Gate 1: After market_research — operator selects business concept Gate 2: After company_design — operator approves design before review cycle Gate 3: After design_polish — operator green lights bootstrap (company creation) Each gate is a human_action task (status: WaitingForHuman) that blocks downstream tasks via depends_on. Operator resolves naturally via Discord. Pipeline SOP updated with gate diagram and expanded kill conditions. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>