Enforces engineering standards and code quality policies. Use during code reviews, before commits, when discussing standards or compliance, for quality audits, and when running retrospectives. Trigger phrases include 'run a retro', 'retrospective', 'code review', 'run review', or 'audit standards'.
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---
name: "Governance"
version: "1.4.0"
description: "Enforces engineering standards and code quality policies. Use during code reviews, before commits, when discussing standards or compliance, for quality audits, and when running retrospectives. Trigger phrases include 'run a retro', 'retrospective', 'code review', 'run review', or 'audit standards'."
category: development
tags:
- governance
- code-review
- standards
- compliance
- quality
author: Smith Horn
triggers:
keywords:
- code review
- review this
- commit
- before I merge
- standards
- compliance
- code quality
- best practices
- retro
- retrospective
- test edge function
- edge function test
- mock Deno
- Deno is not defined
explicit:
- /governance
- /review
- /retro
- /edge-test
composes:
- linear
---
# Governance Skill
Enforces engineering standards from [standards.md](../../../docs/internal/architecture/standards.md). Identifies all issues and fixes them immediately -- no deferral, no tickets, no asking for permission. All severities are fixed in the same PR.
## Quick Audit
```bash
docker exec skillsmith-dev-1 npm run audit:standards
```
## Pre-Commit Checklist
```bash
docker exec skillsmith-dev-1 npm run typecheck
docker exec skillsmith-dev-1 npm run lint
docker exec skillsmith-dev-1 npm run format:check
docker exec skillsmith-dev-1 npm test
docker exec skillsmith-dev-1 npm run audit:standards
```
## Sub-Documentation
| Document | Contents |
|----------|----------|
| [code-review-template.md](code-review-template.md) | Full code review report template with field descriptions |
| [retro-template.md](retro-template.md) | Full retrospective template with completion checklist |
| [edge-function-test.md](edge-function-test.md) | Edge Function test scaffold generator with vi.hoisted() pattern |
For detailed instructions -- code review workflow, severity guide, zero deferral policy, approach validation rules, retrospective workflow, type safety patterns, and CI failure reference -- see [agent-prompt.md](agent-prompt.md).
