pre-edit-investigation-gate

Validate pre-edit investigation evidence before high-risk software changes.

3|Updated Jun 8, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/pax-k/pax-fullstack-harness --skill pre-edit-investigation-gate
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Skill: pre-edit-investigation-gate
Source: https://github.com/pax-k/pax-fullstack-harness/tree/main/skills/pre-edit-investigation-gate
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/pax-k/pax-fullstack-harness --skill pre-edit-investigation-gate

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes scripts (resource) and references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill prevents blind edits on high-risk changes, ensuring that all relevant files and dependencies are inspected before modification.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Risky Change Detection: Identifies and enforces investigation before editing architecture, data, auth, dependencies, migrations, workflows, and UI/API behavior.
  • Investigation Evidence: Collects and validates evidence of investigation, including affected surfaces, known invariants, and expected validations.
  • Task Trace Integration: Utilizes existing task-trace.jsonl for tracking inspection and pre-edit events.

Quick Start

Before modifying critical components, use $pre-edit-investigation-gate to gather and validate investigation evidence.

Frequently Asked Questions about pre-edit-investigation-gate

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I prevent blind edits when making high-risk code changes?▼

Prevent blind edits by enforcing a pre-edit investigation gate that validates evidence of affected files and dependencies before modifying architecture, auth, or data components. This ensures thorough inspection of risky changes before proceeding.

What is pre-edit investigation in secure development?▼

Pre-edit investigation in secure development is the process of collecting and validating evidence regarding affected surfaces, known invariants, and expected validations before modifying critical software components.

How do I enforce investigation evidence collection before modifying critical files?▼

Enforce evidence collection by requiring manual validation of affected surfaces and known invariants before proceeding with risky edits. This integrates with task traces to monitor pre-edit events for critical files.

Does a pre-edit investigation gate work with task trace monitoring?▼

Yes, the pre-edit investigation gate works with task trace monitoring by utilizing existing task-trace.jsonl files to track inspection and pre-edit events for high-risk changes.

What code components require a pre-edit investigation gate?▼

A pre-edit investigation gate is required for risky changes to architecture, data, auth, dependencies, migrations, workflows, and UI/API behavior to ensure all relevant files are inspected.

Do I need to manually validate invariants before risky code edits?▼

Yes, you need to manually validate known invariants and affected surfaces as evidence before proceeding with risky code edits. This manual evidence collection is required by the investigation gate.