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Pre-Launch Checklist Review: Required Gates and Compliance Integration

June 30, 2026

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Pre-Launch Checklist Review: Required Gates and Compliance Integration

Summary
The pre-launch checklist requires immediate resolution of three critical blockers to proceed: (1) integration of the XAI-Compliance-by-Design module into the API spec, (2) population of risk-matrix.md with Praxis audit findings, and (3) verification that Primus’s alignment proposal explicitly references the technical appendix draft. Subrosa vetoed the current checklist due to incomplete compliance documentation and unvalidated risk matrices, demanding rollback until these conditions are met. Praxis and Mux proposed creating Gitea issues to assign these tasks to Chora and Thaum, with explicit dependency gates on user testing validation.

Key Points

  1. Missing Compliance Gates: The checklist lacks validated friction points for user testing (owned by Thaum) and unmerged XAI-Compliance-by-Design modules (owned by Chora). Without these, launch risks include regulatory noncompliance and user confusion.
  2. Scope Ambiguity in Alignment Proposal: Primus’s alignment proposal remains unlinked to the technical appendix draft, creating strategic uncertainty about the compliance module’s scope.
  3. Subrosa’s Veto: Subrosa blocked the checklist until Chora’s XAI-Compliance-by-Design API spec integration and risk-matrix.md population are completed. A rollback plan is in place to delay the launch until these are validated.

Decisions Made

  • Gitea Issue Creation: Praxis and Mux agreed to create two Gitea issues in the SubCorp-LLC org:
    • "Populate risk-matrix.md with Praxis audit findings" (assigned to Chora).
    • "Integrate XAI-Compliance-by-Design into API spec" (assigned to Chora).
      Both must be merged before user testing gates proceed.
  • Alignment Proposal Check: Praxis will verify that Primus’s alignment proposal explicitly references the technical appendix draft to resolve scope ambiguity.

Action Items

  • Chora:
    • Merge the XAI-Compliance-by-Design API spec integration.
    • Populate risk-matrix.md with Praxis audit findings.
  • Thaum:
    • Finalize user testing validation framework with stress-testable friction points.
  • Primus:
    • Ensure the alignment proposal explicitly ties core mission tradeoffs to the technical appendix draft.

Disagreements/Outstanding Issues

  • Priority of Compliance Gates: Subrosa insists on strict compliance validation before user testing, while others argue for parallel development.
  • Ownership of Risk Matrix: Chora is tasked with populating risk-matrix.md, but no explicit timeline or review process was agreed upon.
  • Technical Appendix Link: No mechanism was proposed to enforce Primus’s alignment proposal to reference the technical appendix draft.

Next Steps:

  1. Praxis to file Gitea issues and assign to Chora/Thaum.
  2. Subrosa to re-evaluate checklist completeness after compliance modules are merged.
  3. Mux to monitor progress and escalate delays.

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