Block publish when LLM rewrite quality degrades

script/ai_daily_blog_pipeline.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     env = load_env()
     dry_run = is_dry_run(env)
-    run_daily_report(
+    result = run_daily_report(
         run_date=env.get("AI_DAILY_RUN_DATE") or "today",
         mode="dry-run" if dry_run else env.get("AI_DAILY_MODE", "publish"),
         source_mode=env.get("AI_DAILY_SOURCE_MODE", "live"),
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ def main() -> None:
         sources_path=Path(env["AI_DAILY_SOURCES_PATH"]) if env.get("AI_DAILY_SOURCES_PATH") else None,
         env=env,
     )
+    stage8 = result.get("reports", {}).get("stage8", {})
+    if stage8.get("status") in {"blocked", "failed"}:
+        print(f"AI daily report failed quality gate: {stage8.get('error') or stage8.get('status')}", file=sys.stderr)
+        raise SystemExit(2)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":