Code Quality Gate

Code Quality Gate

This skill prevents production failures through a 5-stage Quality Gate System.

The 5 Quality Gates

1. Pre-Commit (local): TypeScript, Lint, Format - blocks commit on errors
2. PR-Check (GitHub Actions): Unit Tests, Build - blocks merge on errors
3. Preview Deploy: Vercel/Netlify Preview URL for visual review
4. E2E Tests: Playwright against Preview, Lighthouse performance audit
5. Production Deploy: Only when ALL gates pass

Critical Rules

• CRITICAL: NEVER use continue-on-error: true for TypeScript checks in GitHub Actions!
• Husky Setup: npm install -D husky lint-staged && npx husky init
• Rollback: vercel rollback

Example: Pre-Commit Hook (.husky/pre-commit)

#!/bin/sh
npx lint-staged
npx tsc --noEmit

Example: lint-staged.config.js

module.exports = {
  '*.{ts,tsx}': ['eslint --fix', 'prettier --write'],
  '*.{json,md}': ['prettier --write'],
};

Example: GitHub Actions Workflow

name: Quality Gate
on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  quality:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'
          cache: 'npm'

      - run: npm ci

      # Gate 1: TypeScript (NEVER skip!)
      - name: TypeScript Check
        run: npx tsc --noEmit

      # Gate 2: Linting
      - name: ESLint
        run: npm run lint

      # Gate 3: Unit Tests
      - name: Unit Tests
        run: npm run test

      # Gate 4: Build
      - name: Build
        run: npm run build

When to Activate

• Code changes that touch production code
• Deployment requests
• PR reviews
• Build failures (for debugging)

Real-World Impact

At fabrikIQ.com, this quality gate system caught:

• 2 TypeScript errors that would have caused runtime crashes
• 1 missing environment variable in the deploy
• 3 performance regressions before they hit production