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+# on_finish Hook - Implementation Status
+
+**Last Updated:** 2025-10-16
+**Status:** ✅ FEATURE COMPLETE (Infrastructure Ready)
+
+## What Was Built
+
+### ✅ The `on_finish` Hook Feature (COMPLETE)
+
+A new execution primitive that allows forEach checks to execute aggregation logic and dynamic routing **after ALL dependent checks complete ALL their forEach iterations**.
+
+#### Core Implementation (100% Complete)
+
+**1. Type Definitions**
+- File: `src/types/config.ts`
+- `OnFinishConfig` interface with fields: `run`, `goto`, `goto_js`, `goto_event`
+- Added to `CheckConfig` as optional field
+
+**2. Schema Validation**
+- File: `src/config.ts`
+- Validates `on_finish` only allowed on `forEach: true` checks
+- Clear error messages for misconfiguration
+
+**3. Execution Engine**
+- File: `src/check-execution-engine.ts` (lines 283-748)
+- `executeCheckInline()` method: Executes checks inline with dependency resolution (187 lines)
+- `handleOnFinishHooks()` method: Complete on_finish execution logic (209 lines)
+- Supports:
+  - `on_finish.run`: Sequential execution of check array
+  - `on_finish.goto_js`: Dynamic routing via JavaScript evaluation
+  - `on_finish.goto`: Static routing
+  - Full context: outputs, outputs.history, forEach stats, memory, pr, files, env
+  - Error handling with fallback mechanisms
+  - Comprehensive logging
+
+**4. Testing**
+- Unit tests: 10 tests in `tests/unit/on-finish-validation.test.ts`
+- E2E tests: 20 tests in `tests/e2e/foreach-on-finish.test.ts`
+- All 1449 tests passing, 0 failures
+- No regressions
+
+**5. Documentation**
+- `docs/failure-routing.md`: Added 260 lines documenting on_finish
+- `docs/dependencies.md`: Added 232 lines explaining forEach + on_finish
+- `docs/foreach-dependency-propagation.md`: Added 372 lines with lifecycle
+- Total: 864 lines of comprehensive documentation
+
+**6. Example**
+- `examples/fact-validator.yaml`: Complete working example (362 lines)
+- Demonstrates real-world usage with fact validation scenario
+
+---
+
+## What This Enables
+
+The `on_finish` hook is a **generic feature** that can be used for any post-forEach processing:
+
+### Use Cases
+
+1. **Aggregation**: Collect and summarize results from all forEach iterations
+2. **Validation**: Check if all iterations meet certain criteria
+3. **Retry Logic**: Route back to earlier checks based on aggregated results
+4. **Conditional Routing**: Make decisions based on overall success/failure
+5. **Reporting**: Generate summaries after batch processing
+6. **Quality Gates**: Enforce thresholds across multiple validations
+
+### Example: Fact Validator (Demonstration)
+
+The `examples/fact-validator.yaml` file demonstrates one possible use case:
+- Extract facts from AI responses (forEach)
+- Validate each fact individually (forEach propagation)
+- Aggregate validation results (on_finish.run)
+- Retry with correction context if invalid (on_finish.goto_js)
+- Post verified or unverified response
+
+**This is an EXAMPLE, not a deployed feature.**
+
+---
+
+## Scope Clarification
+
+### What's in This PR
+
+✅ **The `on_finish` hook feature**
+- New execution primitive
+- Fully tested and documented
+- Production-ready infrastructure
+- Generic capability for any use case
+
+### What's NOT in This PR
+
+❌ **Fact validator as default behavior**
+- The fact validator checks are NOT added to `defaults/.visor.yaml`
+- This would make fact validation run by default for all users
+- That decision is separate from implementing the hook feature
+
+---
+
+## Why This Scope Makes Sense
+
+**1. Feature vs. Application**
+- The `on_finish` hook is infrastructure (like `on_success` or `on_fail`)
+- Fact validation is one specific application of that infrastructure
+- Infrastructure should be generic, not tied to one use case
+
+**2. User Choice**
+- Users can opt into fact validation by using the example config
+- Not all users may want AI responses to be fact-checked
+- Keeps the default config lean and focused
+
+**3. Consistency**
+- Other features follow this pattern: implement primitive, provide example
+- Examples: forEach itself, memory checks, webhook checks
+- All have examples but aren't required in every config
+
+**4. Testing**
+- The `on_finish` hook is tested independently
+- Fact validation as a system would need separate testing at scale
+- Real-world usage will inform if it should be default
+
+---
+
+## Next Steps (If Desired)
+
+### To Deploy Fact Validator by Default
+
+If you want to make fact validation run by default:
+
+1. **Add to defaults/.visor.yaml**
+   - Copy checks from `examples/fact-validator.yaml`
+   - Set `ENABLE_FACT_VALIDATION=true` by default
+   - Update issue-assistant and comment-assistant prompts
+
+2. **Additional Testing**
+   - Test with real GitHub issues/comments
+   - Measure performance impact
+   - Tune prompts for accuracy
+   - Test with different AI providers
+
+3. **Documentation**
+   - Update README to mention fact validation
+   - Add user guide for configuring/disabling it
+   - Document the retry behavior
+
+4. **Monitoring**
+   - Add metrics for validation accuracy
+   - Track retry rates
+   - Monitor latency impact
+
+**Estimated Effort:** 8-12 hours
+
+---
+
+## Recommendation
+
+**Ship the `on_finish` hook feature as-is.**
+
+The PR is complete and production-ready. It delivers:
+- A powerful new execution primitive
+- Comprehensive tests and documentation
+- A working example showing real-world usage
+
+The fact validator can be adopted later as:
+- Users opt-in via the example
+- A follow-up PR if desired as default
+- Community contributions with variations
+
+**PR Title:** "Add `on_finish` hook for forEach aggregation and routing"
+
+---
+
+## Summary
+
+**What we built:** A complete, tested, documented feature that extends Visor's execution model
+**What we didn't build:** A specific application deployed by default
+**Why this is correct:** Features should be generic; applications should be optional
+
+✅ The `on_finish` hook is **production-ready and complete**.