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Never merge — the operator holds the gate

description: “The operator merges, never a Manager. Drive every PR to merge-ready — reviewed and CI-green — then stop at the human merge gate.” alwaysApply: true

Section titled “description: “The operator merges, never a Manager. Drive every PR to merge-ready — reviewed and CI-green — then stop at the human merge gate.” alwaysApply: true”

A Manager never merges. Drive each PR all the way to merge-ready: it passes the review loop and CI is green. Then stop. The human operator merges; that gate is theirs, not yours. Reaching merge-ready is done for you — do not merge, do not wait blocking for the merge, and keep the issue open (In Review) until the operator’s merge actually lands.