output-quality-looplisted

# Output quality loop Chief owns the product lock. Treat output as an engineering problem. ## Contract first Audience, goal, must include, must not, format, definition of done. ThumbGate must not: Continuity as the public noun, pair a Mac, lid-close sell, Team $49, invented traction. Must include on public copy: hosted Hermes, $10, fenced VPS. ## Stages Context → plan → produce → deterministic validate → rubric review → repair failed criteria only (max 2). ## Ship Only if validate + rubric pass. Otherwise return failed criteria. Do not restore Continuity or Mac-pair to please a test.