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
The pre-push hook already treats live model smoke as optional at runtime, but an existing local config can keep it enabled after reinstalling the hook. Default hook installation now writes the fast local setting explicitly unless a provider selector is supplied, so fresh forks and repeated installs stay on the PR gate path by default while release maintainers can still opt into live smoke.
Constraint: Daily contributor pushes should not depend on real provider access or long desktop smoke runs
Rejected: Remove live smoke lanes entirely | release and provider changes still need an explicit high-confidence validation path
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep live provider and desktop smoke opt-in for push hooks; use quality:smoke or baseline gates for release validation
Tested: bun test scripts/git-hooks/install.test.ts
Tested: bun run check:policy
Not-tested: Full bun run verify before commit; push hook will run the non-live PR gate
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
