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How the Vibe-Coded App Pre-Launch Security Gate gate works
How the Vibe-Coded App Pre-Launch Security Gate scores 6 launch controls to 100: a missing-authorization gate forces DO NOT SHIP when server-side authorization is absent, whatever the score — which is how the sample scores 78, in the LAUNCH-READY range, and still reads DO NOT SHIP.
How the gate works
This tool grades one vibe-coded app before it ships. Each control is marked from your own evidence and weighted into a 0–100 score — and then the score is run past a gate that can only make the verdict worse.
The 6 weighted controls
| Signal | Weight |
|---|---|
| Secrets out of the client bundle & repo | 22 |
| Server-side auth on every sensitive route | 22 |
| Input validation & injection defense | 16 |
| Dependency & supply-chain integrity | 14 |
| No verbose errors, debug, or source maps in prod | 12 |
| Access control actually tested | 14 |
| Total | 100 |
The verdict bands
Secrets out of the client bundle & repo and Server-side auth on every sensitive route are both fatal controls - either one scored 0 (Absent) forces DO NOT SHIP no matter the score.
In the worked sample it scores 78 out of 100 and still reads DO NOT SHIP — Every other control reads Solid - secrets are clean, inputs validated, dependencies audited, errors hidden, access tested - for a weighted score of 78, which would normally read LAUNCH-READY. But server-side auth is completely Absent (0/2), a fatal control. The gate forces DO NOT SHIP regardless of the 78. The one thing to fix first: Server-side auth on every sensitive route - the fatal control sitting at Absent; lift it to at least Partial and the gate releases..
Common questions
Can something score well on the How the Vibe-Coded App Pre-Launch Security gate works and still fail?
Yes. The weighted score is run past a worsen-only gate — the Fatal-control — that can only make the verdict worse. In the worked sample it scores 78 out of 100 and still reads DO NOT SHIP, because every other control reads Solid - secrets are clean, inputs validated, dependencies audited, errors hidden, access tested - for a weighted score of 78, which would normally read LAUNCH-READY. But server-side auth is completely Absent (0/2), a fatal control. The gate forces DO NOT SHIP regardless of the 78.
What is a worsen-only gate?
A dispositive rule that can only lower a verdict, never raise it. One fatal flaw overrides an otherwise-good score, because a single disqualifying gap shouldn't hide behind a high average. The tool also names the one thing to fix first — here, "Server-side auth on every sensitive route - the fatal control sitting at Absent; lift it to at least Partial and the gate releases.".
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