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---
name: laundering
description: Use when all territories report completion after the hit — handles integration, verification, consigliere final review, cleanup, and ledger updates to produce clean production-ready code
---
# Laundering: Verification and Integration
## Overview
A successful Heist is only complete when the "loot" is refined into its final, legitimate form. Laundering handles integration, verification, cleanup, and institutional memory updates.
## Trigger
Invoked after all Crew Leads report territory completion and the Don approves (The Hit complete).
## Process
### Step 1: Integration
Merge all territory branches/worktrees into the Heist branch:
```bash
# If using worktrees per territory
git merge territory/<name> --no-ff
```
Resolve any conflicts. If conflicts are non-trivial, escalate to the Underboss for a mini-Grilling.
### Step 2: Verification
Run the full verification suite:
```bash
# Run all tests
<project test command>
# Run linter
<project lint command>
# Run type checker (if applicable)
<project type check command>
```
**All checks must pass.** If any fail:
1. Identify which Work Package introduced the failure
2. The responsible Crew Lead dispatches a Worker to fix it
3. Re-run verification
Use `gangsta:sweep-verification` — every claim of passing must be backed by fresh command output.
### Step 3: Consigliere Final Review
Invoke `gangsta:the-consigliere` for an architectural audit of the integrated code:
- Does the implementation match the Contract?
- Are there architectural regressions?
- Security review of the final code
- Any concerns about the integration?
If the Consigliere raises CRITICAL concerns: fix before proceeding.
If CONCERNS: present to Don for decision.
If APPROVE: proceed.
For an independent code-level review alongside the Consigliere's architectural assessment, dispatch `gangsta:audit-review`.
### Step 4: Automated Cleanup
- Run project formatter/linter with auto-fix
- Remove any debug logging added during The Hit
- Clean up any temporary test fixtures not needed in production
### Step 5: Evidence Disposal
Remove operational artifacts:
- Temporary files created during The Hit
- Internal run logs from Worker dispatches
- Draft/intermediate checkpoint files (keep only the final state)
Do NOT remove:
- The Contract (`docs/gangsta/<heist-name>/specs/YYYY-MM-DD-contract.md`)
- The Execution Plan (`docs/gangsta/<heist-name>/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-execution-plan.md`)
- The Reconnaissance Dossier (`docs/gangsta/<heist-name>/recon/YYYY-MM-DD-recon-dossier.md`)
- These are permanent records of the Heist
### Step 6: Ledger Update
+ **Autonomous Mode:** When invoked under `gangsta:autonomous-mode`, see § Per-Phase Interaction Schemas → Laundering in that skill. Ledger entries written under autonomous mode use frontmatter `signed-by: don-proxy`, `status: pending-don-confirmation`, `heist: <feature>`; the human Don's later `/gangsta:go` flips status to `confirmed`, and `/gangsta:abort` relocates the entry. Otherwise this skill operates as written.
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Invoke `gangsta:the-ledger` to record the Heist's lessons:
**Insights** — For each notable solution or pattern discovered:
- Write to `docs/gangsta/insights/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>.md`
- Update Constitution with new Commandments
**Fails** — For each failure, regression, or mistake encountered:
- Write to `docs/gangsta/fails/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>.md`
- Update Constitution with new Negative Constraints
Ask the Don:
> "The Heist is nearly complete. Were there any insights or failures you want to record in the Ledger?"
### Step 7: Don's Final Approval
Present to the Don:
> "Laundering complete for Heist '<name>'.
> - All tests pass
> - Consigliere verdict: [verdict]
> - Ledger updated: [N] insights, [N] fails
> - Code is clean and ready for production
>
> Do you declare this Heist complete?"
The Don may:
- **Declare complete** — Heist is done. Final commit and optional merge to main.
- **Request changes** — Back to specific steps.
- **Kill** — Discard the Heist branch.
## Final Checkpoint
```yaml
---
heist: <heist-name>
phase: laundering
status: completed
timestamp: <ISO 8601>
next-action: Heist complete. Merge to main or archive.
artifacts:
- docs/gangsta/<heist-name>/specs/YYYY-MM-DD-contract.md
- docs/gangsta/<heist-name>/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-execution-plan.md
- docs/gangsta/<heist-name>/recon/YYYY-MM-DD-recon-dossier.md
- <all code files created/modified>
---
```
## Omerta Compliance
- [ ] Rule of Truth: Verification results are actual command output, not claims
- [ ] Spec is Law: Consigliere confirms implementation matches Contract
- [ ] Rule of Availability: Final checkpoint with complete artifact list
- [ ] Rule of Budget: Final resource consumption reported to Don