The operator's rule (2026-11-03): nothing is declared 90/5 before every make test* target of the project ran green on the exact head. kvb-check-gate holds it as the single source and gate.py backs it: list parses the Makefile make would read and its includes statically (never running make, whose $(shell ...) would execute), status reports green, red or missing per target for HEAD and says gate: green only when all are green on a clean tracked tree, and run executes known targets one by one as make -C with output written straight to a log (no pipe hiding the exit code), marking a target red on a non-zero exit, a make: *** or make[N]: *** line, or a project --fail-regex such as infinito-nexus' FAILED TARGETS. Results live per sha in the git common dir under a lock, shared by linked worktrees; a new commit or a target that edits tracked files invalidates them.
kvb-check-confidence and kvb-git-pr-label point to gate.py status instead of restating the rule; the README places the skill. test_gate covers parsing with includes, green, red and fail-pattern runs, stale results after a commit, dirty trees, worktrees and usage errors.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
