Team Quality Assurance

Orchestrate multi-agent QA: scout -> strategist -> generator -> executor -> analyst. Supports discovery, testing, and full closed-loop modes with parallel generation and GC loops.

Architecture

Skill(skill="team-quality-assurance", args="task description")
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         SKILL.md (this file) = Router
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     +--------------+--------------+
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  no --role flag              --role <name>
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  Coordinator                  Worker
  roles/coordinator/role.md    roles/<name>/role.md
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     +-- analyze -> dispatch -> spawn workers -> STOP
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                    +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                    v       v       v       v       v
                 [scout] [strat] [gen] [exec] [analyst]
                 team-worker agents, each loads roles/<role>/role.md

Role Registry

| Role | Path | Prefix | Inner Loop | |------|------|--------|------------| | coordinator | roles/coordinator/role.md | — | — | | scout | roles/scout/role.md | SCOUT- | false | | strategist | [roles/strategist/role.md](roles/strategist/role.md) | QASTRAT- | false | | generator | roles/generator/role.md | QAGEN- | false | | executor | [roles/executor/role.md](roles/executor/role.md) | QARUN- | true | | analyst | roles/analyst/role.md | QAANA- | false |

Role Router

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

• Has --role <name> -> Read roles/<name>/role.md, execute Phase 2-4
• No --role -> roles/coordinator/role.md, execute entry router

Delegation Lock

Coordinator is a PURE ORCHESTRATOR. It coordinates, it does NOT do.

Before calling ANY tool, apply this check:

| Tool Call | Verdict | Reason | |-----------|---------|--------| | spawn_agent, wait_agent, close_agent, send_message, followup_task | ALLOWED | Orchestration | | list_agents | ALLOWED | Agent health check | | request_user_input | ALLOWED | User interaction | | mcp__ccw-tools__team_msg | ALLOWED | Message bus | | Read/Write on .workflow/.team/ files | ALLOWED | Session state | | Read on roles/, commands/, specs/ | ALLOWED | Loading own instructions | | Read/Grep/Glob on project source code | BLOCKED | Delegate to worker | | Edit on any file outside .workflow/ | BLOCKED | Delegate to worker | | Bash("ccw cli ...") | BLOCKED | Only workers call CLI | | Bash running build/test/lint commands | BLOCKED | Delegate to worker |

If a tool call is BLOCKED: STOP. Create a task, spawn a worker.

No exceptions for "simple" tasks. Even a single-file read-and-report MUST go through spawn_agent.

Shared Constants

• Session prefix: QA
• Session path: .workflow/.team/QA-<date>-<slug>/
• Team name: quality-assurance
• CLI tools: ccw cli --mode analysis (read-only), ccw cli --mode write (modifications)
• Message bus: mcp__ccw-tools__team_msg(session_id=<session-id>, ...)

Worker Spawn Template

Coordinator spawns workers using this template:

spawn_agent({
  agent_type: "team_worker",
  task_name: "<task-id>",
  fork_turns: "none",
  message: `## Role Assignment
role: <role>
role_spec: <skill_root>/roles/<role>/role.md
session: <session-folder>
session_id: <session-id>
requirement: <task-description>
inner_loop: <true|false>

Read role_spec file (<skill_root>/roles/<role>/role.md) to load Phase 2-4 domain instructions.

## Task Context
task_id: <task-id>
title: <task-title>
description: <task-description>
pipeline_phase: <pipeline-phase>

## Upstream Context
<prev_context>`
})

After spawning, use wait_agent({ timeout_ms: 1800000 }) to collect results. If result.timed_out, send STATUS_CHECK via followup_task (wait 3 min), then FINALIZE with interrupt (wait 3 min), then mark timed_out and close agents. Use close_agent({ target }) each worker.

Model Selection Guide

| Role | model | reasoning_effort | Rationale | |------|-------|-------------------|-----------| | Scout (SCOUT-) | (default) | medium | Issue discovery scanning, less reasoning needed | | Strategist (QASTRAT-) | (default) | high | Test strategy design requires deep analysis | | Generator (QAGEN-) | (default) | high | Test code generation needs precision | | Executor (QARUN-) | (default) | medium | Running tests and collecting results | | Analyst (QAANA-) | (default) | high | Quality analysis and coverage assessment |

Override model/reasoning_effort in spawn_agent when cost optimization is needed:

spawn_agent({
  agent_type: "team_worker",
  task_name: "<task-id>",
  fork_turns: "none",
  model: "<model-override>",
  reasoning_effort: "<effort-level>",
  message: "..."
})

User Commands

| Command | Action | |---------|--------| | check / status | View pipeline status graph | | resume / continue | Advance to next step | | --mode=discovery | Force discovery mode | | --mode=testing | Force testing mode | | --mode=full | Force full QA mode |

v4 Agent Coordination

Message Semantics

| Intent | API | Example | |--------|-----|---------| | Send scout findings to running strategist | send_message | Queue issue scan results to QASTRAT- | | Not used in this skill | followup_task | No resident agents -- all workers are one-shot | | Check running agents | list_agents | Verify agent health during resume |

Pipeline Pattern

Sequential pipeline with GC loops: scout -> strategist -> generator -> executor -> analyst. The executor/generator may loop via GC fix tasks when coverage is below target (max 3 rounds).

Agent Health Check

Use list_agents({}) in handleResume and handleComplete:

// Reconcile session state with actual running agents
const running = list_agents({})
// Compare with tasks.json active_agents
// Reset orphaned tasks (in_progress but agent gone) to pending

Named Agent Targeting

Workers are spawned with task_name: "<task-id>" enabling direct addressing:

• send_message({ target: "QASTRAT-001", message: "..." }) -- queue scout findings to running strategist
• close_agent({ target: "SCOUT-001" }) -- cleanup by name after completion

Completion Action

When pipeline completes, coordinator presents:

functions.request_user_input({
  questions: [{
    question: "Quality Assurance pipeline complete. What would you like to do?",
    header: "Completion",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Archive & Clean (Recommended)", description: "Archive session, clean up" },
      { label: "Keep Active", description: "Keep session for follow-up work" },
      { label: "Export Results", description: "Export deliverables to target directory" }
    ]
  }]
})

Session Directory

.workflow/.team/QA-<date>-<slug>/
├── .msg/messages.jsonl     # Team message bus
├── .msg/meta.json          # Session state + shared memory
├── wisdom/                 # Cross-task knowledge
├── scan/                   # Scout output
├── strategy/               # Strategist output
├── tests/                  # Generator output (L1/, L2/, L3/)
├── results/                # Executor output
└── analysis/               # Analyst output

Specs Reference

• specs/pipelines.md — Pipeline definitions and task registry
• specs/team-config.json — Team configuration and shared memory schema

Error Handling

| Scenario | Resolution | |----------|------------| | Unknown --role value | Error with available role list | | Role not found | Error with expected path (roles/<name>/role.md) | | CLI tool fails | Worker fallback to direct implementation | | Scout finds no issues | Report clean scan, skip to testing mode | | GC loop exceeded | Accept current coverage with warning | | Fast-advance conflict | Coordinator reconciles on next callback | | Completion action fails | Default to Keep Active |