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Engine Prevention Loop

June 20, 2026

Closed the gap between observing repeated spin and enforcing prevention — ForgeKit now detects threshold-crossed categories, recommends specific gates, requires proof they fired, and validates at retro time.

EngineOSPreventionSpin Triage
2
prevention gates written
3
threshold categories accounted for
4
maturity levels reached (detect → recommend → require proof → validate)

Timeline

Start
Diagnosis
Engine-health shows spin but loop doesn't convert it to prevention
15m
gates.md
Environment & Config Gate + Deploy Gate written with trigger/checklist/proof format
30m
Ignition wired
Spin Triage step added as §7, gates referenced at trigger moments in §3 ORIENTATION
45m
Schema updated
gate_checks + spin_triage added to session JSON schema
60m
build-trends upgraded
CATEGORY_GATE_MAP added — threshold categories now recommend specific gates, not just 'do something'
75m
Validation live
build-session warns if spin_triage missing; build-trends warns THRESHOLD UNHANDLED with gate name
90m
Visual Debug Gate
UI Layout threshold category gets its gate — overlay/breakpoint inspection before touching objectPosition
95m
This retro
Files spin_triage for all three outstanding threshold categories — clears UNHANDLED signals

What shipped

.claude/rules/gates.md — triggered prevention checklists, one per spin class (Environment & Config Gate, Deploy Gate, Visual Debug Gate, Spin Triage)

ignition.md §7 SPIN TRIAGE — named step between QUENCH and HARVEST; threshold rule defined (3+ sessions or 30+ min = gate required)

ignition.md §3 ORIENTATION — gates referenced at trigger moments (before dep/env/config, before deploy)

Session schema: gate_checks[] — proof a gate fired before the risky action (gate, trigger, checked_before_action, result, notes)

Session schema: spin_triage{} — cross-session signal check (repeated_categories_checked, new_prevention_artifacts, classified_one_off, deferred_prevention)

build-trends.mjs CATEGORY_GATE_MAP — each threshold category maps to a specific gate, destination, triggers, and checklist summary

build-trends.mjs: THRESHOLD UNHANDLED signal — names the gate + destination when a category has no spin_triage entry

build-session.mjs: spin_triage validation — warns at step 1 of retro if session has spins but no triage block

engine-health.md: Threshold-Crossed Categories section — shows UNHANDLED vs accounted-for, plus recommended gate for each

A prevention method is not real because it exists in a file. It is real when the correct trigger fires before the risky action.

Zeb — this session