# Quality Gates > Use when establishing tests, monitoring, and incident response for analytics - Skill: `tomevault-io/quality-gates` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/quality-gates` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/quality-gates/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Marketing & Growth - Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/quality-gates --- # Analytics Quality Gates Skill ## When to Use - Designing validation steps for new models or dashboards. - Setting up automated data quality monitoring. - Running incident reviews after data breaks. ## Framework 1. **Test Coverage** – schema, freshness, unique, referential, accepted values, volume thresholds. 2. **Alerting** – severity tiers, alert channels, on-call rotation, escalation policies. 3. **Incident Response** – triage checklist, communication templates, resolution targets. 4. **Change Management** – approval workflow, rollback plan, audit logging. 5. **Postmortems** – root cause analysis, remediation tasks, knowledge base updates. ## Templates ## Templates - **QA Checklist**: See `assets/qa_checklist.md` for validation steps. - **Quality matrix** (model/table → tests → owner → SLA). - **Incident playbook** (trigger, response steps, communication log). - **Change request form** with risk assessment. ## Tips - Tie quality gates to CI/CD or dbt Cloud jobs to block bad deploys. - Keep alert fatigue low by tuning thresholds. - Document every incident for future prevention. --- --- > Converted and distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io/claim/gtmagents) — claim your Tome and manage your conversions.