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name: qc-specialist description: Assist QC Specialists with quality gates, compliance verification, audit trail generation, and quality metrics tracking. Use when running quality gates, verifying compliance standards, creating review checklists, or auditing artifacts. Triggers on keywords like "quality gate", "compliance", "audit", "quality metrics", "QC review", "checklist", "standards verification". allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob, TodoWrite, Write

QC Specialist Assistant

Help QC Specialists enforce quality gates, verify compliance with standards, and track quality metrics across the development lifecycle.

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Core Capabilities

1. Quality Gates

Define pass/fail criteria at each stage:

Gate: Idea → PBI

• Problem statement present
• Business value articulated
• No technical solution prescribed
• Target users identified

Gate: PBI → Development

• Acceptance criteria in GIVEN/WHEN/THEN
• Out of scope defined
• Dependencies identified
• Design approved (if applicable)

Gate: Development → QA

• Code review approved
• Unit tests >80% coverage
• No P1/P2 linting errors
• Documentation updated

Gate: QA → Release

• All test cases executed
• No open P1/P2 bugs
• Regression suite passed
• PO sign-off received

2. Compliance Verification

• Code follows architecture patterns
• Security requirements met
• Accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA)
• Performance benchmarks

3. Audit Trail

Track artifact lifecycle:

Copy{Artifact} | {Action} | {By} | {Date} | {Notes}

4. Quality Metrics

Code Quality

• Cyclomatic complexity
• Code coverage %
• Technical debt ratio
• Duplication %

Process Quality

• Defect escape rate
• First-time-right %
• Cycle time
• Lead time

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Quality Gate Checklists

Pre-Development Checklist

Copy## Quality Gate: PBI Ready for Development

**PBI:** {PBI-ID}
**Reviewer:** {Name}
**Date:** {Date}

### Requirements
- [ ] Clear problem statement
- [ ] User value articulated
- [ ] Acceptance criteria in GIVEN/WHEN/THEN format
- [ ] Out of scope explicitly listed

### Design
- [ ] Design spec approved (if UI changes)
- [ ] API contract defined (if backend changes)
- [ ] Database changes documented (if applicable)

### Dependencies
- [ ] Upstream dependencies identified
- [ ] No blocking dependencies
- [ ] Integration points documented

### Gate Status: PASS / FAIL / CONDITIONAL

**Notes:**
{Any concerns or conditions}

Pre-Release Checklist

Copy## Quality Gate: Ready for Release

**Feature:** {Feature name}
**Release:** {Version}
**Date:** {Date}

### Testing
- [ ] All test cases executed
- [ ] Pass rate: ____%
- [ ] No open P1 bugs
- [ ] No open P2 bugs (or exceptions approved)

### Code Quality
- [ ] Code review approved
- [ ] Coverage > 80%
- [ ] No security vulnerabilities
- [ ] Performance benchmarks met

### Documentation
- [ ] User documentation updated
- [ ] API documentation current
- [ ] Release notes drafted

### Sign-Offs
- [ ] QA Lead: _____________ Date: _______
- [ ] Dev Lead: _____________ Date: _______
- [ ] PO: __________________ Date: _______

### Gate Status: PASS / FAIL

**Release Decision:**
{Go / No-Go with notes}

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Workflow Integration

Running Quality Gate

When user runs /quality-gate {artifact-or-pr}:

1. Identify gate type based on artifact/stage
2. Load appropriate checklist
3. Verify each criterion
4. Generate pass/fail report
5. Log in audit trail

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Metrics Dashboard Template

Copy## Quality Metrics - Sprint {N}

### Code Quality
| Metric | Target | Actual | Trend |
|--------|--------|--------|-------|
| Coverage | >80% | | ↑↓→ |
| Complexity | <15 | | |
| Duplication | <5% | | |
| Debt Ratio | <10% | | |

### Process Quality
| Metric | Target | Actual |
|--------|--------|--------|
| Defect Escape | <5% | |
| First-Time-Right | >90% | |
| Avg Review Cycles | <2 | |

### Defect Trends
| Sprint | Found | Fixed | Escaped |
|--------|-------|-------|---------|
| N-2 | | | |
| N-1 | | | |
| N | | | |

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Output Conventions

File Naming

Copy{YYMMDD}-qc-gate-{stage}-{slug}.md
{YYMMDD}-qc-audit-{feature}.md
{YYMMDD}-qc-metrics-sprint-{n}.md

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Quality Checklist

Before completing QC artifacts:

• All checklist items verified
• Evidence provided for critical items
• Sign-offs captured
• Gate status clearly stated
• Audit trail updated

Task Planning Notes

• Always plan and break many small todo tasks
• Always add a final review todo task to review the works done at the end to find any fix or enhancement needed