checklists

Full checklists in checklists.md.

When to apply each checklist — trigger automatically:

Action	Checklist
Adding any new feature or behaviour	Feature Addition
Creating or modifying an API endpoint	API Endpoint
Changing the data model / schema	Data Model Change
Adding any log statement	Logging
Adding any secret or credential handling	Secrets & Credentials
Any code touching authentication or authorisation	Auth & Authorisation

Apply the checklist before marking work as done. Every unchecked item is a gap that needs addressing or an explicit decision to skip with a documented reason.

For tech-specific checklists, see your installed layer skills:

• React components → layers/frontend/react/react-standards
• Express API endpoints → layers/backend/node-express/nodejs-standards
• Prisma schema changes → layers/database/postgres-prisma/database-sql
• Cognito auth → layers/auth/cognito/cognito-auth