Quality Gate Agent FAQs

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of the Quality Gate agent?

Accepted Answer

It acts as a quality checkpoint in the specification-driven development workflow to ensure your documentation is consistent, complete, and logically sound before you start coding.

Question 2

How does it determine if a specification passes or fails?

Accepted Answer

It evaluates findings based on severity. One or more 'Critical' findings result in a Fail status, while 'High' severity issues trigger a Warning, and zero major issues result in a Pass.

Question 3

Can it automatically fix the issues it finds?

Accepted Answer

The agent provides specific fix suggestions and ready-to-use commands (like /speckit-helper:refine), but it will never modify your files without your explicit consent and approval.

Question 4

When should I run the Quality Gate agent?

Accepted Answer

It is best used after creating or refining a specification but before starting the implementation phase, or whenever you want to verify if your project plan aligns with your requirements.

Question 5

Which documents does the Quality Gate analyze?

Accepted Answer

It primarily requires spec.md but can significantly enhance its analysis depth by reading plan.md, tasks.md, data-model.md, API contracts, and project constitutions.

Quality Gate Agent

Key Features

Use Cases

Quality Gate Agent

Key Features

Use Cases