/civic-publish-gate

namespace: aiwg
platforms: [all]
name: civic-publish-gate
description: Run deterministic source, citation, freshness, privacy, meeting-certainty, accessibility, correction-state, and human-approval checks before civic publication.
script:
  entrypoint: scripts/publish_gate.mjs
  runtime: node
  cwd: project-root
  argsHint: "<publication-packet.json>"
triggers:
  - publish cited local public information
  - run civic publication quality gates
  - check a civic story before publishing

Civic Publish Gate

Process

1. Supply a versioned publication packet with per-section count/freshness rules, claims, sources, links, structured-data validation, accessibility, privacy, correction state, static/CMS adapter results, and human review. 2. Run `aiwg run skill civic-publish-gate -- packet.json`. 3. Remediate every block. Warnings require visible human disposition. 4. Treat automated accessibility checks as evidence only, never a complete WCAG conformance determination. 5. Publication remains an external human action even after a machine pass. 6. Verify the live page, last-good copy, sitemap, reindex, and cache handoffs; each must pass or be explicitly not applicable before publication completes.

Output

A schema-valid publication gate report. Exit `1` means blocked; exit `2` means invalid input/usage. The command never writes to a CMS or external service.

References

• `schemas/publication-gate-result.schema.json`
• `rules/publication-human-review.md`
• `docs/research/control-source-matrix.md`
• media-marketing-kit `qa-protocol` and `approval-workflow`; ops-complete `ops-verify`