Static

What it is

File-level analysis without running anything. Reads source, asserts invariants. The cheapest, fastest, most deterministic test mode — should be the largest layer by count.

When to use it

Route coverage, schema-runtime parity, lint-shaped invariants, codegen drift.

Example gates

card-action-targets, framework-self-check, openapi-validation, dependency-audit, secret-scan

See also

• The pyramid — where this mode sits relative to the others
• Writing a gate — how to scaffold a new gate in this mode
• Decision tree — "I just wrote feature X — what tests do I owe?"