example.json

{
  "//": "EXAMPLE verification record — copy this file, then FILL IN every field. The gate BINDS it to your diff: every risk-triggering path in the commit must be named somewhere in this record, `checks` and `evidence` must be non-empty, and `date` must be today (within record_max_age_days, default 3). Records are read from the git INDEX, so stage the final version. Schema + rules: scripts/harness-gates/README.md.",
  "//date": "Ships as the literal placeholder YYYY-MM-DD so this example can never rot into a stale-but-real-looking date. Unfilled, the gate rejects it with a message telling you exactly that.",
  "diff": "touches .env and scripts/harness-gates/commit_gate.py — name every risk path here (or in `files`)",
  "files": [".env", "scripts/harness-gates/commit_gate.py"],
  "checks": [
    "python3 scripts/harness-gates/commit_gate_test.py — all cases pass",
    "secret scan clean on the staged diff"
  ],
  "evidence": "Paste the command output or a pointer to it. Empty evidence fails the gate on purpose — a record with nothing in it is a rubber stamp.",
  "date": "YYYY-MM-DD"
}