Replace the local pre-push quality gate with a reminder-only hook, keep manual quality commands documented, and update the contract test to prevent reintroducing a blocking push gate.
Tested: bash .git/hooks/pre-push </dev/null
Tested: bun test scripts/git-hooks/install.test.ts scripts/pr/quality-contract.test.ts
Tested: bun run check:policy
Tested: bun run check:docs
Tested: git diff --check
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Daily pushes should catch policy and path-aware local failures without making every contributor wait for full coverage. The hook now runs a new quality:push entrypoint that reuses the PR quality gate while skipping coverage; verify, quality:pr, and CI still retain the full coverage gate for PR readiness.
Constraint: Forks and local contributors need a faster default push path
Rejected: Remove coverage from quality:pr | PR readiness and CI still need the ratcheted coverage signal
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep pre-push on quality:push; use verify or quality:pr when coverage evidence is required
Tested: bun test scripts/pr/quality-contract.test.ts scripts/git-hooks/install.test.ts
Tested: bun run check:policy
Tested: bun run quality:push
Not-tested: Live provider smoke; intentionally remains opt-in
Contributors and coding agents need one local command that both reports and enforces the quality contract. This change turns the PR gate into the shared verification entrypoint, adds path-selected local lanes, tightens coverage accounting around changed lines, and documents the repair loop in contributor and agent-facing guidance.
Constraint: Ordinary PR verification must stay non-live and runnable without provider credentials
Constraint: Coverage policy updates in this commit require maintainer approval before push/merge
Rejected: Keep quality guidance only in docs | agents need executable scripts and AGENTS.md instructions to follow the loop consistently
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: broad
Directive: Do not bypass `bun run verify` for production changes; fix failed lanes and coverage reports instead of lowering thresholds
Tested: bun run check:policy
Tested: ALLOW_CLI_CORE_CHANGE=1 ALLOW_COVERAGE_BASELINE_CHANGE=1 bun run verify
Not-tested: live provider baseline; no provider credentials were required for this non-live PR gate
