qa_gate_review

Reviews code diffs against XDDP traceability, domain quality checks, and graph-backed impact analysis.

4|Updated Jan 31, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/synthaicode/XRefKit --skill qa-gate-review-synthaicode
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: qa_gate_review
Source: https://github.com/synthaicode/XRefKit/tree/main/skills/qa_gate_review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/synthaicode/XRefKit --skill qa-gate-review-synthaicode

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Code reviews often lose traceability between requirements, design decisions, and implementation, and unsupported conclusions slip through when evidence is scattered. This Skill enforces evidence-based QA review that keeps Why/What/Where/How trace links connected and produces a defensible pre-CI gate verdict. ## Core Features & Use Cases - XDDP Trace-Continuity Review: Verifies every implementation target traces back to a requirement difference, TM row, or approved scope decision. - Four-Domain Review: Executes specification, performance, security, and license reviews with recorded per-domain results and findings. - System-Impact Analysis: Classifies graph-backed impact candidates as included, excluded, unknown, or handed off, including DB manufacturing artifacts like DDL, migrations, and stored procedures. - Gate Verdict Output: Emits a blocked, needs-review, or proceed verdict with evidence and downgrade reasons. - Use Case: Before merging a diff that touches C# code and database migrations, run this Skill to confirm trace continuity, review security and license compliance, and receive a routing verdict for CI. ## Quick Start Ask the AI to run a QA gate review on the current diff against the design evidence and coding rules, and produce the gate verdict.

Frequently Asked Questions about qa_gate_review

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I run a QA gate review on a code diff?▼

Provide the implemented code or diff, design evidence, and coding rules, then request a QA gate review. The Skill checks XDDP trace continuity, runs specification, performance, security, and license reviews, and emits a blocked, needs-review, or proceed verdict with supporting evidence.

What does the gate verdict blocked, needs-review, or proceed mean?▼

Blocked means a domain raised a blocking finding such as a security issue. Proceed requires complete trace, declared diff scope, clean deterministic evaluation, and no open concerns. Anything unsupported or incomplete downgrades to needs-review.

Does the review cover database migrations and SQL scripts?▼

Yes, when database work is in scope the review covers DDL, migration files, stored procedures, ORM mappings, seed data, and correction scripts. Each artifact must trace to an approved DB design item, migration action, or explicit scope decision.

When should the review be split across subagents?▼

Split by domain, artifact family, or target boundary whenever the evidence set is broad enough to risk context overflow. Each subagent gets a bounded evidence packet and output schema, while a coordinator context handles merge and the final verdict.

What happens when required review evidence is missing?▼

Missing evidence is recorded as unknown rather than assumed, and unsupported conclusions downgrade the verdict to needs-review. The Skill never treats unsupported assumptions as facts and preserves explicit evidence gaps.