Decision Gating
Understand pull request governance, override handling, and the practical meaning of decision-aware policy outcomes.
DecisionOps can evaluate pull requests against the decision record and repository policy. This is the workflow that turns decisions into something teams can use during review, not just during documentation.
Policy Modes
Repositories can run in advisory, soft-block, or hard-block mode. Advisory checks are informational. Blocking modes are used when the team is ready to treat the policy result as a merge-gating signal.
Overrides
Overrides are temporary exceptions for cases where a pull request must move forward even though the normal gate would block it. Use /pr-gatekeeper/overrides to review or create those exceptions when your role allows it. Because overrides weaken enforcement, they should be specific, time-bound, and easy to audit later.
What Success Looks Like
Contributors understand whether a check is informational or blocking, approvers know when an override is justified, and admins can trace those exceptions back to a clear reason.