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---

namespace: aiwg

platforms: [all]

name: civic-publish-gate

description: Run deterministic source, citation, freshness, privacy, meeting-certainty, accessibility, correction-state, and human-approval checks before civic publication.

script:

entrypoint: scripts/publish_gate.mjs

runtime: node

cwd: project-root

argsHint: "<publication-packet.json>"

triggers:

- publish cited local public information

- run civic publication quality gates

- check a civic story before publishing

---

# Civic Publish Gate

## Process

1. Supply a versioned publication packet with per-section count/freshness

rules, claims, sources, links, structured-data validation, accessibility,

privacy, correction state, static/CMS adapter results, and human review.

2. Run `aiwg run skill civic-publish-gate -- packet.json`.

3. Remediate every block. Warnings require visible human disposition.

4. Treat automated accessibility checks as evidence only, never a complete WCAG

conformance determination.

5. Publication remains an external human action even after a machine pass.

6. Verify the live page, last-good copy, sitemap, reindex, and cache handoffs;

each must pass or be explicitly not applicable before publication completes.

## Output

A schema-valid publication gate report. Exit `1` means blocked; exit `2` means

invalid input/usage. The command never writes to a CMS or external service.

## References

- `schemas/publication-gate-result.schema.json`

- `rules/publication-human-review.md`

- media-marketing-kit `qa-protocol` and `approval-workflow`; ops-complete `ops-verify`