backpressure-plan is an archived example and is not installed by init. Copy it from examples/init-pack/ with its dependency closure, or ask create-workflow to build an equivalent. Once installed, run it with the command below.
backpressure-plan turns a goal and its acceptance criteria into a gate matrix:
each criterion is mapped to a verification method (schema, unit/integration test,
eval, review, approval, or trace) and an enforcement policy. Use it before building
or running an automation so every “done” claim has to be proven by evidence instead
of an agent declaring victory and moving on.
Stages
- extract-criteria: pull the prompt apart into a flat list of atomic, verifiable acceptance criteria. A goal with no verifiable criteria fails the run loudly instead of producing an empty gate matrix.
- plan-gates: map each criterion to a
verificationMethod,gateType(blocking / warning / informational), who checks it, the failure action, the evidence required, and whether a human approval is needed. Every blocking criterion must map to a real verification method. - verify: deterministic (no agent) parity check of the matrix against the extracted criteria (one gate per criterion, same order, verbatim text), returning
{ match, criteriaCount, gateCount, missing, unverifiedBlocking, summary }.
Inputs
Use this when you want a run that can apply real backpressure: every criterion has
a check and an evidence requirement, so the workflow cannot silently skip the parts
it could not finish.