# INITIATIVE-009D — Quality Gate

**Date:** 2026-06-23

Each candidate evaluated against all five rules.

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## Rules Reference

- **Rule A:** Explicit dependency language exists (not just Related Skills listing)
- **Rule B:** Target node exists in graph
- **Rule C:** No self-loop
- **Rule D:** No duplicate REQUIRES edge
- **Rule E:** No cycle introduced

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## Gate Results

| Candidate | Edge | Rule A | Rule B | Rule C | Rule D | Rule E | VERDICT |
|-----------|------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| 009D-001/002 | `bug-fixing` → `debugging` | ✅ "use Debugging first" | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | **PASS** |
| 009D-003/004 | `code-generation` → `algorithm-design` | ✅ "use Algorithm Design first" | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | **PASS** |
| 009D-005 | `code-generation` → `refactoring` | ⚠️ "use instead" (routing, not prerequisite) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | **REJECTED** — "use instead" is a routing rule, not a prerequisite. Refactoring is an alternative path, not something you must learn before code-generation. Fails Rule A. |
| 009D-006 | `code-generation` → `function-calling` | ⚠️ "when generation must invoke tools" (conditional) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | **REJECTED** — conditional dependency ("when X") does not meet the strict prerequisite standard. Fails Rule A. |
| 009D-007 | `dependency-auditor` → `code-execution-sandbox` | ⚠️ Related Skills listing only | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | **REJECTED** — pipeline diagram is structural documentation, not explicit dependency language in the skill body. The Related Skills entry has no qualifier. Fails Rule A. |
| 009D-008 | `bug-fixing` → `reflection` | ⚠️ "generic critique-revise pattern" (conceptual) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | **REJECTED** — "generic pattern" in Related Skills is descriptive, not dependency language. Fails Rule A. |
| 009D-009 | `code-interpreter-agent` → `tool-use-loop` | ❌ Related listing only, no qualifier | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | **REJECTED** — Related only. Fails Rule A. |

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## Summary

| Result | Count | Candidates |
|--------|-------|------------|
| PASS | 2 | 009D-001/002, 009D-003/004 |
| REJECTED | 5 | 009D-005, 009D-006, 009D-007, 009D-008, 009D-009 |

**Final approved new edges: 2**

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## Integrity Check

- Cycles introduced by approved edges: **0** (directed: bug-fixing→debugging, code-generation→algorithm-design; no path back creates a cycle given current graph topology)
- Dangling targets: **0** (both targets confirmed in Node Resolution)
- Duplicates: **0** (neither edge exists in current frontmatter)
