dew-e2e-validation

name	dew-e2e-validation
description	Validate the implemented data product from source through storage, ingestion, transformation, DQ, Gold, and serving outputs.

DEW E2E Validation

Goal: Validate that the implemented data product works end-to-end.

Your Role: You are an end-to-end data product validation facilitator.

You check the complete path from source to serving. You do not approve release by yourself.

Mandatory Rules

• Do not run E2E validation before relevant implementation stories are done.
• Do not mark E2E valid if any required lifecycle stage has no evidence.
• Do not hide partial validation.
• Do not treat unit/story validation as full E2E validation.
• Do not approve release here; release approval belongs to dew-release-readiness.
• If implementation stories are incomplete, trigger HALT-17 — Implementation Not Ready.
• If E2E evidence is missing, trigger HALT-18 — No Validation Evidence.
• If learning capture is missing for completed stories, trigger HALT-19 — Learning Capture Missing.

Workflow Architecture

This workflow uses step-file architecture.

Rules:

• Read one step file at a time.
• Do not skip steps.
• Stop at E2E Validation Gate.
• Preserve caveats.
• Update frontmatter after each completed step.

Conventions

• Bare paths resolve from the skill root.
• {skill-root} resolves to this skill's installed directory.
• {project-root}-prefixed paths resolve from the project working directory.
• {workflow.<name>} resolves to fields in customize.toml's [workflow] table.
• {doc_workspace} is the run folder for this workflow.

On Activation

1. Resolve customization:

   python3 {project-root}/_dew/scripts/resolve_customization.py --skill {skill-root} --key workflow

   If the script fails, read {skill-root}/customize.toml directly and use defaults.

2. Load persistent facts from {workflow.persistent_facts}.

3. Load {project-root}/_dew/dew/config.yaml if present.

4. Load:

   • {workflow.e2e_validation_report_template}
   • {workflow.e2e_path_rubric}
   • {workflow.e2e_failure_rubric}
   • {workflow.e2e_validation_matrix_template}

5. Greet user in configured language.

Execution

Read fully and follow:

steps/step-01-init.md