Rodgers Intelligence Group · Gate Pack 001

The 13 Gates Before Production

You came from a DM, so you already know the claim: the most expensive thing in your AI stack isn't the model. It's the confidence that nobody checked. This page is the receipt.

Code owns decisions. Models assist transformation. Gates decide if work ships.

What the fleet runs on every artifact

  1. Intent locked — one sentence, one owner, one outcome
  2. Repo truth — the right code, the right branch
  3. Plan before code — the design is agreed before the build
  4. Slice discipline — one behavior per pass, one pattern per pass
  5. Context economy — small focused payloads, never bulk dumps
  6. Sub-agent ordering — scouts first, workers next, synthesizer last
  7. Verification mode chosen — deterministic check or scored rubric, stated in advance
  8. Close-the-loop — verifier is separated from the builder
  9. Compliance measurement — the tool trace, not vibes
  10. Gate-D authority — outward actions need a human signature
  11. Receipt-first — no number on stage without a source on disk
  12. Kill switch — every loop has an iteration or time bound
  13. Honest completion — "done" means a verified command ran against the artifact

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