diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 85fa26f..7814aa7 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ docs/backlog/           work cards                     docs/requirements/
 | PR | **Draft** PR against `main`, title = issue title, body: what changed · gate output · `Fixes #<n>`. One issue per PR. |
 | Release notes | **None per PR.** `CHANGELOG.md` is written at release time by the maintainer. |
 | Files a code PR never touches | `LICENSE` · `CHANGELOG.md` · `DESIGN.md` §01–§04 without a `needs-user-decision` first |
-| Gates | `pnpm validate && pnpm lint && pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint:i18n-gate`. |
+| Gates | `pnpm verify`. |
 | Merge policy | **The loop merges its own green work** (maintainer, 2026-09-07, verbatim: 「你自己派发自己合并」 and 「改策略，让循环真的无人值守」). The PM seat squash-merges a PR when **all** of: CI green on the head · an ACCEPT review recorded on the issue · the diff touches no governed surface · it is not a second REWORK round. Anything else still goes to the maintainer. |
 | Governed surface (maintainer merges) | `DESIGN.md` §01–§04 · `AGENTS.md` · `CLAUDE.md` · `LICENSE` · `CHANGELOG.md` · `docs/design/**`. A PR touching any of these is ACCEPTed and left open with a `## 维护者速读` comment. |
 | Decisions stay with the maintainer | The merge authorization covers **merging**, not deciding. Product semantics, `DESIGN.md` §01–§04 wording, and anything on the escalation ladder still becomes a `needs-user-decision` card. |
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 0e60115..3dfb25b 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ Three rules there must never be missed:
 
 ## ⛔ Gate every metadata change
 
-`pnpm validate && pnpm lint && pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint:i18n-gate` must all pass before a change
-is reported as done. Metadata mistakes fail silently at runtime; the gates are the only place they
-surface early.
+`pnpm verify` must pass before a change is reported as done. Metadata mistakes fail silently at
+runtime; the gates are the only place they surface early.
 
 ## ⛔ Worktree-first, never `git stash`
 
diff --git a/docs/backlog/README.md b/docs/backlog/README.md
index b8a73b6..5c7fea1 100644
--- a/docs/backlog/README.md
+++ b/docs/backlog/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dispatch is worth anything.
 | [13](./13-ai-skills.md) | AI participation: S1–S6 skills, the pre-review memo, MCP tool surface, honest degradation | M4 | 05 |
 | [14](./14-release.md) | Release: docs site, screenshots, feature inventory, marketplace publish | M4 | 10, 11, 12, 13 |
 
-Every card inherits the same acceptance floor: `pnpm validate && pnpm lint && pnpm typecheck &&
-pnpm lint:i18n-gate` green, gate output pasted in the PR, one draft PR per card, no rider changes.
-Field lists, enum values and transitions are pinned in [`DESIGN.md`](../../DESIGN.md) §03–§06 — a
-card that needs a value not pinned there stops with `needs_decision` instead of inventing one.
+Every card inherits the same acceptance floor: `pnpm verify` green, gate output pasted in the PR,
+one draft PR per card, no rider changes. Field lists, enum values and transitions are pinned in
+[`DESIGN.md`](../../DESIGN.md) §03–§06 — a card that needs a value not pinned there stops with
+`needs_decision` instead of inventing one.