Final PDF Gate

Final PDF Gate

Run the boring checks that catch expensive mistakes. Load ../../references/report-writing.md, ../../references/source-declarations.md, and ../../references/assessment-rubric.md.

Checks

• compile succeeds from a clean state
• PDF opens and page count is within the content-page limit
• title, abstract, contents, chapters, references, declarations, and appendices are present
• abstract is under one page and has no citations
• references are cited and bibliography entries are complete enough to locate
• Harvard author-date style is used unless the project template, department, or rubric says otherwise
• no unresolved TODO, ??, missing references, or placeholder citations
• figures/tables/equations are referenced and explained
• no source code listing bloat unless intentionally justified
• declarations cover GenAI, ethics status, sustainability, and data/material availability
• repo/data/web-app access details are present where relevant
• final PDF is ready for both required submission systems if applicable

Useful Commands

Prefer the project's existing commands. If none exist, try:

latexmk -pdf main.tex
pdfinfo main.pdf
pdftotext -layout main.pdf -
rg -n "TODO|FIXME|\\?\\?|undefined|Citation|Reference" .

Default Output

## Gate Result

## Blocking Issues

## Fix Before Upload

## Acceptable Risks

## Submission Files