] Yes — run this gate`
- `[B] No — pick a different gate` (if selected, show a second widget listing all gate options: Concept → Systems Design, Systems Design → Technical Setup, Technical Setup → Pre-Production, Pre-Production → Production, Production → Polish, Polish → Release)
Do not skip this confirmation step when no argument is provided.
---
## 2. Phase Gate Definitions
Each gate's checklist — required artifacts, quality checks, and its workflow-tier
reductions — lives in its own file. **Read only the row for the target phase
transition; never load the others.**
| Gate | Definition file |
|------|-----------------|
| Concept → Systems Design | `references/gate-systems-design.md` |
| Systems Design → Technical Setup | `references/gate-technical-setup.md` |
| Technical Setup → Pre-Production | `references/gate-pre-production.md` |
| Pre-Production → Production | `references/gate-production.md` |
| Production → Polish | `references/gate-polish.md` |
| Polish → Release | `references/gate-release.md` |
Each file states the `full` baseline first, then the `standard` and `minimal`
reductions for that gate. Apply the tier resolved in Section 1.
## 2b. Workflow Tier Adjustment
**Read `references/2b-workflow-tier.md` now and follow it** — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
## 3. Run the Gate Check
**Read `references/3-run-gate-check.md` now and follow it** — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
## 4. Collaborative Assessment
**Read `references/4-assessment.md` now and follow it** — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
## 5. Output the Verdict
**Read `references/5-verdict.md` now and follow it** — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
## 6. Update Stage on PASS
**Read `references/6-update-stage.md` now and follow it** — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
## 7. Closing Next-Step Widget
**Read `references/7-next-steps.md` now and follow it** — this phase's steps are in that file, not here. Read it again if the conversation was compacted or resumed during this phase.
## Collaborative Protocol
This skill follows the collaborative design principle:
1. **Scan first**: Check all artifacts and quality gates
2. **Ask about unknowns**: Don't assume PASS for things you can't verify
3. **Present findings**: Show the full checklist with status
4. **User decides**: The verdict is a recommendation — the user makes the final call on
what to do next; only the stage write is bound to it (Section 6)
5. **Get approval**: "May I write this gate check report to production/gate-checks/?"
6. **Never auto-fix**: If required artifacts are missing, report the FAIL verdict and
name the skill to run (e.g. "run `/test-setup`"). Do NOT create missing files or
re-run the gate automatically. Creating files to manufacture a PASS defeats the
gate's purpose.
**Never** block a user from working — the verdict decides only whether this skill
writes the new stage. On CONCERNS the user may advance by explicitly accepting the
listed risks, which the report records (Section 6); on FAIL or NOT ASSESSED the
stage stays where it is until a re-run passes, and nothing stops the user working
on the blockers meanwhile.
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