Review gates are where quality enters the loop

01A gate is not bureaucracy

A gate is the point where the work waits for a person because a judgment call matters.

02Use gates sparingly

Not every step needs approval. The right gate sits where a wrong answer would create downstream cost or confusion.

03Make the evidence visible

A reviewer should see the source context, decision criteria, and current version without reconstructing the work from chat history.

04Let gates improve the playbook

When a reviewer catches a gap, the fix should become a proposed version change, not another private note.

The takeaway

Constraint is most useful when recurring AI-assisted work needs shared shape: a playbook, a review gate, a review record, and versions over time.

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