ship

name	ship
description	Final mile for a merge-ready Gradient branch: verify gate evidence, preserve work references, merge to master when authorized, and reflect. Trigger: /ship.
argument-hint	[branch-or-pr]

/ship

/ship assumes /settle left the branch merge-ready. If review, gate, QA, or refactor work remains, run /settle first.

Current Closure Contract

This repo now has backlog.d as the Work adapter v0, but no closure detector beyond the tracer-bullet fixture. Until a detector exists, preserve work references manually and mark closure mechanics unverified.

Final Checks

1. Confirm base branch is master.
2. Confirm no public-safe violation remains.
3. Confirm lifecycle consistency evidence exists.
4. Confirm schema validation ran when a schema exists, or mark it unverified.
5. Confirm the change names the lifecycle stage it strengthens.
6. Preserve work references in the final record.
7. Invoke /reflect after landing to route harness or process learnings.

Gate

The load-bearing ship gate is ./scripts/validate.sh, plus reviewer judgment for lifecycle semantics in docs/architecture.md and docs/module-contracts.md when docs change.