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Pre-commit verification gate — runs Carbon's validation gates in order (generate:types if schema changed, biome, scoped typecheck, scoped tests, build if needed, and /translate to fill missing i18n .po strings when UI/locale files changed), fixes straightforward failures, then commits the specific files with a conventional message. Use after /fix, after an /execute task, or after manual changes when the work should be committed. Commits only when every gate is green; pushes only if the branch already tracks a remote or the user asked.

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check-and-commit — verification gate, then commit

Run the gates in order, fix what's mechanically fixable, and commit only when everything is green. This skill is the only place in the workflow that commits.

Announce at start: "Using the check-and-commit skill — running the gates, then committing."

Step 1: Identify what changed

git status --porcelain
git diff --name-only HEAD   # staged + unstaged vs HEAD — the full change set

Derive every flag below from git diff --name-only HEAD (all changes vs the last commit). Plain git diff --name-only omits already-staged files, which would let staged UI/.po files slip past I18N_RELEVANT and skip Gate 6. From the changed paths, derive:

  • SCHEMA_CHANGED — any file under packages/database/supabase/migrations/

  • I18N_RELEVANT — the diff adds/edits UI source that can introduce new translatable strings (apps/erp/app/**, apps/mes/app/**, packages/react/src/**) or touches any packages/locale/locales/**/*.po. When true, Gate 3 (i18n) fills missing translations so they ship in this same commit instead of drifting behind the code.

  • the set of touched packages — run this to map changed files to workspace package names (these are the --filter values for the gates):

    git diff --name-only HEAD | while read -r f; do
      d=$(dirname "$f")
      while [ "$d" != "." ] && [ ! -f "$d/package.json" ]; do d=$(dirname "$d"); done
      [ -f "$d/package.json" ] && sed -n 's/.*"name": *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "$d/package.json" | head -1
    done | sort -u
    
  • whether any file is outside the intended change (leftover debug file, unrelated edit). If yes → exclude it from staging and mention it in the report.

Step 2: Run the gates in order

Stop on failure, apply the fix policy (Step 3), re-run the failed gate.

# Gate 1 — types (only if SCHEMA_CHANGED)
pnpm run generate:types
# then include the regenerated files in the commit

# Gate 2 — format + lint (auto-fixes in place)
pnpm exec biome check --write --no-errors-on-unmatched <changed paths>

# Gate 3 — typecheck, one package at a time. NEVER whole-repo (`pnpm typecheck`
# runs every package at once and OOMs the machine).
pnpm exec turbo run typecheck --filter=<pkg>   # repeat per touched package

# Gate 4 — tests per touched package
pnpm --filter <pkg> test

# Gate 5 — build, ONLY if the change affects build outputs
# (package exports, config files, SST infra)
pnpm exec turbo run build --filter=<pkg>

Gate 6 — i18n translations (only if I18N_RELEVANT)

Run last, after the code gates are green — so no Haiku translation effort is spent on a commit that would fail typecheck/tests. Fill missing .po translations by invoking the translate skill (/translate), not by hand:

  • Invoke /translate. It refreshes catalogs (lingui:extract), fans missing msgstr out to Haiku subagents, merges deterministically, and verifies with linguito check — see .ai/skills/translate/SKILL.md for the full loop.
  • If it reports NOTHING_TO_TRANSLATE / linguito check already clean → nothing to add; mark the gate SKIP and continue.
  • Otherwise it fills packages/locale/locales/**/*.po. Treat the gate as PASS only when /translate finishes with Remaining ... : 0 and linguito check exits 0. If it stops with a residual after its 3-round cap → STOP, report BLOCKED (don't commit half-translated catalogs).
  • The filled .po files are now part of this change — add them explicitly in Step 4 alongside the code (their package is @carbon/locale). /translate removes its own .ai/scratch/translate/ scratch; never stage that.

Step 3: Fix policy

FailureAction
Biome formatting/import orderAlready fixed by --write; re-run to confirm clean
Type error from stale generated typesRun Gate 1, re-run typecheck
Type/test error caused by this changeFix the code, re-run
Pre-existing failure, unrelated to this changeNote in report; don't block, don't fix
Anything unclear or still failing after 2 fix attemptsSTOP — report BLOCKED

"Pre-existing" must be proven, not assumed: the failing file/test is untouched by this diff, or the same failure reproduces on the merge-base. If you can't show one of those, treat it as caused by this change.

Red flags — thinking any of these means the gate is being weakened; STOP:

  • "I'll run the gates once at the end instead of in order"
  • "git add -A is faster"
  • "that failure is probably pre-existing" (prove it — see above)
  • "the gate is flaky, I'll just retry until it passes"

Step 4: Commit

Only when all applicable gates pass:

git add <each changed file, listed explicitly>   # NEVER `git add -A` or `git add .`
git commit -m "<type>(<scope>): <description>"
  • Types: fix, feat, chore, refactor, test, docs. Scope = module or package (fix(inventory): …).
  • Staging is explicit because worktrees accumulate runtime files (env files, screenshots, .jsonl debug logs) that must never be committed.
  • Push only if the branch already tracks a remote (git rev-parse --abbrev-ref @{upstream} succeeds) or the user asked to push. Otherwise leave the commit local and say so.

Step 5: Report

## Check & Commit Report
**Result:** COMMITTED | BLOCKED

| Gate | Result | Notes |
|------|--------|-------|
| generate:types | PASS / SKIP | |
| biome | PASS | <files auto-fixed> |
| typecheck (<pkgs>) | PASS | |
| test (<pkgs>) | PASS | <pre-existing failures noted> |
| build | PASS / SKIP | |
| i18n (/translate) | PASS / SKIP | <N filled across locales, or "no missing"> |

**Commit:** `<sha>` — `<message>`  ·  **Pushed:** yes/no
**Excluded from staging:** <files left uncommitted and why, or "none">

If BLOCKED: name the gate, the concise error, and what was attempted.