wyndham-ARR/.project-docs/05-agent-entry/planning-gate.md

Planning Gate

A coding agent must complete this gate before writing an implementation plan.

Required Output

## Project Context Loaded

Read:
- {file path}

Relevant understanding:
- Project goal:
- Current focus:
- Active constraints:
- Decisions affecting this task:
- Evidence, reflections, or commitments affecting this task:
- Files or modules likely involved:
- Unknowns, stale docs, or conflicts:

Gate result:
- Passed or Blocked

Pass Criteria

The gate passes only when:

• required documents were read
• memory-index.md was checked when present
• task-relevant decisions were checked
• relevant evidence, reflection, and commitment indexes were checked when applicable
• stale or conflicting docs were called out
• the plan respects project positioning and constraints

Block Criteria

Block planning when:

• required documents are missing and cannot be inferred
• current state conflicts with the user request
• an existing decision appears to be violated
• the task changes project positioning or architecture without human confirmation