| name | validation-gate |
| description | Software factory validation gate — use when checking phase completion. Verifies automated tests pass and coordinates manual validation if required. |
| version | 0.1.0 |
Validation Gate
Completion Criteria
A phase is complete when BOTH:
- Automated tests pass (all tests in the phase's test suite green)
- Manual validation confirmed, if required
A phase is NOT complete when only one criterion is met.
Manual Validation Triggers
Manual validation is required for any of:
- UI changes (visual layout, user flows, interactive elements)
- Major API surface changes (new endpoints, changed request/response schemas)
- Changes affecting external integrations (webhooks, third-party APIs, data exports)
- Any change flagged in
manual_validation_triggers in the project's factory-config.json
Timing
Trigger manual validation requests as early as possible — before implementation of the next phase begins. If the next phase is independent (parallelizable), start it while waiting for manual confirmation.
Confirmation
Manual validation must be explicitly confirmed by the user. Phrases like "looks good", "LGTM", or "confirmed" count. Silence or ambiguous responses do not count.
Write confirmation to memory:
python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/memory.py" write \
--key "validation_confirmed:<phase_name>" \
--value '{"confirmed_at":"<ISO8601>","by":"user","method":"manual|automated"}' \
--tags "validation"
