| name | kiss-quality-gates |
| description | Defines quality gates (coverage thresholds, lint / type / security scan pass criteria, performance budgets) that every PR and every release must pass. Produces a gate definition the CI pipeline enforces. Does not enforce them itself. Use when defining quality requirements, setting CI/CD thresholds, or establishing pass/fail criteria for PRs and releases. |
| compatibility | Requires kiss project structure with .kiss/ directory |
| metadata | {"author":"github-kiss","source":"agent-skills/kiss-quality-gates/kiss-quality-gates.md"} |
User Input
$ARGUMENTS
Audience and tone (interactive mode)
When KISS_AGENT_MODE=interactive (the default), assume the user
has limited technical background and limited domain knowledge
— they may know basics but lack deep expertise in this skill's
area. Run this skill as a guided questionnaire:
- One question at a time. No walls of questions.
- Yes / no first. Phrase so
yes, no, not sure, or skip
is a valid answer.
- Translate jargon, don't strip it. Use the technical term but
always pair it with a plain-English gloss the first time it
appears.
- Choices, not blank fields. When yes/no isn't enough, offer
2-4 lettered options (A/B/C/D) with one-line plain-language
descriptions of the trade-off. Always include "Not sure — pick
a sensible default".
- Always recommend. State the option you would pick and why in
one sentence so the user can reply "yes" / "ok" to accept. Pull
defaults from upstream artefacts (spec, architecture, ADRs,
standards) before asking blank.
- Show, don't ask. When upstream artefacts already imply an
answer, propose it as a pre-filled finding and ask for a
yes / no confirmation rather than asking the user to fill in a
blank.
not sure / skip triggers a sensible default, marked
"(default applied — confirm later)" in the artefact, and a debt
entry in this skill's debt file.
When KISS_AGENT_MODE=auto (or --auto), skip the questionnaire
entirely: apply sensible defaults from upstream artefacts and log
decisions to the parent agent's decision log.
Inputs
.kiss/context.yml{context.paths.docs}/testing/<feature>/strategy.md{context.paths.docs}/testing/<feature>/framework.md
Outputs
{context.paths.docs}/testing/<feature>/quality-gates.md{context.paths.docs}/testing/<feature>/quality-gates.extract
Context Update
Does not mutate .kiss/context.yml.
Handoffs
kiss-cicd reads the gate definitions to shape pipeline stages.kiss-deployment reads release-level gates.
AI authoring scope
Does: draft gate thresholds per level (PR gate / merge gate /
release gate), list which tools enforce each gate, propose
performance budgets from the intake's operational envelope.
Does not: modify CI pipelines, commit thresholds the user
hasn't approved, claim a build passes a gate that it didn't.
Usage
<SKILL_DIR> = the integration's skills root (e.g. .claude/skills/
for Claude Code, .agents/skills/ for Antigravity / Codex,
.cursor/skills/ for Cursor, .windsurf/workflows/ for Windsurf).
Scripts live at <SKILL_DIR>/<skill-name>/scripts/….
QG_COVERAGE_PR=80 QG_COVERAGE_RELEASE=85 QG_P95_MS=200 \
bash <SKILL_DIR>/kiss-quality-gates/scripts/bash/draft-gates.sh --auto
Answer keys
| Key | Meaning | Default |
|---|
QG_COVERAGE_PR | coverage % required on PR | 80 |
QG_COVERAGE_RELEASE | coverage % required for release | 85 |
QG_P95_MS | performance budget — p95 latency | 200 |
QG_MAX_HIGH_VULN | max allowed High-severity CVEs | 0 |
QG_MAX_CRIT_VULN | max allowed Critical CVEs | 0 |
