Use this template at the end of a sub-phase, phase, or User Story.

• Project:
• Phase or story:
• Branch:
• Commit:
• Date:
• Execution mode:
• Human-control mode:
• Delivery mode:
• Tool mode:
• Agent roles used:

• Current phase:
• Current subphase:
• Current step:
• Last completed step:
• Next step:
• Steps remaining:
• Completion indicator:
• Required verification command:
• Branch owner:
• Next merge target:
• Phase transaction log:
• Row completed:
• Next allowed action:
• Exact authorized action:
• Exact stop condition:
• Actions requiring fresh approval:
• Blocked escalation attempts:

Explain what changed and why.

• TBD

• TBD

• Smart test selection:
• First valid test layer:
• RED evidence:
• Markdown lint:
• Complexity checks:
• Unit tests:
• Component tests:
• Contract tests:
• Integration tests:
• Performance tests:
• Resilience tests:
• Quality Envelope HTML:
• Quality Envelope JSON:
• Smoke test:
• Manual test:
• Regression checks:
• Phase completion indicator:
• Skipped checks and reason:

For each QA requirement:

• QA requirement:
• Test or spec file:
• Command:
• Evidence:
• Status: passed | failed | deferred | blocked

• Promised QA items implemented:
• Deferred QA items:
• Late tests added because the plan missed them:
• New QA categories revealed:
• Closeout blocker: yes | no

Add command outputs, screenshots, logs, or links when useful.

• TBD

• Matrix required: yes | no
• Matrix location:
• Criteria covered:
• Criteria not covered:
• Release decision:

• Found by QA:
• Found by review:
• Fixed:
• Deferred:
• Failure classifications:

• Success evidence:
• Refusal evidence:
• Failure before side effects evidence:
• Failure after partial side effects evidence:
• Read-failure audit:
• Write-failure audit:
• Gaps:

• Roadmap / Master Plan:
• Phase plan:
• Behavior specs:
• ADRs:
• Diagrams:
• README or status docs:

• Tooling preflight:
• Graph or index refresh:
• Artifact paths:
• Source commit or range:
• Regeneration command:
• Generation timestamp:
• Freshness state: current | stale | unknown
• Local-only or ignored artifacts:
• Artifacts committed:
• Artifacts skipped and reason:
• Metadata compared to HEAD:
• Closeout decision: local-only | committed | discarded
• Stale-artifact handling:

• Branch:
• Upstream tracking state:
• Merge base:
• HEAD:
• Target branch:
• Ahead/behind:
• Published-history state:
• Commit ancestry reviewed:
• Dirty worktree residue:
• Replay evidence sufficient without chat history: yes | no

• Required before push or PR: yes | no
• Commits grouped by coherent step:
• Docs, specs, tests, and code paired cleanly:
• Stacked or nested branch review preferred:
• Published history makes rewrite costly:

• Tool versions:
• Warnings:
• Stale metadata:
• Experimental runtime warnings:
• Skipped checks:
• Blocking warnings:

• Location:
• Validation command:
• Validation result:
• Template or heading contract:

• Focused checks:
• Full fast gate:
• Phase completion indicator:
• Graph or index refresh:
• Handoff created or updated:
• Handoff validated:
• Git status reviewed:
• Correct parent branch:
• Branch and remote state confirmed:
• Target branch current:
• Topology witness captured:
• Generated-artifact provenance current or waived:
• Project status/context docs updated:
• Next phase marked planning-only until approved:
• Scope escalation alarm honored:
• Stop condition honored:

• Startup command:
• URL or entry point:
• Steps:
• Expected result:
• Known limitations:

• TBD

• Complete
• Blocked
• Needs Review

• TBD