/quality-validation

name: quality-validation
description: "Score ResearchPacks (>=80) and Implementation Plans (>=85) against quality gates. TRIGGER when: gating research or a plan before implementation. SKIP: writing or running tests (use testing-strategy); security threat review (use security-review-checklists)."

Quality Validation Skill

Systematic validation ensuring ResearchPacks and Implementation Plans meet quality standards before implementation.

Auto-Invoke Triggers

• ResearchPack completion requires validation
• Implementation Plan requires validation before coding
• User requests quality check
• Proceeding to next workflow phase (quality gate)

Quality Gates

Gate 1: Research → Planning

• **Trigger**: ResearchPack completion
• **Pass**: Score ≥ 80
• **Fail**: Block, return defects

Gate 2: Planning → Implementation

• **Trigger**: Implementation Plan completion
• **Pass**: Score ≥ 85 AND APIs match
• **Fail**: Block, return defects
• Note: the ≥ 85 plan gate / design review may run on the opus tier (architect/analyst on `model: opus`, `effort: high`) for higher rigor. See `docs/model-tiers.md`.

Gate 3: Implementation → Completion

• **Trigger**: Code complete
• **Pass**: your project's validate/lint/test command passes (e.g. `npm run validate`, `pytest`, `make check`, `cargo test`)
• **Fail**: Trigger self-correction (max 3 attempts)

ResearchPack Validation (100 pts, pass: 80)

Completeness (40 pts)

• Library/API with version: 10 pts
• 3+ key APIs documented: 10 pts
• Setup/configuration steps: 10 pts
• 1+ complete code examples: 10 pts

Accuracy (30 pts)

• API signatures match official docs: 15 pts
• Version numbers correct: 5 pts
• All URLs valid, official sources: 10 pts

Citation (20 pts)

• Every API has source URL: 10 pts
• Version/section references: 5 pts
• Confidence level stated: 5 pts

Actionability (10 pts)

• Implementation checklist: 5 pts
• Open questions identified: 5 pts

Implementation Plan Validation (100 pts, pass: 85)

Completeness (35 pts)

• All file changes listed: 10 pts
• Step-by-step sequence: 10 pts
• Verification per step: 10 pts
• Test plan included: 5 pts

Safety (30 pts)

• Rollback plan complete: 15 pts
• Risk assessment (3+ risks): 10 pts
• Minimal changes: 5 pts

Clarity (20 pts)

• Actionable steps: 10 pts
• Success criteria defined: 5 pts
• Time estimates: 5 pts

Alignment (15 pts)

• Plan matches ResearchPack: 10 pts
• Addresses all requirements: 5 pts

Validation Commands

Run your project's own validate/lint/type-check/test command at the completion gate. The exact command depends on your stack — substitute the equivalents below.

| Step | Generic intent | Example (Node/TS) | Example (Python) | |------|----------------|-------------------|------------------| | Type check | Static type safety | `npm run type-check` | `mypy .` | | Lint | Style / static analysis | `npm run lint` | `ruff check .` | | Build | Compile / package | `npm run build` | `python -m build` | | Tests | Behavioral verification | `npm test` | `pytest` | | Full gate | One command runs all | `npm run validate` | `make check` |

# Example (Node/TypeScript): full validation
npm run validate

# Example (Python): full validation
pytest && ruff check . && mypy .

Common Failures

| Failure | Description | |---------|-------------| | Hallucinated APIs | APIs not in official docs | | Version mismatch | Wrong version in research | | Missing citations | No source URLs | | No rollback plan | Missing reversion procedure | | Ambiguous steps | Non-actionable instructions | | API misalignment | Plan uses undocumented APIs |

Validation Output Format

## Validation Report

**Artifact**: [ResearchPack|ImplementationPlan]
**Score**: XX/100
**Result**: [PASS|FAIL]

### Scoring Breakdown
- Completeness: XX/40
- Accuracy: XX/30
- Citation: XX/20
- Actionability: XX/10

### Defects Found
1. [Defect description]
2. [Defect description]

### Recommendations
- [Fix suggestion]