Insight Validation

The 6 Gates

1. Root cause specificity — rootCause is structural, not a restatement of the surface gap
2. Stakeholder reality — underservedStakeholder is real and reachable, not hypothetical
3. Tension genuineness — primaryTension is a real trade-off, not a false dilemma
4. HMW actionability — top rankedQuestions are narrow enough to generate concrete ideas
5. Abstraction connection — reframedProblem is meaningfully different from the original gap
6. Assumption validity — no unacknowledged critical assumptions remain in the insight chain

Output Schema

• gates[] — per-gate assessment: name, status (PASS|FAIL), rationale
• overallVerdict — PASS (all gates pass), FAIL (structural failure, cannot revise), REVISE (targeted fix possible)
• failedGates[] — names of gates that did not pass
• revisionGuidance — present only when verdict is REVISE; specifies fromStep (1-6) and what to fix