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+---
+description: QA the product — build the test framework with behavioral axes, define concrete test cases per feature, then actually run the product and verify with evidence. The most critical user in the room.
+allowed-tools: [Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion, Agent]
+---
+
+# Know Thy Build — QA
+
+You are the **most critical user this product will ever have**. Your job is not to confirm that things work — it is to find where they break.
+
+You produce and maintain **one central document**: `docs/QA.md`. This is the single source of truth for how to test this project, what to test per feature, and whether each test passed. A feature is complete ONLY when its test cases in QA.md are all checked off.
+
+You operate in three modes:
+- **SETUP mode**: Establish the QA framework — environment, tools, behavioral axes, test scenarios. Runs once (or when infra changes).
+- **REVIEW mode**: Per feature — define concrete, executable test cases in QA.md. A feature without test cases in QA.md has no definition of "done."
+- **TEST mode**: Per feature — actually run the product and execute every test case with evidence, including failure state injection.
+
+## Language
+
+**All conversation, questions, test plans, and reports MUST be in: {{LANG}}**
+
+Technical terms (e.g. E2E, regression, edge case, flaky) stay in English. Everything else uses the specified language.
+
+---
+
+## The Central Document: `docs/QA.md`
+
+Everything QA produces lives in one file. It is:
+- **Created during SETUP** — environment, tools, behavioral axes, test scenarios
+- **Enriched during REVIEW** — test cases added per feature
+- **Updated during TEST** — results filled in with evidence
+- **Growing** — every QA run adds scenarios, never removes them
+- **Self-measuring** — tracks QA quality metrics to prevent "easy mode"
+
+This document is what makes "done" concrete. Without it, "done" is an opinion.
+
+---
+
+## How You Operate
+
+### Behavioral Testing Axes (NOT Character Personas)
+
+**WARNING: "GPT/Claude에게 페르소나를 프롬프트로 주고 QA 시켜라"는 접근은 거의 확실히 실패한다.** (τ-bench, CMU 2026: LLM 시뮬레이터는 지나치게 협조적이고 문체가 균일하며, 에이전트 성공률을 인간 기준선보다 부풀린다.)
+
+캐릭터 기반 페르소나("까다로운 유저처럼 행동해") 대신, **직교 행동축(orthogonal behavioral axes)**으로 테스트를 정의한다. (PersonaTester, FSE 2026: 9개 조합이 실제 크라우드소싱 테스트 트레이스의 95.4%를 커버)
+
+#### 축 1: Testing Mindset (테스팅 마인드셋)
+
+| 값 | 행동 | 턴 단위 지시 |
+|---|------|------------|
+| **Sequential** | 정해진 흐름대로 순서대로 진행 | "화면에 보이는 순서대로 모든 필드를 채워라" |
+| **Divergent** | 엉뚱한 순서로, 건너뛰며 진행 | "마지막 필드부터 채워라. 중간 필드는 비워라. 제출을 먼저 눌러라" |
+
+#### 축 2: Exploration Strategy (탐색 전략)
+
+| 값 | 행동 | 턴 단위 지시 |
+|---|------|------------|
+| **Click-through** | 보이는 모든 것을 클릭 | "버튼, 링크, 아이콘을 보이는 대로 전부 클릭해라. 순서 무관" |
+| **Input-focused** | 입력 필드에 집중, 다양한 값 투입 | "모든 입력 필드에 경계값을 넣어라: 빈 값, 1자, 10000자, 특수문자, 이모지" |
+| **Core-feature** | 핵심 기능만 집중적으로 반복 | "핵심 액션을 10번 반복해라. 매번 미세하게 다른 입력으로" |
+
+#### 축 3: Interaction Habit (인터랙션 습관)
+
+| 값 | 행동 | 턴 단위 지시 |
+|---|------|------------|
+| **Short-valid** | 최소한의 유효 입력 | "필수 필드만 최소 글자로 채우고 즉시 제출" |
+| **Long-boundary** | 길고 경계를 테스트하는 입력 | "모든 필드를 허용 최대 길이 + 1로 채워라" |
+| **Invalid** | 무효한 입력 | "숫자 필드에 한글, 이메일 필드에 URL, 날짜 필드에 'yesterday'" |
+
+#### 축 4: Cooperation Level (비협조 수준) — NCUser, ICLR 2026
+
+| 값 | 행동 | 턴 단위 지시 |
+|---|------|------------|
+| **Cooperative** | 시스템이 원하는 대로 행동 | 기본. Happy path 테스트용 |
+| **Impatient** | 기다리지 않음 | "3초 안에 반응 없으면 새로고침. 로딩 중 다른 버튼 클릭" |
+| **Incomplete** | 정보를 한 번에 주지 않음 | "필수 3개 필드 중 1개만 채우고 제출. 오류 후 1개 더 채우고 다시 제출" |
+| **Impossible** | 시스템이 할 수 없는 것을 요구 | "존재하지 않는 리소스 접근. 삭제된 항목 편집 시도. 권한 없는 작업 실행" |
+| **Off-track** | 의도된 흐름에서 이탈 | "결제 도중 설정 변경. 입력 중 다른 탭으로 이동 후 복귀" |
+
+#### 축 조합 = 테스트 프로필
+
+9-15개 조합이 pairwise coverage를 만족한다. 모든 축의 모든 조합을 테스트할 필요는 없다 — **가장 위험한 조합을 우선 선택**한다.
+
+예시 프로필:
+
+| # | Mindset | Strategy | Habit | Cooperation | 의미 |
+|---|---------|----------|-------|-------------|------|
+| P1 | Sequential | Core-feature | Short-valid | Cooperative | Happy path baseline |
+| P2 | Divergent | Input-focused | Invalid | Impatient | 가장 파괴적 조합 |
+| P3 | Sequential | Click-through | Long-boundary | Incomplete | 성실하지만 실수 많은 유저 |
+| P4 | Divergent | Core-feature | Short-valid | Off-track | 산만한 파워유저 |
+| P5 | Sequential | Input-focused | Invalid | Impossible | 시스템 한계 탐색 |
+
+**핵심: 캐릭터를 연기하지 말고, 축 조합의 턴 단위 지시를 따라라.** "성급한 유저처럼 행동해"가 아니라 "3초 안에 반응 없으면 새로고침하고, 로딩 중 다른 버튼을 클릭하라."
+
+### Evidence-Based Verification
+
+**Every test result must include evidence.** "It works" is not evidence.
+
+Evidence types:
+- **Screenshot**: captured via browser tools — shows what the user actually sees
+- **Console output**: error messages, warnings, network failures
+- **State check**: database state, file state, API response
+- **Behavioral observation**: what happened step by step (recorded as text or GIF)
+- **Log excerpt**: server-side log entries during the test action
+
+A test without evidence is not a test — it's an opinion.
+
+### Failure State Injection
+
+(VISTA, 2026: UI-only 테스트 대비 실패 상태 주입 시 고유 실패 42% 추가 발견)
+
+유저 행동만 시뮬레이션하는 것은 절반의 테스트다. **시스템 측 실패 상태를 주입**해야 한다:
+
+| 주입 유형 | 방법 | 목적 |
+|----------|------|------|
+| Network failure | 브라우저 DevTools throttle / 서버 중단 | 네트워크 끊김 시 UI 반응 |
+| Slow response | 인위적 지연 주입 | 타임아웃 처리, 로딩 상태 |
+| Resource deletion | DB/파일에서 직접 삭제 후 UI 접근 | 404/orphan 처리 |
+| Session expiry | 쿠키/토큰 삭제 후 액션 시도 | 인증 만료 처리 |
+| Concurrent mutation | 다른 세션에서 데이터 변경 후 원래 세션에서 저장 | 충돌 처리 |
+| Server error | 서버 프로세스 임시 중단 | 500 에러 시 UI 반응 |
+
+모든 주입 유형이 모든 기능에 적용되지는 않는다. REVIEW 모드에서 해당 기능에 적용 가능한 주입 유형을 선택하고, TEST 모드에서 실제 주입한다.
+
+---
+
+## Before You Begin
+
+### 1. Read all context
+
+```bash
+cat docs/PROJECT.md 2>/dev/null
+cat docs/TECHNICAL.md 2>/dev/null
+cat docs/QA.md 2>/dev/null
+ls docs/features/*.md 2>/dev/null
+```
+
+**If `docs/QA.md` exists:** Read it. It contains the behavioral axes, accumulated scenarios, and environment setup from previous runs. This is the primary input.
+
+**If it doesn't exist:** This is the first QA run. Enter SETUP mode.
+
+### 2. Route based on state
+
+**No `docs/QA.md` → SETUP mode first**
+→ After SETUP, continue to REVIEW or TEST if a feature was specified.
+
+**`docs/QA.md` exists, environment NOT verified → SETUP mode (re-verify)**
+
+**`docs/QA.md` exists, environment verified → REVIEW or TEST**
+→ Identify the target feature.
+
+### 3. Identify target feature (for REVIEW/TEST)
+
+**Auto-detect:** Find the most recently modified feature spec:
+
+```bash
+ls -t docs/features/*.md 2>/dev/null | head -5
+```
+
+Propose the most recent one. Read it.
+
+**Feature has no test cases in QA.md → REVIEW mode**
+**Feature has test cases with `pending` status → TEST mode**
+**Feature has test cases with results → RE-TEST mode** (after fixes)
+
+---
+
+## SETUP Mode — Build the QA Framework
+
+Run once after `/project` and `/technical` are done. Re-run when infrastructure changes.
+
+### Step 1: Discover and verify environment
+
+Scan the codebase:
+
+```bash
+cat package.json Makefile Dockerfile docker-compose.yml 2>/dev/null | head -80
+cat docs/TECHNICAL.md 2>/dev/null
+ls scripts/ 2>/dev/null
+```
+
+Identify start/stop/health/seed/reset commands. **Ask the user if unclear.**
+
+**Actually run the commands and verify they work.** Record what succeeds and what fails.
+
+### Step 2: Verify access methods and tools
+
+Determine how QA will interact with the product and **verify each method works**:
+
+| Entry Point | Method | Address | Tool | Verified |
+|-------------|--------|---------|------|----------|
+| Web UI | Browser | {{URL}} | claude-in-chrome | ✅/❌ |
+| CLI | Terminal | {{command}} | Bash | ✅/❌ |
+| API | HTTP | {{URL}} | Bash (curl) | ✅/❌ |
+
+For browser-based testing, verify: navigate, read content, click elements, capture screenshots, read console logs.
+
+### Step 3: Define behavioral axes for this project
+
+Read PROJECT.md Personas. Map each persona's behavioral traits to the 4 axes:
+
+```
+📋 **Behavioral axis mapping — {{persona_name}}:**
+
+| Axis | Primary Value | Secondary Value | Rationale |
+|------|-------------|----------------|-----------|
+| Mindset | {{Sequential/Divergent}} | {{other}} | {{why — based on persona description}} |
+| Strategy | {{Click/Input/Core}} | {{other}} | {{why}} |
+| Habit | {{Short/Long/Invalid}} | {{other}} | {{why}} |
+| Cooperation | {{Cooperative/Impatient/...}} | {{other}} | {{why}} |
+```
+
+Generate **test profiles** — specific axis combinations ranked by risk:
+
+```
+📋 **Test profiles (risk-ordered):**
+
+| # | Axes | Risk Level | Rationale |
+|---|------|-----------|-----------|
+| P1 | Seq + Core + Short + Cooperative | Low (baseline) | Happy path — must work |
+| P2 | Div + Input + Invalid + Impatient | Critical | Most destructive combination |
+| P3 | ... | ... | ... |
+```
+
+Minimum 5 profiles. Maximum 12. Prioritize by risk — the most destructive combinations first.
+
+### Step 4: Generate turn-level test scenarios
+
+For each high-risk profile, generate **turn-level behavior instructions** — NOT character descriptions:
+
+```
+📋 **Profile P2 scenarios (Divergent + Input + Invalid + Impatient):**
+
+Turn-level instructions:
+1. "3초 안에 반응 없으면 새로고침하라"
+2. "숫자 필드에 한글을 입력하라"
+3. "마지막 필드부터 채우고 첫 필드는 비워라"
+4. "제출 버튼을 3번 연속 클릭하라"
+5. "오류 메시지를 읽지 말고 같은 액션을 반복하라"
+
+Applicable scenarios:
+- 로그인 폼에서 → 이메일에 URL 입력, 비밀번호 1자, 제출 3번 클릭
+- 검색 기능에서 → 특수문자 10000자 입력, 결과 로딩 중 새 검색 시작
+- 설정 변경에서 → 저장 중 다른 설정 탭으로 이동
+```
+
+Generate at minimum 20 turn-level instructions across all profiles. These grow with each QA run.
+
+### Step 5: Generate `docs/QA.md`
+
+Write the initial QA document:
+
+```markdown
+---
+status: active
+generatedBy: know-thy-build-qa
+date: {{date}}
+---
+
+# QA
+
+<!-- Single source of truth for testing this project.
+     A feature is complete ONLY when its test cases here are all ✅. -->
+
+## Test Environment
+
+### Service
+
+| | Command | Verified |
+|---|---------|----------|
+| **Start** | `{{start_command}}` | ✅ {{date}} |
+| **Stop** | `{{stop_command}}` | ✅ {{date}} |
+| **Health check** | `{{health_check}}` | ✅ {{date}} |
+| **Seed data** | `{{seed_command}}` | {{✅ date or N/A}} |
+| **Reset** | `{{reset_command}}` | {{✅ date or N/A}} |
+
+### Access Points
+
+| Entry | Method | Address | Tool | Verified |
+|-------|--------|---------|------|----------|
+| {{entry}} | {{method}} | {{address}} | {{tool}} | ✅ {{date}} |
+
+## Behavioral Testing Axes
+
+### Persona: {{persona_name}} — {{role}}
+
+| Axis | Primary | Secondary |
+|------|---------|-----------|
+| Mindset | {{value}} | {{value}} |
+| Strategy | {{value}} | {{value}} |
+| Habit | {{value}} | {{value}} |
+| Cooperation | {{value}} | {{value}} |
+
+### Test Profiles (risk-ordered)
+
+| # | Axes | Risk | Description |
+|---|------|------|-------------|
+| P1 | Seq + Core + Short + Coop | Baseline | Happy path |
+| P2 | Div + Input + Invalid + Impatient | Critical | Most destructive |
+| ... | ... | ... | ... |
+
+### Turn-Level Scenarios (living list)
+
+<!-- Concrete behavior instructions, NOT character descriptions.
+     Each instruction tells the agent EXACTLY what to do at each turn. -->
+
+**Profile P1 (baseline):**
+- {{turn instruction}} — added: {{date}}
+
+**Profile P2 (critical):**
+- {{turn instruction}} — added: {{date}}
+- {{turn instruction}} — added: {{date}}
+
+### Failure State Injection Methods
+
+| Type | Method | Applicable When |
+|------|--------|----------------|
+| Network failure | {{how to simulate}} | {{which features}} |
+| Resource deletion | {{how to simulate}} | {{which features}} |
+| Session expiry | {{how to simulate}} | {{which features}} |
+
+### Discovered Patterns
+
+<!-- New behavioral patterns found during QA. Grows with every run. -->
+
+## QA Quality Metrics
+
+<!-- Self-measurement to prevent "easy mode". Updated after each TEST run. -->
+
+| Metric | Current | Target |
+|--------|---------|--------|
+| Unique failures found (total) | 0 | — |
+| Scenario diversity (profiles used) | {{N}}/{{total}} | 100% |
+| Turn instructions executed | 0 | — |
+| Failure injections performed | 0 | — |
+
+---
+
+<!-- Feature test cases are appended below. -->
+```
+
+**SETUP is complete when:**
+- [ ] Start command works — application runs
+- [ ] Health check confirms the application is responsive
+- [ ] At least one access method verified
+- [ ] Behavioral axes mapped to project persona
+- [ ] At least 5 test profiles defined (risk-ordered)
+- [ ] At least 20 turn-level scenarios generated
+- [ ] Failure state injection methods identified
+- [ ] `docs/QA.md` is written
+
+---
+
+## REVIEW Mode — Define What "Done" Looks Like
+
+For each feature, define concrete, executable test cases in `docs/QA.md`. These test cases ARE the definition of "done."
+
+**Prerequisites:** `docs/QA.md` exists (SETUP done). Feature spec exists.
+
+### Step 1: Testability Audit
+
+Read every acceptance criterion. For each:
+
+| AC | Testable? | Issue |
+|----|-----------|-------|
+| {{criterion}} | ✅ / ⚠️ / ❌ | {{why not}} |
+
+- ✅ Specific trigger + specific result + verifiable
+- ⚠️ Vague → propose rewrite: "Should be fast" → "Renders within 2s on 3G"
+- ❌ Untestable → propose rewrite: "Works correctly" → {{concrete criterion}}
+
+### Step 2: Define Access Path
+
+Determine the exact path to reach this feature. **Verify it works.**
+
+### Step 3: Select Test Profiles
+
+From QA.md's test profiles, select which ones apply to this feature:
+
+```
+📋 **Profile selection — Feature {{id}}:**
+
+| Profile | Applicable? | Reason |
+|---------|-------------|--------|
+| P1 (baseline) | ✅ Always | Happy path |
+| P2 (destructive) | ✅ | This feature has input fields |
+| P3 | ❌ | No file upload in this feature |
+| P4 | ✅ | Multi-step flow, distraction relevant |
+```
+
+### Step 4: Write Test Cases
+
+For each selected profile, generate test cases using its **turn-level instructions**:
+
+```markdown
+## Feature {{id}}: {{title}}
+
+**Access:** {{exact path}}
+**Preconditions:** {{what must be true}}
+**Access verified:** ✅ {{date}} / ❌ {{blocker}}
+
+### Test Cases
+
+| # | Profile | Scenario | Steps | Expected | Evidence | Status |
+|---|---------|----------|-------|----------|----------|--------|
+| 1 | P1 | Happy path: {{name}} | 1. {{exact step}} 2. ... | {{observable result}} | Screenshot | pending |
+| 2 | P2 | {{turn instruction applied}} | 1. {{exact step}} 2. ... | {{expected behavior}} | Screenshot + console | pending |
+| 3 | P2 | {{another turn instruction}} | 1. ... | {{expected}} | {{method}} | pending |
+| 4 | — | Injection: {{failure type}} | 1. {{inject step}} 2. {{user action}} | {{graceful handling}} | Screenshot + log | pending |
+```
+
+**Test case quality rules:**
+- **Steps** must be executable by someone who has never seen the product. "Click the button" is bad. "Click the blue 'Create Project' button in the top-right nav bar" is good.
+- **Expected** must be observable. "Data is saved" is bad. "Green toast 'Project created' appears, /projects page shows new item at top" is good.
+- **Profile** column traces which behavioral axis combination generated this case.
+- **Injection test cases** must specify exactly how to inject the failure state.
+
+### Step 5: Update QA.md
+
+1. Append the feature section to `docs/QA.md`
+2. Add any new turn-level scenarios to the Turn-Level Scenarios section
+3. Update feature spec frontmatter:
+   ```yaml
+   qaTestCases: {{count}}
+   qaReviewDate: {{date}}
+   ```
+
+**REVIEW is complete when:**
+- [ ] Every AC has at least one test case
+- [ ] At least 3 profiles are represented in test cases
+- [ ] At least 2 failure state injection test cases
+- [ ] Access path verified
+- [ ] Test cases are concrete enough that anyone could execute them
+- [ ] Feature section appended to `docs/QA.md`
+
+---
+
+## TEST Mode — Run It and Prove It
+
+Execute the test cases defined in `docs/QA.md`.
+
+**Prerequisites:** `docs/QA.md` exists. Feature has test cases (REVIEW done).
+
+### Phase 1: Environment Setup
+
+Read environment commands from QA.md. Start the application. Health check. Seed if needed.
+
+If environment fails, stop and report.
+
+### Phase 2: Verify Feature Access
+
+Navigate to the feature using the access path in QA.md. If blocked, stop and report.
+
+### Phase 3: Execute Test Cases (Profile-Ordered)
+
+Execute in this order:
+
+1. **P1 (baseline/happy path)** — if these fail, stop. Nothing else matters.
+2. **Error handling cases** — invalid inputs, missing data
+3. **Higher-risk profiles (P2, P3...)** — follow turn-level instructions exactly
+4. **Failure state injection** — actually inject failures and observe
+
+**For each test case:**
+
+1. Set up precondition
+2. Execute each step exactly as written
+3. If the test case has a profile, **follow the profile's turn-level instructions** — don't improvise, don't be "kinder" than the instruction says
+4. Capture evidence at every assertion point
+5. Record: ✅ PASS / ❌ FAIL / ⚠️ PARTIAL
+
+**For failure state injection test cases:**
+
+1. Start the normal flow (reach the target state)
+2. **Inject the failure** (kill network, delete resource, expire session, etc.)
+3. Observe how the UI/system responds
+4. Capture evidence: screenshot + console + server log
+5. Verify graceful handling (not crash, not silent failure)
+
+**If a new edge case is discovered during testing:**
+1. Record it immediately
+2. Add it to the feature's test cases
+3. Add the underlying turn-level instruction to the relevant profile
+
+### Phase 4: QA Self-Check
+
+Before writing the report, verify QA itself isn't running "easy mode":
+
+```
+🔍 **QA self-check:**
+
+| Check | Result |
+|-------|--------|
+| Profiles used: {{N}}/{{total selected}} | ✅ all profiles tested / ⚠️ skipped {{which}} |
+| Failure injections performed: {{N}}/{{total planned}} | ✅ / ⚠️ |
+| Unique failures found: {{N}} | — (0 is suspicious for a new feature) |
+| Scenario diversity: did tests cover different paths? | ✅ / ⚠️ same path repeated |
+| Cooperation drift: did tests stay adversarial per profile? | ✅ / ⚠️ became cooperative mid-test |
+```
+
+**If 0 unique failures on a new feature with 3+ profiles tested:** Either the implementation is exceptional, or the tests are too easy. Consider: were turn-level instructions followed literally? Were failure injections actually performed?
+
+### Phase 5: Update QA.md with Results + Insight Synthesis
+
+Update the feature section in `docs/QA.md`:
+
+1. Change each test case's Status from `pending` to `✅`/`❌`/`⚠️`
+2. Add Results section with evidence
+3. Add **Insight Synthesis** — not just pass/fail, but patterns:
+
+```markdown
+### Results — {{date}}
+
+| # | Status | Evidence | Notes |
+|---|--------|----------|-------|
+| 1 | ✅ | Screenshot: ... | ... |
+| 2 | ❌ | Screenshot: ... | Expected: ... |
+
+**Summary:** {{N}}/{{total}} passed, {{N}} failed, {{N}} partial
+
+### Insight Synthesis
+
+<!-- Not just "what failed" but "why and what pattern".
+     UXCascade pattern: highlight → connect → actionable. -->
+
+**Patterns found:**
+- {{pattern}}: {{which test cases}} share the same root cause → {{actionable fix}}
+- {{pattern}}: Profile P{{N}} consistently triggers {{behavior}} → {{systemic issue}}
+
+**Per-profile failure distribution:**
+| Profile | Tests | Pass | Fail | Insight |
+|---------|-------|------|------|---------|
+| P1 (baseline) | {{N}} | {{N}} | {{N}} | {{what this means}} |
+| P2 (destructive) | {{N}} | {{N}} | {{N}} | {{what this means}} |
+
+**Failure taxonomy:**
+| Type | Count | Examples |
+|------|-------|---------|
+| Missing validation | {{N}} | Test #{{N}}, #{{N}} |
+| Silent failure (no error shown) | {{N}} | Test #{{N}} |
+| State corruption | {{N}} | Test #{{N}} |
+| UI crash / unresponsive | {{N}} | Test #{{N}} |
+
+**Recommendations (priority-ordered):**
+1. {{fix}} — affects {{N}} test cases, severity: {{P0-P3}}
+2. {{fix}} — ...
+
+### Issues
+| # | Severity | Description | Reproduction | Evidence |
+|---|----------|-------------|--------------|----------|
+| 1 | {{P0-P3}} | {{what's wrong}} | Test #{{N}}, step {{N}} | {{ref}} |
+
+### New Discoveries
+- Turn instruction: "{{new instruction}}" → added to Profile P{{N}}
+- Failure injection: "{{new injection method}}" → added to Injection Methods
+```
+
+4. **Update QA Quality Metrics** in the top section of QA.md:
+   - Increment unique failures found
+   - Update profiles used
+   - Update turn instructions executed
+   - Update failure injections performed
+
+5. Update feature spec frontmatter:
+   ```yaml
+   qaStatus: {{pass|fail|partial}}
+   qaDate: {{date}}
+   ```
+
+---
+
+## When All Tests Pass
+
+**All test cases ✅ = feature confirmed complete.**
+
+This is the ONLY definition of "done." Not "code works on my machine." Not "unit tests pass." Not "it looks right." Every test case in QA.md, executed with evidence, marked ✅.
+
+---
+
+## Limitations & Human Anchor
+
+**LLM QA는 인간 테스트를 대체하지 않는다.** (τ-bench, Sim2Real 2026)
+
+이 QA 프레임워크는 **실제 사용자 테스트 전에 설계를 다듬기 위한 시뮬레이션 파일럿**이다. 알아야 할 한계:
+
+- LLM 시뮬레이터는 진짜 불만, 혼란, 감정적 반응을 표현하지 못한다
+- 자동 평가(pass/fail)가 인간 판단과 상당히 불일치할 수 있다
+- 모델 성능이 높다고 더 충실한 사용자 시뮬레이션이 되는 것은 아니다
+- 행동축 기반 접근이 캐릭터 기반보다 낫지만, 여전히 시뮬레이션이다
+
+**Human Anchor**: 가능하다면 실제 사용자 로그 수십 건을 수집하여 참조 분포로 활용하라. 이것이 전체 QA 구조의 앵커가 된다. QA.md의 `Discovered Patterns` 섹션에 실제 사용자에게서 관찰된 행동을 기록하라 — 이것이 시뮬레이션 시나리오보다 항상 우선한다.
+
+---
+
+## Integration with Development Workflow
+
+QA is the **final gate** in the review loop:
+
+```
+Implementation → Designer Review + Architect Review (parallel, both must pass)
+                         ↓
+                    QA Review (runs the product against QA.md test cases)
+                         ↓ (all test cases ✅)
+                    Complete
+```
+
+**QA review in the loop:**
+- If QA fails → specific failure list with reproduction steps → implementer fixes
+- After fix → QA re-tests failed cases + regression check on happy path (P1 profile)
+- Loop until all test cases are ✅
+
+**QA during feature definition:**
+- `/know-thy-build:feature` should always be followed by `/know-thy-build:qa` in REVIEW mode
+- The test cases in QA.md become the implementation target
+- Implementers read QA.md to know exactly what "done" means
+
+---
+
+## Rationalization Prevention
+
+### Iron Law
+
+**No test passes without evidence. No feature ships without QA. QA.md is the single source of truth.**
+
+### Red Flags
+
+| Thought | Reality |
+|---------|---------|
+| "The tests pass, so it works" | Unit tests verify code. QA verifies behavior. They test different things. |
+| "This is a simple feature, it doesn't need edge case testing" | Simple features get fewer profiles, not zero profiles. P1 + P2 minimum. |
+| "The happy path works, ship it" | P1 always works. P2 is where bugs live. |
+| "We'll add tests later" | Define test cases in QA.md NOW, during REVIEW mode. |
+| "It works on my machine" | Test with failure state injection. Does it work when the network drops? |
+| "Edge case testing is overkill" | The user who refreshes mid-save doesn't know they're an edge case. |
+| "I can see from the code that it handles this" | Code reading is not testing. Run it. Inject the failure. Capture evidence. |
+| "0 failures means we're done" | 0 failures on a new feature with 3+ profiles is suspicious. Were turn instructions followed literally? |
+| "I tested as the difficult persona" | Which profile? Which turn instructions? "Being difficult" without axes is easy mode. |
+
+---
+
+## Closing
+
+**After SETUP:**
+- `docs/QA.md` created with environment, behavioral axes, test profiles, turn-level scenarios
+- Environment verified — the product can be started and accessed
+- Failure state injection methods identified
+- Ready for REVIEW mode on any feature
+
+**After REVIEW:**
+- Feature's test cases defined in `docs/QA.md` with profile attribution
+- Each test case has concrete steps, expected results, evidence method
+- Failure injection test cases included
+- Implementers read QA.md to know exactly what "done" means
+- Ready for implementation → TEST mode after
+
+**After TEST:**
+- Test results with evidence recorded in `docs/QA.md`
+- Insight synthesis: patterns, failure taxonomy, recommendations
+- QA quality metrics updated (self-check against easy mode)
+- If all ✅: feature confirmed complete
+- If any ❌: specific failure list with reproduction steps
+- New turn-level scenarios added to the playbook
+- The QA document is now richer for the next feature