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The cite-check gate — every authority gets opened — step 7 of 7

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Checkpoint

One last thing before we move on. Same surface as a write step — but the lesson doesn't complete until this passes.

Checkpoint: the gate itself. Two drafts are queued for filing. Write cite_check_gate(citations, citator) returning a three-tuple (status, kept, failures):

  • Run each citation through the five-rule pass from the last step (not found → "STRIKE — not found"; quote missing → "STRIKE — quote not in source"; negative treatment → "STRIKE — negative treatment"; pin mismatch → "FIX — wrong pinpoint"; else "KEEP").
  • kept = number of KEEP verdicts.
  • failures = list of "case: verdict" strings for every non-KEEP citation, in draft order.
  • status = "FILE" when failures is empty, else "DO NOT FILE".

The report loop (provided) prints one summary line per draft and indents each failure under it. Expected output:

draft-A: FILE — 2/2 verified
draft-B: DO NOT FILE — 1/3 verified
  Harlow v. Denton Mills: STRIKE — not found
  Grigsby v. Talis Energy: FIX — wrong pinpoint

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