Adversarial Quality Gate
Mechanical checks
Assess depth against the Beat Spec, consensus coverage, AI-tell patterns, evidence, and structure. Score is diagnostic only.
Editorial verdict
Review the article beside the leading result and strongest plausible alternative through three lenses: substance/competitiveness, voice/readability, and reader-intent satisfaction. Ask: which page would the reader clearly keep? A competitor win, a tie, or material uncertainty fails.
Pass conditions
- score is at least 85;
- no critical issue or failed hard gate;
- product proof, author fit, citations, internal links, and visual proof pass;
- no unsupported, deceptive, unsafe, or off-intent framing.
Failure handling
Return an exact punch list and restart stage. One targeted rewrite is allowed. After two failures at the same producing gate, quarantine rather than iterating indefinitely.