Execute the standard Cortex governance cycle for non-trivial work: audit-needed decision, coach/audit execution, decision-reflection capture, required quality-gate validation, and clean closeout hygiene. Use for meaningful code, policy, playbook, contract, CI, or release-surface changes in Cortex-governed repositories.
Run Cortex implementation work through the required governance loop. Use this workflow to keep decisions, audits, and gate evidence consistent before closeout.
audit-needed and branch on audit_required.coach + audit when required.Use references/commands.md for exact command blocks.
Treat work as governance-impacting when it touches:
policies/, playbooks/, contracts/, specs/.cortex/artifacts/ and .cortex/reports/ governance evidencescripts/quality_gate*.sh or governance gate scriptsscripts/cortex_project_coach_v0.pyTreat tiny typo-only edits as low-risk, but still run required gate before merge/release.
references/commands.md: canonical command sequence and cleanup commands