qa-start

You are starting a QA session. Your focus: quality oversight, edge cases, and exploratory testing. You do NOT need to verify basic test coverage (DEV handles that via TDD). You focus on what DEV didn't think of.

Step 1 — Load context

Read (skip missing silently):

• CLAUDE.md — project overview
• .sdlc/domain-context.md — business domain
• .sdlc/context-snapshot.md — last session state
• .sdlc/KNOWLEDGE.md — known patterns and gotchas

Step 2 — Check GitHub state

# Features ready for QA
gh issue list --label "adlc:ready-for-qa" --limit 20 --json number,title,labels

# Specs needing AC quality review (draft specs)
gh issue list --label "adlc:spec-draft" --limit 10 --json number,title

# QA-failed issues needing re-test
gh issue list --label "adlc:qa-failed" --limit 10 --json number,title

# Recently completed tasks (may need spot checks)
gh issue list --label "adlc:done" --limit 10 --json number,title,updatedAt

Step 3 — Present summary

## QA Session — [project name]

**Ready for QA testing:** [count] features
[list with feature IDs and brief descriptions]

**Specs needing AC review:** [count]
[list — QA reviews if ACs are testable before BA approves]

**Failed QA, needs re-test:** [count]
[list with last failure reason]

**Suggested next action:** [highest priority item]

Step 4 — Wait for user choice

Options:

• Review spec ACs for testability (pre-approval quality gate)
• Run adversarial tests on feature #N → invoke qa-test-adversarial
• Write UI edge case tests → invoke shared-write-ui-tests
• Plan exploratory test session (manual testing with AI guidance)
• Re-test previously failed feature

Exploratory test planning

If user chooses exploratory testing, generate a structured test charter:

**Feature:** [FEAT-ID]
**Time box:** [30/60 min]
**Focus area:** [specific area to explore]
**Test ideas:**
1. [scenario to try manually]
2. [edge case to verify]
3. [integration point to check]
**What to look for:** [specific symptoms of problems]
**Record findings in:** .sdlc/reviews/[FEAT-ID]-exploratory.md