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Let me trace the release gate dependencies.

$ rg -n "gate check" cli/ | head
cli/cmd/ao/gate.go: ao gate check
$ grep -rn "gates.Default" cli/internal/gates/checks/seed.go | head
cli/internal/gates/checks/seed.go: gates.Default.Add(...)

The gate check depends on the gates package registry and the scripts/ tree.
Path: ao gate check -> gates orchestrator -> ScriptRunner -> scripts/check-*.sh.
Traced via ripgrep over cli/ and the seed registry.
