ECC/commands/quality-gate.md

description
Run the ECC formatter quality gate for a single file and report remediation steps.

Quality Gate Command

Operator entry point for the formatter quality gate that normally runs as the post:quality-gate PostToolUse hook (scripts/hooks/quality-gate.js).

How it actually works

The gate is a single-file formatter check driven by hook input, not CLI flags:

• The script reads the target from the hook's stdin JSON (tool_input.file_path); it does not take a path argument.
• Behavior toggles are environment variables:
  • ECC_QUALITY_GATE_FIX=true - apply formatting fixes instead of check-only
  • ECC_QUALITY_GATE_STRICT=true - log formatter failures as gate failures
• Coverage by file type:
  • .ts/.tsx/.js/.jsx/.json/.md - Biome check or Prettier --check, whichever the project ships (JS/TS under Biome is skipped here because post-edit-format already runs biome check --write)
  • .go - gofmt
  • .py - ruff format
• Lint and type checks are not part of this gate. Use the verification-loop skill or the language verification skills for lint/type/test pipelines.

Usage

To run the gate manually against one file, pipe hook-style JSON into the script (set the env toggles first if you want fix or strict behavior):

echo '{"tool_input":{"file_path":"src/example.ts"}}' \
  | ECC_QUALITY_GATE_FIX=true node scripts/hooks/quality-gate.js

Then report formatter findings and concrete remediation steps.

Notes

Hook wiring enters through the async PostToolUse dispatcher in hooks/hooks.json. Its internal registry preserves the post:quality-gate ID and the standard/strict profiles.

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS:

• [path] optional file to check. The script itself takes no CLI arguments - when a path is given, substitute it as tool_input.file_path in the stdin JSON shown above before running the command