Quality scan

Choose the scope

Read ../_shared/base-green.md before interpreting base or PR health.

• Default: the static quality-scan profile.
• Fast: quality-scan-fast; explicitly report omitted gates.
• A named npm alias: that alias only.
• Base status: inspect remote evidence; no local suite is implied.
• Full release/PR acceptance: inspect the applicable workflow lanes and use ../validate-release-green/SKILL.md for the local observer's limited scope.

When present, config/quality/gate-manifest.json owns static profile membership and the npm-alias inventory. package.json owns commands and runtimes. Use npm run check:gate-manifest and the scan's --list mode to measure the current inventory. An alias, workflow job, matrix instance and test case are different units. Never substitute a remembered count for this inventory.

If the candidate predates the manifest, inspect its actual package scripts, aggregator and workflows; label the inventory provisional. Do not invent a missing command or claim manifest enforcement on an older branch.

Execute and preserve evidence

Pin the base and candidate SHAs in an isolated worktree. Run the actual npm entrypoints: direct file invocation can change the required Node/Bun runtime. Record command, cwd, versions, start/end, exit/signal, selected scope and log path. Use the gate process supervisor when the candidate provides it. Otherwise capture the command's own exit before displaying a summary, for example:

scan_log=$(mktemp)
if npm run quality:scan >"$scan_log" 2>&1; then
  scan_exit=0
else
  scan_exit=$?
fi
tail -n 30 "$scan_log"
printf 'scan_exit=%s log=%s\n' "$scan_exit" "$scan_log"

Missing dependencies, timeout, cancellation and unavailable artifacts are incomplete evidence, not PASS. A scan may write logs/reports; it does not update baselines, mutate product code or contact live providers unless explicitly scoped.

Report the result

Report the selected profile and SHA, executed/failed/not-run counts, raw logs and the remaining acceptance lanes. PASS applies only to the executed scope. List frozen debt separately from new findings. A nonzero exit proves a failed execution, not that the contributor introduced it: use the causal comparison in the shared base-green protocol.

If the tracked skill-contract checker exists, npm run check:quality-skill-contract compares these private instructions with the versioned templates. Missing private skills are NOT_INSTALLED, not evidence that their instructions were validated.

Stop after the report for scan-only requests. Fixes require a change request; baseline changes require their own reviewed justification. Preserve existing thresholds and assertions throughout recovery.