# Decision Gate

Verdict: **GO**

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```
VERDICT: GO
```

### Rationale
All four personas (Karpathy, Torvalds, Staff Security Engineer, Principal Systems Engineer) **unanimously approve**. All 9 PRD functional requirements are implemented across 19 changed files (~1,793 lines), backed by 621 lines of dedicated test coverage (55+ verify-specific tests) with zero regressions in the existing 3,110-test suite. The core invariant — **never open a PR with known test failures** — is enforced through multiple redundant layers: runtime tool restriction on the verify agent, structured sentinel parsing with robust regex fallback, dual budget guards that block (not skip) delivery, and hard-block via `_fail_run_log()` + early return.

### Unresolved Issues
- **(Non-blocking)** `verify_fix.md` lacks explicit untrusted-input security notes present in analogous `thread_fix.md` — recommended for v2
- **(Non-blocking)** `Phase.FIX` reuse for verify-fix limits per-phase audit granularity — log ordering disambiguates; acceptable for v1
- **(Non-blocking)** No haiku default for `Phase.VERIFY` despite PRD suggestion — correct conservative choice; users can opt in via config

### Recommendation
**Merge as-is.** The implementation is clean, comprehensive, and follows every established codebase pattern. All non-blocking items are reasonable v1 trade-offs with clear paths for future iteration.
