---
id: 04-pre-launch-compliance-checklist
epic: compliance-docs-scaffolds
title: Write pre-launch compliance checklist
type: user-story
status: done
feature: ~
depends-on: [03-policy-templates]
blocks: [05-compliance-overview]
created: 2026-05-20T12:00:00Z
updated: 2026-05-20T12:37:24.995Z
---

## Goal

Create `docs/guides/pre-launch-compliance-checklist.md` as a two-column Markdown table mapping every playbook obligation (drawn from playbook §19 + the 22 sections) to its coverage status: "Shipped by template" (with verification command), "Consumer responsibility", or "Infra responsibility". The table operationalizes ADR-025's three-way coverage split into a checkable launch gate.

## Why

A launching team currently has no single answer to "are we compliant enough to ship to a paying customer?" The playbook §19 is generic; nothing maps it to this template's concrete features (`pnpm compliance:emit-all --check`, `core-audit`, DSR endpoints) or explicitly flags which obligations are on the consumer vs the infra vs already handled. This checklist provides that clarity and produces verification evidence on demand for compliance officers.

## Done when

- `docs/guides/pre-launch-compliance-checklist.md` exists and contains a two-column table.
- Rows are grouped by playbook section (Infrastructure, Data, Application, Secrets, Sub-Processors, Logging, Breach, DSR, Backup, SDLC, Workforce, Legal, Documentation).
- Every "Shipped by template" row names a runnable verification command (e.g. `pnpm compliance:emit-all --check`, `pnpm conformance`, securityheaders.com scan).
- Every "Consumer responsibility" and "Infra responsibility" row is explicitly labelled as such.
- The file links to `docs/guides/compliance-overview.md` and to relevant templates in `docs/compliance/templates/`.
- All 22 playbook sections are represented.
- Every relative Markdown link resolves to an existing file.
- Commit type is `docs(compliance)`.
- `pnpm lint && pnpm typecheck && pnpm test && pnpm conformance && pnpm fallow:audit` all pass.

## In scope

- `docs/guides/pre-launch-compliance-checklist.md` — the two-column launch gate table.
- Links outward to `compliance-overview.md` and `docs/compliance/templates/*.template.md`.

## Out of scope

- Machine-enforceable CI gate for this checklist (deferred).
- Changes to any existing guide files.

## Tasks

- [x] Write `docs/guides/pre-launch-compliance-checklist.md` as a two-column table covering all 22 playbook sections (Infrastructure, Data, Application, Secrets, Sub-Processors, Logging, Breach, DSR, Backup, SDLC, Workforce, Legal, Documentation), labelling each obligation as "Shipped by template" (with inline verification command), "Consumer responsibility", or "Infra responsibility", and linking to `compliance-overview.md` + relevant templates; commit as `docs(compliance): add pre-launch compliance checklist`.
