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package/bmad/bmm/workflows/testarch/ci/instructions.md

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+
+# CI/CD Pipeline Setup
+
+**Workflow ID**: `bmad/bmm/testarch/ci`
+**Version**: 4.0 (BMad v6)
+
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+Scaffolds a production-ready CI/CD quality pipeline with test execution, burn-in loops for flaky test detection, parallel sharding, artifact collection, and notification configuration. This workflow creates platform-specific CI configuration optimized for fast feedback and reliable test execution.
+
+---
+
+## Preflight Requirements
+
+**Critical:** Verify these requirements before proceeding. If any fail, HALT and notify the user.
+
+- ✅ Git repository is initialized (`.git/` directory exists)
+- ✅ Local test suite passes (`npm run test:e2e` succeeds)
+- ✅ Test framework is configured (from `framework` workflow)
+- ✅ Team agrees on target CI platform (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Circle CI, etc.)
+- ✅ Access to CI platform settings/secrets available (if updating existing pipeline)
+
+---
+
+## Step 1: Run Preflight Checks
+
+### Actions
+
+1. **Verify Git Repository**
+   - Check for `.git/` directory
+   - Confirm remote repository configured (`git remote -v`)
+   - If not initialized, HALT with message: "Git repository required for CI/CD setup"
+
+2. **Validate Test Framework**
+   - Look for `playwright.config.*` or `cypress.config.*`
+   - Read framework configuration to extract:
+     - Test directory location
+     - Test command
+     - Reporter configuration
+     - Timeout settings
+   - If not found, HALT with message: "Run `framework` workflow first to set up test infrastructure"
+
+3. **Run Local Tests**
+   - Execute `npm run test:e2e` (or equivalent from package.json)
+   - Ensure tests pass before CI setup
+   - If tests fail, HALT with message: "Fix failing tests before setting up CI/CD"
+
+4. **Detect CI Platform**
+   - Check for existing CI configuration:
+     - `.github/workflows/*.yml` (GitHub Actions)
+     - `.gitlab-ci.yml` (GitLab CI)
+     - `.circleci/config.yml` (Circle CI)
+     - `Jenkinsfile` (Jenkins)
+   - If found, ask user: "Update existing CI configuration or create new?"
+   - If not found, detect platform from git remote:
+     - `github.com` → GitHub Actions (default)
+     - `gitlab.com` → GitLab CI
+     - Ask user if unable to auto-detect
+
+5. **Read Environment Configuration**
+   - Check for `.nvmrc` to determine Node version
+   - Default to Node 20 LTS if not found
+   - Read `package.json` to identify dependencies (affects caching strategy)
+
+**Halt Condition:** If preflight checks fail, stop immediately and report which requirement failed.
+
+---
+
+## Step 2: Scaffold CI Pipeline
+
+### Actions
+
+1. **Select CI Platform Template**
+
+   Based on detection or user preference, use the appropriate template:
+
+   **GitHub Actions** (`.github/workflows/test.yml`):
+   - Most common platform
+   - Excellent caching and matrix support
+   - Free for public repos, generous free tier for private
+
+   **GitLab CI** (`.gitlab-ci.yml`):
+   - Integrated with GitLab
+   - Built-in registry and runners
+   - Powerful pipeline features
+
+   **Circle CI** (`.circleci/config.yml`):
+   - Fast execution with parallelism
+   - Docker-first approach
+   - Enterprise features
+
+   **Jenkins** (`Jenkinsfile`):
+   - Self-hosted option
+   - Maximum customization
+   - Requires infrastructure management
+
+2. **Generate Pipeline Configuration**
+
+   Use templates from `{installed_path}/` directory:
+   - `github-actions-template.yml`
+   - `gitlab-ci-template.yml`
+
+   **Key pipeline stages:**
+
+   ```yaml
+   stages:
+     - lint # Code quality checks
+     - test # Test execution (parallel shards)
+     - burn-in # Flaky test detection
+     - report # Aggregate results and publish
+   ```
+
+3. **Configure Test Execution**
+
+   **Parallel Sharding:**
+
+   ```yaml
+   strategy:
+     fail-fast: false
+     matrix:
+       shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
+
+   steps:
+     - name: Run tests
+       run: npm run test:e2e -- --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ strategy.job-total }}
+   ```
+
+   **Purpose:** Splits tests into N parallel jobs for faster execution (target: <10 min per shard)
+
+4. **Add Burn-In Loop**
+
+   **Critical pattern from production systems:**
+
+   ```yaml
+   burn-in:
+     name: Flaky Test Detection
+     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+     steps:
+       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+       - name: Setup Node
+         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+         with:
+           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+
+       - name: Install dependencies
+         run: npm ci
+
+       - name: Run burn-in loop (10 iterations)
+         run: |
+           for i in {1..10}; do
+             echo "🔥 Burn-in iteration $i/10"
+             npm run test:e2e || exit 1
+           done
+
+       - name: Upload failure artifacts
+         if: failure()
+         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+         with:
+           name: burn-in-failures
+           path: test-results/
+           retention-days: 30
+   ```
+
+   **Purpose:** Runs tests multiple times to catch non-deterministic failures before they reach main branch.
+
+   **When to run:**
+   - On pull requests to main/develop
+   - Weekly on cron schedule
+   - After significant test infrastructure changes
+
+5. **Configure Caching**
+
+   **Node modules cache:**
+
+   ```yaml
+   - name: Cache dependencies
+     uses: actions/cache@v4
+     with:
+       path: ~/.npm
+       key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+       restore-keys: |
+         ${{ runner.os }}-node-
+   ```
+
+   **Browser binaries cache (Playwright):**
+
+   ```yaml
+   - name: Cache Playwright browsers
+     uses: actions/cache@v4
+     with:
+       path: ~/.cache/ms-playwright
+       key: ${{ runner.os }}-playwright-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+   ```
+
+   **Purpose:** Reduces CI execution time by 2-5 minutes per run.
+
+6. **Configure Artifact Collection**
+
+   **Failure artifacts only:**
+
+   ```yaml
+   - name: Upload test results
+     if: failure()
+     uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+     with:
+       name: test-results-${{ matrix.shard }}
+       path: |
+         test-results/
+         playwright-report/
+       retention-days: 30
+   ```
+
+   **Artifacts to collect:**
+   - Traces (Playwright) - full debugging context
+   - Screenshots - visual evidence of failures
+   - Videos - interaction playback
+   - HTML reports - detailed test results
+   - Console logs - error messages and warnings
+
+7. **Add Retry Logic**
+
+   ```yaml
+   - name: Run tests with retries
+     uses: nick-invision/retry@v2
+     with:
+       timeout_minutes: 30
+       max_attempts: 3
+       retry_on: error
+       command: npm run test:e2e
+   ```
+
+   **Purpose:** Handles transient failures (network issues, race conditions)
+
+8. **Configure Notifications** (Optional)
+
+   If `notify_on_failure` is enabled:
+
+   ```yaml
+   - name: Notify on failure
+     if: failure()
+     uses: 8398a7/action-slack@v3
+     with:
+       status: ${{ job.status }}
+       text: 'Test failures detected in PR #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}'
+       webhook_url: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
+   ```
+
+9. **Generate Helper Scripts**
+
+   **Selective testing script** (`scripts/test-changed.sh`):
+
+   ```bash
+   #!/bin/bash
+   # Run only tests for changed files
+
+   CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1)
+
+   if echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -q "src/.*\.ts$"; then
+     echo "Running affected tests..."
+     npm run test:e2e -- --grep="$(echo $CHANGED_FILES | sed 's/src\///g' | sed 's/\.ts//g')"
+   else
+     echo "No test-affecting changes detected"
+   fi
+   ```
+
+   **Local mirror script** (`scripts/ci-local.sh`):
+
+   ```bash
+   #!/bin/bash
+   # Mirror CI execution locally for debugging
+
+   echo "🔍 Running CI pipeline locally..."
+
+   # Lint
+   npm run lint || exit 1
+
+   # Tests
+   npm run test:e2e || exit 1
+
+   # Burn-in (reduced iterations)
+   for i in {1..3}; do
+     echo "🔥 Burn-in $i/3"
+     npm run test:e2e || exit 1
+   done
+
+   echo "✅ Local CI pipeline passed"
+   ```
+
+10. **Generate Documentation**
+
+    **CI README** (`docs/ci.md`):
+    - Pipeline stages and purpose
+    - How to run locally
+    - Debugging failed CI runs
+    - Secrets and environment variables needed
+    - Notification setup
+    - Badge URLs for README
+
+    **Secrets checklist** (`docs/ci-secrets-checklist.md`):
+    - Required secrets list (SLACK_WEBHOOK, etc.)
+    - Where to configure in CI platform
+    - Security best practices
+
+---
+
+## Step 3: Deliverables
+
+### Primary Artifacts Created
+
+1. **CI Configuration File**
+   - `.github/workflows/test.yml` (GitHub Actions)
+   - `.gitlab-ci.yml` (GitLab CI)
+   - `.circleci/config.yml` (Circle CI)
+
+2. **Pipeline Stages**
+   - **Lint**: Code quality checks (ESLint, Prettier)
+   - **Test**: Parallel test execution (4 shards)
+   - **Burn-in**: Flaky test detection (10 iterations)
+   - **Report**: Result aggregation and publishing
+
+3. **Helper Scripts**
+   - `scripts/test-changed.sh` - Selective testing
+   - `scripts/ci-local.sh` - Local CI mirror
+   - `scripts/burn-in.sh` - Standalone burn-in execution
+
+4. **Documentation**
+   - `docs/ci.md` - CI pipeline guide
+   - `docs/ci-secrets-checklist.md` - Required secrets
+   - Inline comments in CI configuration
+
+5. **Optimization Features**
+   - Dependency caching (npm, browser binaries)
+   - Parallel sharding (4 jobs default)
+   - Retry logic (2 retries on failure)
+   - Failure-only artifact upload
+
+### Performance Targets
+
+- **Lint stage**: <2 minutes
+- **Test stage** (per shard): <10 minutes
+- **Burn-in stage**: <30 minutes (10 iterations)
+- **Total pipeline**: <45 minutes
+
+**Speedup:** 20× faster than sequential execution through parallelism and caching.
+
+---
+
+## Important Notes
+
+### Knowledge Base Integration
+
+**Critical:** Consult `{project-root}/bmad/bmm/testarch/tea-index.csv` to identify and load relevant knowledge fragments:
+
+- `ci-burn-in.md` - Burn-in loop patterns: 10-iteration detection, GitHub Actions workflow, shard orchestration, selective execution (678 lines, 4 examples)
+- `selective-testing.md` - Changed test detection strategies: tag-based, spec filters, diff-based selection, promotion rules (727 lines, 4 examples)
+- `visual-debugging.md` - Artifact collection best practices: trace viewer, HAR recording, custom artifacts, accessibility integration (522 lines, 5 examples)
+- `test-quality.md` - CI-specific test quality criteria: deterministic tests, isolated with cleanup, explicit assertions, length/time optimization (658 lines, 5 examples)
+- `playwright-config.md` - CI-optimized configuration: parallelization, artifact output, project dependencies, sharding (722 lines, 5 examples)
+
+### CI Platform-Specific Guidance
+
+**GitHub Actions:**
+
+- Use `actions/cache` for caching
+- Matrix strategy for parallelism
+- Secrets in repository settings
+- Free 2000 minutes/month for private repos
+
+**GitLab CI:**
+
+- Use `.gitlab-ci.yml` in root
+- `cache:` directive for caching
+- Parallel execution with `parallel: 4`
+- Variables in project CI/CD settings
+
+**Circle CI:**
+
+- Use `.circleci/config.yml`
+- Docker executors recommended
+- Parallelism with `parallelism: 4`
+- Context for shared secrets
+
+### Burn-In Loop Strategy
+
+**When to run:**
+
+- ✅ On PRs to main/develop branches
+- ✅ Weekly on schedule (cron)
+- ✅ After test infrastructure changes
+- ❌ Not on every commit (too slow)
+
+**Iterations:**
+
+- **10 iterations** for thorough detection
+- **3 iterations** for quick feedback
+- **100 iterations** for high-confidence stability
+
+**Failure threshold:**
+
+- Even ONE failure in burn-in → tests are flaky
+- Must fix before merging
+
+### Artifact Retention
+
+**Failure artifacts only:**
+
+- Saves storage costs
+- Maintains debugging capability
+- 30-day retention default
+
+**Artifact types:**
+
+- Traces (Playwright) - 5-10 MB per test
+- Screenshots - 100-500 KB per screenshot
+- Videos - 2-5 MB per test
+- HTML reports - 1-2 MB per run
+
+### Selective Testing
+
+**Detect changed files:**
+
+```bash
+git diff --name-only HEAD~1
+```
+
+**Run affected tests only:**
+
+- Faster feedback for small changes
+- Full suite still runs on main branch
+- Reduces CI time by 50-80% for focused PRs
+
+**Trade-off:**
+
+- May miss integration issues
+- Run full suite at least on merge
+
+### Local CI Mirror
+
+**Purpose:** Debug CI failures locally
+
+**Usage:**
+
+```bash
+./scripts/ci-local.sh
+```
+
+**Mirrors CI environment:**
+
+- Same Node version
+- Same test command
+- Same stages (lint → test → burn-in)
+- Reduced burn-in iterations (3 vs 10)
+
+---
+
+## Output Summary
+
+After completing this workflow, provide a summary:
+
+```markdown
+## CI/CD Pipeline Complete
+
+**Platform**: GitHub Actions (or GitLab CI, etc.)
+
+**Artifacts Created**:
+
+- ✅ Pipeline configuration: .github/workflows/test.yml
+- ✅ Burn-in loop: 10 iterations for flaky detection
+- ✅ Parallel sharding: 4 jobs for fast execution
+- ✅ Caching: Dependencies + browser binaries
+- ✅ Artifact collection: Failure-only traces/screenshots/videos
+- ✅ Helper scripts: test-changed.sh, ci-local.sh, burn-in.sh
+- ✅ Documentation: docs/ci.md, docs/ci-secrets-checklist.md
+
+**Performance:**
+
+- Lint: <2 min
+- Test (per shard): <10 min
+- Burn-in: <30 min
+- Total: <45 min (20× speedup vs sequential)
+
+**Next Steps**:
+
+1. Commit CI configuration: `git add .github/workflows/test.yml && git commit -m "ci: add test pipeline"`
+2. Push to remote: `git push`
+3. Configure required secrets in CI platform settings (see docs/ci-secrets-checklist.md)
+4. Open a PR to trigger first CI run
+5. Monitor pipeline execution and adjust parallelism if needed
+
+**Knowledge Base References Applied**:
+
+- Burn-in loop pattern (ci-burn-in.md)
+- Selective testing strategy (selective-testing.md)
+- Artifact collection (visual-debugging.md)
+- Test quality criteria (test-quality.md)
+```
+
+---
+
+## Validation
+
+After completing all steps, verify:
+
+- [ ] CI configuration file created and syntactically valid
+- [ ] Burn-in loop configured (10 iterations)
+- [ ] Parallel sharding enabled (4 jobs)
+- [ ] Caching configured (dependencies + browsers)
+- [ ] Artifact collection on failure only
+- [ ] Helper scripts created and executable (`chmod +x`)
+- [ ] Documentation complete (ci.md, secrets checklist)
+- [ ] No errors or warnings during scaffold
+
+Refer to `checklist.md` for comprehensive validation criteria.

package/bmad/bmm/workflows/testarch/ci/workflow.yaml

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+# Test Architect workflow: ci
+name: testarch-ci
+description: "Scaffold CI/CD quality pipeline with test execution, burn-in loops, and artifact collection"
+author: "BMad"
+
+# Critical variables from config
+config_source: "{project-root}/bmad/bmm/config.yaml"
+output_folder: "{config_source}:output_folder"
+user_name: "{config_source}:user_name"
+communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
+document_output_language: "{config_source}:document_output_language"
+date: system-generated
+
+# Workflow components
+installed_path: "{project-root}/bmad/bmm/workflows/testarch/ci"
+instructions: "{installed_path}/instructions.md"
+validation: "{installed_path}/checklist.md"
+
+# Variables and inputs
+variables:
+  ci_platform: "auto" # auto, github-actions, gitlab-ci, circle-ci, jenkins - user can override
+  test_dir: "{project-root}/tests" # Root test directory
+
+# Output configuration
+default_output_file: "{project-root}/.github/workflows/test.yml" # GitHub Actions default
+
+# Required tools
+required_tools:
+  - read_file # Read .nvmrc, package.json, framework config
+  - write_file # Create CI config, scripts, documentation
+  - create_directory # Create .github/workflows/ or .gitlab-ci/ directories
+  - list_files # Detect existing CI configuration
+  - search_repo # Find test files for selective testing
+
+# Recommended inputs
+recommended_inputs:
+  - framework_config: "Framework configuration (playwright.config.ts, cypress.config.ts)"
+  - package_json: "Project dependencies and scripts"
+  - nvmrc: ".nvmrc for Node version (optional, defaults to LTS)"
+  - existing_ci: "Existing CI configuration to update (optional)"
+  - git_info: "Git repository information for platform detection"
+
+tags:
+  - qa
+  - ci-cd
+  - test-architect
+  - pipeline
+  - automation
+
+execution_hints:
+  interactive: false # Minimize prompts, auto-detect when possible
+  autonomous: true # Proceed without user input unless blocked
+  iterative: true