Gatekeeper Agent

Overview 

Gatekeeper is the policy-enforcement documentation surface for promotion decisions. In Synthetix, gate behavior is distributed across Conductor, Validator, and Deployer controls. 

Business Value 

• Prevents unsafe progression between stages. 

• Enforces policy-backed release criteria. 

• Creates transparent go/no-go decision points. 

Core Responsibilities 

• Enforce transition preconditions. 

• Apply validation and release quality thresholds. 

• Block or route revision paths when controls are not met. 

Key Inputs 

• Stage outputs, critic and validation findings, deployment readiness context. 

Key Outputs 

• Gate outcomes, hold/block signals, and required remediation steps. 

Governance and Controls 

• Policy-driven transition and release checks. 

• Auditable gate outcomes for compliance and governance reviews. 

Typical CTA Page Metadata 

• Slug: /docs/agents/gatekeeper 

• Primary Audience: Governance boards, release owners, platform operations.