coherence-gate

name	coherence-gate
description	Check Autor Ventura academic or evidence-heavy content for alignment between question objective method evidence results discussion and conclusion. Use when finalizing work where conclusions must be bounded by a documented method or evidence chain. Do not use when the piece is creative and has no analytical argument structure.

Coherence gate

• Identify the governing question purpose or claim first.
• Map each objective to the method or evidence used to address it.
• Check that reported results are supported by the stated method and available data.
• Check that discussion interprets rather than invents results.
• Reduce conclusions that exceed the evidence.
• Flag missing limitations samples approvals or sources instead of fabricating them.
• Run the relevant academic or editorial evals after changing gate behavior.