diff --git a/docs/community/extensions.md b/docs/community/extensions.md
index 45fd2dc0f5..e09763f679 100644
--- a/docs/community/extensions.md
+++ b/docs/community/extensions.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ The following community-contributed extensions are available in [`catalog.commun
 | Project Health Check | Diagnose a Spec Kit project and report health issues across structure, agents, features, scripts, extensions, and git | `visibility` | Read-only | [spec-kit-doctor](https://github.com/KhawarHabibKhan/spec-kit-doctor) |
 | Project Status | Show current SDD workflow progress — active feature, artifact status, task completion, workflow phase, and extensions summary | `visibility` | Read-only | [spec-kit-status](https://github.com/KhawarHabibKhan/spec-kit-status) |
 | QA Testing Extension | Systematic QA testing with browser-driven or CLI-based validation of acceptance criteria from spec | `code` | Read-only | [spec-kit-qa](https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-qa) |
+| Quality Gates (Enforcement Layer) | Deterministic quality enforcement for Spec Kit projects at three boundaries — agent hooks, git pre-commit, CI — with one policy file and provable enforcement (attestations, canaries, verified parity). | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-gates](https://github.com/schwichtgit/spec-gates) |
 | RAG Azure Builder | Spec Kit extension for onboarding and operating an Azure RAG stack with guided workflows. | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-extension-rag-azure-builder](https://github.com/Sertxito/spec-kit-extension-rag-azure-builder) |
 | Ralph Loop | Autonomous implementation loop using AI agent CLI | `code` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-ralph](https://github.com/Rubiss-Projects/spec-kit-ralph) |
 | Reconcile Extension | Reconcile implementation drift by surgically updating feature artifacts. | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-reconcile](https://github.com/stn1slv/spec-kit-reconcile) |
diff --git a/extensions/catalog.community.json b/extensions/catalog.community.json
index 6b074648fe..fa3e64f319 100644
--- a/extensions/catalog.community.json
+++ b/extensions/catalog.community.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schema_version": "1.0",
-  "updated_at": "2026-07-08T00:00:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-07-09T00:00:00Z",
   "catalog_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/spec-kit/main/extensions/catalog.community.json",
   "extensions": {
     "aide": {
@@ -1427,6 +1427,49 @@
       "created_at": "2026-05-06T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-05-06T00:00:00Z"
     },
+    "gates": {
+      "name": "Quality Gates (Enforcement Layer)",
+      "id": "gates",
+      "description": "Deterministic quality enforcement for Spec Kit projects at three boundaries — agent hooks, git pre-commit, CI — with one policy file and provable enforcement (attestations, canaries, verified parity).",
+      "author": "schwichtgit",
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/schwichtgit/spec-gates/releases/download/v0.1.0/gates-0.1.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/schwichtgit/spec-gates",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/schwichtgit/spec-gates",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/schwichtgit/spec-gates/blob/main/docs/how-it-works.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "category": "process",
+      "effect": "read-write",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.12.0",
+        "tools": [
+          {
+            "name": "jq",
+            "required": true
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "git",
+            "required": false
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 5,
+        "hooks": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "quality",
+        "enforcement",
+        "hooks",
+        "ci",
+        "governance"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-07-09T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-07-09T00:00:00Z"
+    },
     "github-issues": {
       "name": "GitHub Issues Integration 1",
       "id": "github-issues",