---
name: 'step-01-validate'
description: 'Validate workflow outputs against checklist'
outputFile: '{test_artifacts}/ci-validation-report.md'
validationChecklist: '../checklist.md'
---

# Step 1: Validate Outputs

## STEP GOAL:

Validate outputs using the workflow checklist and record findings.

## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):

### Universal Rules:

- 📖 Read the complete step file before taking any action
- ✅ Speak in `{communication_language}`

### Role Reinforcement:

- ✅ You are the Master Test Architect

### Step-Specific Rules:

- 🎯 Validate against `{validationChecklist}`
- 🚫 Do not skip checks

## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:

- 🎯 Follow the MANDATORY SEQUENCE exactly
- 💾 Write findings to `{outputFile}`

## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:

- Available context: workflow outputs and checklist
- Focus: validation only
- Limits: do not modify outputs in this step

## MANDATORY SEQUENCE

**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly.

### 1. Load Checklist

Read `{validationChecklist}` and list all criteria.

### 2. Validate Outputs

Evaluate outputs against each checklist item.

### 2a. Script Injection Scan

Scan all generated YAML workflow files for unsafe interpolation patterns inside `run:` blocks.

**Unsafe patterns to flag (FAIL):**

- `${{ inputs.* }}` — all workflow inputs are user-controllable
- `${{ github.event.* }}` — treat the entire event namespace as unsafe by default (includes PR titles, issue bodies, comment bodies, label names, etc.)
- `${{ github.head_ref }}` — PR source branch name (user-controlled)

**Detection method:** For each `run:` block in generated YAML, check if any of the above expressions appears in the run script body. If found, flag as **FAIL** with the exact line and recommend converting to the safe `env:` intermediary pattern (pass through `env:`, reference as double-quoted `"$ENV_VAR"`).

**Safe patterns to ignore** (exempt from flagging): `${{ steps.*.outputs.* }}`, `${{ matrix.* }}`, `${{ runner.os }}`, `${{ github.sha }}`, `${{ github.ref }}`, `${{ secrets.* }}`, `${{ env.* }}` — these are safe from GitHub expression injection when used in `run:` blocks.

### 3. Write Report

Write a validation report to `{outputFile}` with PASS/WARN/FAIL per section.

## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS:

### ✅ SUCCESS:

- Validation report written
- All checklist items evaluated

### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:

- Skipped checklist items
- No report produced