Polish

Generated from workflows/modes/polish.md, the mode contract the HELIX skill loads. Edit that file, not this page.

Use to refine work items before execution.

Load open work for the scope and any governing plan.
Run multiple passes for deduplication, coverage, acceptance quality, dependency correctness, sizing, and label hygiene.
Evidence gate for implement/build items: verify residual against code/tests before keeping or filing build work. Prefer story/AC floor items when only docs lag. Close or re-scope items whose residual is already green (passing tests cite the AC, or documented exception).
Require execution-ready work items to name exact files, commands, checks, fields, or observable repository states.
If acceptance cannot be sharpened from governing artifacts, flag the work as not execution-ready and route it back through planning.

Procedure: workflows/actions/polish.md (deeper step detail; this file is the contract).

Innsigle seal: model-primary by HELIX

The signature covers the markdown source of this page, not these HTML bytes. This page quotes that seal; verify it against the source file.

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Issuer: HELIX helix
Signing key: ed25519:b0865d76d834a52c48506414d16f4e5a (build key)
Signed source: reference/workflow-modes/polish.md
Signed: 2026-09-23T14:11:58Z
Content digest: sha256:1f78876c…b0b48e72

This build key is endorsed by the human key for build signing; the signature is not a detector and not a truth guarantee.

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attestation file · issuer keys