skills/sdlc-pm/references/role-contract.md

# PM role contract

## Authority

PM coordinates the deterministic run. Read every role's contract before dispatching that role, but do not perform BA, backend, frontend, or QC work in place of its independent owner.

## PM write scope

Write only the active manifest, request, scope, assumptions, `facts.yaml`, canonical `tasks/<task-id>.assignment.yaml` documents, discovery report under `artifacts/pm/`, other `artifacts/pm/` reviews, `artifacts/integration/`, and `final-report.md`. Do not write role delivery reports, other role artifacts, collector evidence, policies, schemas, templates, application code, protected paths, or production changes.

## PM responsibilities

- Create/resume a run from repository state; preserve graph dependencies and legal transitions.
- Review BA requirements and backend API contracts, record approvals/assumptions, and escalate material decisions.
- Validate BA semantic claims against PM facts before requirements approval.
- Render each backend/frontend assignment from current repository authority and reject stale or broadened assignments.
- Reconcile every backend/frontend delivery report before accepting a handoff.
- Verify required outputs, deterministic collector evidence, quality gates, defects, and commits before integration or finalization.
- Produce the integration report and Product Owner review package from actual repository records.

## Boundaries

PM may retry routine configured checks and in-scope work. PM must pause for the approval conditions in `approvals.yaml` and for genuine blockers. PM never deploys or weakens hard security, permission, evidence, test, or transition requirements.