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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.
+
+---
+
+## Before You Begin
+
+### 0. Worktree detection
+
+Check if you're working in the correct worktree:
+
+```bash
+REPO=$(basename $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel))
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)
+```
+
+**If the branch starts with `feature/`:** You're in the worktree. Proceed.
+**If the branch is `main` or `master`:**
+- Check if `../${REPO}-wt` exists
+- If yes: "You should be working in the worktree at `../${REPO}-wt`. Switch there before proceeding."
+- If no: "No worktree found. Run `/know-thy-build:feature` first to create the feature spec and worktree."
+
+---
+
+## How You Operate
+
+### Behavioral Testing Axes (NOT Character Personas)
+
+**WARNING: "Prompt an LLM with a persona and have it QA" almost certainly fails.** (τ-bench, CMU 2026: LLM simulators are overly cooperative, stylistically uniform, and inflate agent success rates above human baselines.)
+
+Instead of character-based personas ("act like a picky user"), define tests using **orthogonal behavioral axes**. (PersonaTester, FSE 2026: 9 combinations cover 95.4% of real crowdsourced test traces)
+
+#### Axis 1: Testing Mindset
+
+| Value | Behavior | Turn-Level Instruction |
+|---|------|------------|
+| **Sequential** | Follow the intended flow in order | "Fill every field in the order they appear on screen" |
+| **Divergent** | Skip around, use unexpected order | "Start from the last field. Leave middle fields empty. Hit submit first" |
+
+#### Axis 2: Exploration Strategy
+
+| Value | Behavior | Turn-Level Instruction |
+|---|------|------------|
+| **Click-through** | Click everything visible | "Click every button, link, and icon you see. Order doesn't matter" |
+| **Input-focused** | Focus on input fields, try diverse values | "Enter boundary values in every input: empty, 1 char, 10000 chars, special chars, emoji" |
+| **Core-feature** | Repeat the core action intensively | "Repeat the core action 10 times. Use slightly different input each time" |
+
+#### Axis 3: Interaction Habit
+
+| Value | Behavior | Turn-Level Instruction |
+|---|------|------------|
+| **Short-valid** | Minimal valid input | "Fill only required fields with minimum characters and submit immediately" |
+| **Long-boundary** | Long, boundary-testing input | "Fill every field to max allowed length + 1" |
+| **Invalid** | Invalid input | "Put a URL in the email field, letters in the number field, 'yesterday' in the date field" |
+
+#### Axis 4: Cooperation Level — NCUser, ICLR 2026
+
+| Value | Behavior | Turn-Level Instruction |
+|---|------|------------|
+| **Cooperative** | Behave as the system expects | Default. For happy path testing |
+| **Impatient** | Refuse to wait | "Refresh if no response within 3 seconds. Click other buttons while loading" |
+| **Incomplete** | Provide information incrementally | "Fill only 1 of 3 required fields and submit. After the error, fill 1 more and submit again" |
+| **Impossible** | Request what the system cannot do | "Access a nonexistent resource. Try editing a deleted item. Attempt an unauthorized action" |
+| **Off-track** | Deviate from the intended flow | "Change settings mid-checkout. Switch to another tab mid-input, then return" |
+
+#### Axis Combinations = Test Profiles
+
+9-15 combinations satisfy pairwise coverage. You do NOT need to test every possible combination — **prioritize the riskiest combinations first**.
+
+Example profiles:
+
+| # | Mindset | Strategy | Habit | Cooperation | Meaning |
+|---|---------|----------|-------|-------------|------|
+| P1 | Sequential | Core-feature | Short-valid | Cooperative | Happy path baseline |
+| P2 | Divergent | Input-focused | Invalid | Impatient | Most destructive combination |
+| P3 | Sequential | Click-through | Long-boundary | Incomplete | Diligent but error-prone user |
+| P4 | Divergent | Core-feature | Short-valid | Off-track | Distracted power user |
+| P5 | Sequential | Input-focused | Invalid | Impossible | System limit exploration |
+
+**Key: Do NOT role-play a character — follow the axis combination's turn-level instructions.** Not "act like an impatient user" but "refresh if no response within 3 seconds, and click other buttons while loading."
+
+### 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: Failure state injection finds 42% more unique failures compared to UI-only testing)
+
+Simulating user behavior alone is only half the test. You must also **inject system-side failure states**:
+
+| Injection Type | Method | Purpose |
+|----------|------|------|
+| Network failure | Browser DevTools throttle / kill server | UI response when network drops |
+| Slow response | Inject artificial delay | Timeout handling, loading states |
+| Resource deletion | Delete directly from DB/file, then access via UI | 404/orphan handling |
+| Session expiry | Delete cookies/tokens, then attempt action | Auth expiry handling |
+| Concurrent mutation | Change data in another session, then save in original session | Conflict handling |
+| Server error | Temporarily stop server process | UI response on 500 error |
+
+Not every injection type applies to every feature. Select applicable injection types during REVIEW mode, and actually inject them during TEST mode.
+
+---
+
+## 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: Product Type Classification & Interaction Strategy
+
+**This is the most critical step in SETUP.** To test like a real user, QA must first determine what the product IS and which tools can interact with it.
+
+#### 2a. Product type detection
+
+Read `docs/PROJECT.md` (Output/Form section) and `docs/TECHNICAL.md` (Stack section). Scan the codebase:
+
+```bash
+# Web indicators
+ls src/**/*.html src/**/*.tsx src/**/*.vue src/**/*.svelte 2>/dev/null | head -5
+grep -r "express\|fastify\|next\|nuxt\|remix\|flask\|django\|rails" package.json pyproject.toml Gemfile 2>/dev/null
+
+# CLI indicators
+grep -r '"bin"' package.json 2>/dev/null
+ls src/cli* bin/* 2>/dev/null
+
+# API-only indicators
+grep -r "swagger\|openapi\|graphql\|grpc" . --include="*.json" --include="*.yaml" 2>/dev/null | head -5
+
+# Mobile indicators
+ls android/ ios/ *.xcodeproj *.xcworkspace 2>/dev/null
+grep -r "react-native\|expo\|flutter\|capacitor\|ionic" package.json pubspec.yaml 2>/dev/null
+
+# Desktop indicators
+grep -r "electron\|tauri\|wails" package.json Cargo.toml 2>/dev/null
+
+# Library indicators
+grep -r '"main"\|"exports"\|"types"' package.json 2>/dev/null
+ls src/index.ts src/lib.rs src/__init__.py 2>/dev/null
+
+# Game indicators
+grep -r "phaser\|pixi\|three\|unity\|godot\|canvas\|webgl" package.json 2>/dev/null
+```
+
+Classify and announce:
+
+```
+📋 **Product type detected: {{type}}**
+
+Primary: {{Web App | CLI | API | Mobile App | Desktop App | Library | Game | Hybrid}}
+Secondary entry points: {{list any additional interfaces}}
+```
+
+#### 2b. Interaction strategy — "how does QA become a real user?"
+
+**For each product type, QA MUST determine what tools can replicate real user actions, and build an Interaction Playbook.**
+
+If QA cannot interact with the product as a real user, it MUST stop and tell the user what it needs.
+
+---
+
+**🌐 Web App / Web Game**
+
+**Primary tool: Playwright MCP** (built into Claude Code, 40+ tools)
+
+| Real User Action | MCP Tool | Usage |
+|---|---|---|
+| Visit page | `browser_navigate` | URL |
+| Read screen | `browser_snapshot` | Accessibility tree capture (assigns ref) |
+| Click | `browser_click` | by `ref` |
+| Type text | `browser_type` / `browser_fill_form` | ref + text |
+| Drag and drop | `browser_drag` + `browser_drop` | source ref → target ref |
+| Scroll | `browser_mouse_wheel` | direction + amount |
+| Go back | `browser_navigate_back` | — |
+| Keyboard actions | `browser_press_key` | Tab, Enter, Escape, shortcuts |
+| Upload file | `browser_file_upload` | ref + file path |
+| Handle alert/confirm | `browser_handle_dialog` | accept/dismiss |
+| Select dropdown | `browser_select_option` | ref + value |
+| Hover | `browser_hover` | ref |
+| Change viewport | `browser_resize` | width × height |
+| Manage tabs | `browser_tabs` | create, switch, close |
+
+**Advanced interactions (vision mode):**
+| Action | Tool | Implementation |
+|---|---|---|
+| Long press | `browser_mouse_down` → wait → `browser_mouse_up` | coordinate-based |
+| Pinch zoom | `browser_evaluate` | inject touch events via JS |
+| Swipe | `browser_mouse_move_xy` sequence | start→end coordinates |
+| Double click | `browser_evaluate` | `el.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('dblclick'))` |
+| Rapid repeated clicks | `browser_click` called N times | same ref |
+
+**Evidence collection:**
+| Evidence | Tool | When to Collect |
+|---|---|---|
+| Screenshot | `browser_take_screenshot` | Every assertion point — BEFORE and AFTER the action |
+| Console errors | `browser_console_messages` | End of every test case |
+| Network requests | `browser_network_requests` | API call verification |
+| Session video | `browser_start_video` / `browser_stop_video` | Complex multi-step flows |
+| Performance trace | `browser_start_tracing` / `browser_stop_tracing` | Performance-sensitive tests |
+
+**Failure simulation:**
+| Scenario | Implementation |
+|---|---|
+| Network offline | `browser_network_request` to intercept → return failure |
+| Slow network | Network mocking with delay injection |
+| Session expiry | `browser_evaluate` to clear cookies/localStorage, then act |
+| Server error | Mock API response to return 500 |
+
+---
+
+**⌨️ CLI Tool**
+
+**Primary tool: Bash**
+
+| Real User Action | Implementation |
+|---|---|
+| Run command | Execute directly via `bash` tool |
+| Interactive input | `echo "input" \| command` or expect script |
+| Pipeline | `command1 \| command2` |
+| Ctrl+C interrupt | `timeout N command`, then check state |
+| Wrong arguments | Empty args, nonexistent file, invalid option |
+| Large input | Pipe large stdin |
+| Permission denied | Write to read-only file |
+| Concurrent execution | Run same command twice simultaneously |
+
+**Evidence collection:**
+| Evidence | Method |
+|---|---|
+| stdout/stderr | Capture command output |
+| Exit code | `echo $?` |
+| File changes | `diff`, `ls -la` before/after |
+| Process state | `ps`, `lsof` |
+
+---
+
+**🔌 API (REST / GraphQL / gRPC)**
+
+**Primary tool: Bash (curl/httpie)**
+
+| Real User Action | Implementation |
+|---|---|
+| Send request | `curl -X METHOD url -d 'body'` |
+| Authentication | Obtain token → include in header |
+| Bad request | Malformed JSON, missing fields, wrong types |
+| Concurrent requests | `parallel curl` or background execution |
+| Large payload | Request body exceeding limits |
+| Rate limiting | Rapid sequential requests |
+
+**Evidence:** HTTP status code, response body, response time (`curl -w "%{time_total}"`), headers
+
+---
+
+**📱 Mobile App (React Native / Flutter / Native)**
+
+**Primary tool: Limited — relies on emulator + CLI tools**
+
+```bash
+# iOS Simulator
+xcrun simctl list devices 2>/dev/null
+# Android Emulator
+adb devices 2>/dev/null
+# Expo
+npx expo start 2>/dev/null
+# Flutter
+flutter devices 2>/dev/null
+```
+
+| Capability | Tool |
+|---|---|
+| Launch emulator | `xcrun simctl boot` / `emulator -avd` |
+| Install/run app | `adb install` / `xcrun simctl install` |
+| Screenshot | `adb exec-out screencap` / `xcrun simctl io screenshot` |
+| Text input | `adb shell input text` |
+| Tap/swipe | `adb shell input tap x y` / `adb shell input swipe` |
+| Deep link | `adb shell am start -d "scheme://path"` |
+| Network control | `adb shell svc wifi disable` |
+
+**⚠️ Limitation:** Claude Code cannot directly see emulator screens. Screenshots must be captured and analyzed as images.
+
+**When a limitation exists, state it explicitly:**
+> "The following mobile test scenarios cannot be automated:"
+> - Multi-touch gestures (precise pinch zoom, rotation)
+> - Sensor input (accelerometer, GPS movement simulation)
+> - Behavior on push notification receipt
+>
+> "These items are generated as manual test checklist entries."
+
+---
+
+**📚 Library / SDK**
+
+**Primary tool: Code execution (Bash + test runner)**
+
+| Real User Action | Implementation |
+|---|---|
+| Call API | Write test code + execute |
+| Incorrect usage | Type mismatch, null argument, wrong call order |
+| Concurrent usage | Promise.all / multi-thread test |
+| Memory/performance | Large-volume call loop + memory measurement |
+
+**Evidence:** Test execution output, error messages, performance metrics
+
+---
+
+**🖥️ Desktop App (Electron / Tauri)**
+
+Web-based → **Playwright MCP** works (Playwright natively supports Electron).
+Native → **OS automation tools** required — state limitations explicitly.
+
+---
+
+#### 2c. Build the Interaction Playbook
+
+Based on the analysis above, write an **Interaction Playbook** for this project in QA.md:
+
+```markdown
+## Interaction Playbook
+
+### Product Type: {{type}}
+### Primary Testing Tool: {{tool}}
+
+### Available Interactions
+| User Action | Tool / Method | Automatable |
+|---|---|---|
+| {{action}} | {{tool + method}} | ✅ / ⚠️ partial / ❌ manual |
+
+### Unavailable Interactions (manual testing required)
+| User Action | Reason | Manual Checklist Item |
+|---|---|---|
+| {{action}} | {{why not automatable}} | [ ] {{checklist item}} |
+
+### Evidence Collection Strategy
+| Evidence Type | Collection Tool | When to Collect |
+|---|---|---|
+| {{evidence type}} | {{tool}} | {{when}} |
+
+### Failure Injection Strategy
+| Failure Type | Injection Method | Automatable |
+|---|---|---|
+| {{failure}} | {{method}} | ✅ / ❌ |
+```
+
+**Interaction Playbook principles:**
+- **Automate everything automatable.** "Running test code" is not automation. "Clicking a button in the browser and verifying the result" is automation.
+- **Explicitly list everything NOT automatable.** Convert to manual test checklist entries in QA.md.
+- **Ask the user when a tool is missing.** "This test requires {{tool}}. Would you like to install it?"
+
+**⚠️ Core principle: QA does NOT run test code — QA reproduces what a real user does with the product.** Every test case starts with "what does the user do" and is implemented with "which tool replicates that action."
+
+### 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. "Refresh if no response within 3 seconds"
+2. "Enter non-Latin characters in the number field"
+3. "Fill from the last field first, leave the first field empty"
+4. "Click the submit button 3 times in rapid succession"
+5. "Do not read the error message — repeat the same action"
+
+Applicable scenarios:
+- Login form → enter a URL in the email field, 1-char password, click submit 3 times
+- Search feature → enter 10000 special characters, start a new search while results are loading
+- Settings page → switch to a different settings tab while saving
+```
+
+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}}
+
+## Interaction Playbook
+
+### Product Type: {{type}}
+### Primary Testing Tool: {{tool}}
+
+### Available Interactions
+| User Action | Tool / Method | Automatable |
+|---|---|---|
+| {{action}} | {{tool + method}} | ✅ / ⚠️ partial / ❌ manual |
+
+### Unavailable Interactions (manual testing required)
+| User Action | Reason | Manual Checklist Item |
+|---|---|---|
+| {{action}} | {{why}} | [ ] {{checklist item}} |
+
+### Evidence Collection Strategy
+| Evidence Type | Collection Tool | When to Collect |
+|---|---|---|
+| {{type}} | {{tool}} | {{when}} |
+
+### Failure State Injection Methods
+
+| Type | Method | Tool | Applicable When |
+|------|--------|------|----------------|
+| Network failure | {{how to simulate}} | {{tool}} | {{which features}} |
+| Resource deletion | {{how to simulate}} | {{tool}} | {{which features}} |
+| Session expiry | {{how to simulate}} | {{tool}} | {{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:**
+- [ ] Product type classified (Web / CLI / API / Mobile / Library / Desktop / Game)
+- [ ] Start command works — application runs
+- [ ] Health check confirms the application is responsive
+- [ ] Interaction Playbook built — every real user action mapped to a tool/method
+- [ ] Unavailable interactions explicitly listed with manual checklist items
+- [ ] Evidence collection strategy defined for this product type
+- [ ] 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 with specific tools
+- [ ] `docs/QA.md` is written with Interaction Playbook section
+
+---
+
+## 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
+
+#### Execution by Product Type
+
+**Read the Interaction Playbook in QA.md first.** All test execution follows the tools and methods defined in the Playbook.
+
+**🌐 Web App — Playwright MCP execution pattern:**
+
+Execute each test case following this pattern:
+
+```
+1. browser_navigate → target page
+2. browser_snapshot → read current state (acquire refs)
+3. browser_take_screenshot → capture BEFORE state as evidence
+4. [action] → browser_click / browser_type / browser_drag etc.
+5. browser_snapshot → read state after action
+6. browser_take_screenshot → capture AFTER state as evidence
+7. browser_console_messages → check for JS errors
+```
+
+**Mandatory per test case:**
+- `browser_take_screenshot` — minimum 2 times: BEFORE the key action and AFTER
+- `browser_console_messages` — at test end, check for JS errors
+- `browser_network_requests` — when API calls are involved, check for failures
+
+**Evidence verdict pattern (mandatory for every test):**
+```
+📸 Evidence — Test #{{N}}: {{scenario name}}
+
+BEFORE: [screenshot captured — {{describe what is visible}}]
+ACTION: {{what was done — e.g. "clicked 'Save' button (ref e12)"}}
+AFTER:  [screenshot captured — {{describe what changed}}]
+
+Console: {{clean / N errors found: [list]}}
+Network: {{all 200 / failed: [list]}}
+
+VERDICT: ✅ PASS — matches intent: "{{design intent or AC being verified}}"
+         ❌ FAIL — expected: {{expected}}, actual: {{actual}}
+         ⚠️ PARTIAL — {{what worked, what didn't}}
+```
+
+**Every verdict MUST reference the specific acceptance criterion or design intent being verified.** A pass without a stated intent is not a pass — it is an unverified observation.
+
+**Viewport testing (responsive):**
+- Execute P1 happy path at default viewport first
+- `browser_resize(390, 844)` (mobile) + re-execute same test
+- `browser_resize(1024, 768)` (tablet) when applicable
+
+**Exploratory testing (AI autonomous):**
+- After all scripted test cases, run autonomous exploration
+- "As {{persona_name}}, achieve {{feature's goal}}" → explore freely with Playwright MCP
+- Do not constrain the path. The agent clicks, types, and navigates on its own.
+- Record any discovered issues immediately in QA.md
+
+**⌨️ CLI — Bash execution pattern:**
+
+```
+1. Run command → capture stdout/stderr
+2. Check exit code → echo $?
+3. Verify file/state changes → diff, ls -la before/after
+4. Assess whether error messages are useful to the user
+```
+
+**Evidence verdict pattern:**
+```
+📋 Evidence — Test #{{N}}: {{scenario name}}
+
+COMMAND: {{exact command run}}
+STDOUT:  {{first 20 lines or relevant excerpt}}
+STDERR:  {{if any}}
+EXIT:    {{code}}
+
+STATE BEFORE: {{relevant state — file listing, DB row, etc.}}
+STATE AFTER:  {{relevant state}}
+
+VERDICT: ✅ PASS / ❌ FAIL — expected: {{expected}}, actual: {{actual}}
+```
+
+**⚠️ Even for CLI, test "like a user":**
+- Enter commands with typos
+- Run `--help` first and follow its guidance
+- Try pipeline combinations
+- Feed unexpected input (empty file, binary file, symlink)
+
+**🔌 API — curl execution pattern:**
+
+```
+1. curl request → capture HTTP status + response body
+2. Measure response time → curl -w "%{time_total}"
+3. Bad requests → malformed body, missing auth, wrong Content-Type
+4. Concurrent requests → parallel PUT/DELETE to same resource
+```
+
+**Evidence:** Full request + response (status, body, headers, time)
+
+**📱 Mobile — emulator + screenshot pattern:**
+
+```
+1. Execute action via adb/xcrun
+2. Capture screenshot → analyze via Read tool
+3. Check errors via logcat / Console.app
+4. Non-automatable items → record in manual checklist
+```
+
+**📚 Library — code execution pattern:**
+
+```
+1. Write test code → call API as a real user would
+2. Execute → verify result + error messages
+3. Copy-paste README examples verbatim → verify they actually work
+4. Induce type errors → verify error messages are clear and actionable
+```
+
+---
+
+**For each test case (all product types):**
+
+1. Set up precondition
+2. Execute each step exactly as written — **use the tools defined in the Interaction Playbook**
+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 — **follow the Playbook's Evidence Collection Strategy**
+5. Record: ✅ PASS / ❌ FAIL / ⚠️ PARTIAL
+
+**For failure state injection test cases:**
+
+1. Start the normal flow (reach the target state)
+2. **Inject the failure** using the Playbook's Failure Injection Strategy
+3. Observe how the product responds
+4. Capture evidence: screenshot/output + console/log + server state
+5. Verify graceful handling (not crash, not silent failure, not data corruption)
+
+**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
+4. Update the Interaction Playbook if a new interaction pattern was discovered
+
+### 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 QA does not replace human testing.** (τ-bench, Sim2Real 2026)
+
+This QA framework is a **simulation pilot for refining designs before real user testing**. Known limitations:
+
+- LLM simulators cannot express genuine frustration, confusion, or emotional reactions
+- Automated pass/fail judgments can diverge significantly from human judgment
+- Higher model capability does not mean more faithful user simulation
+- Behavioral-axis-based testing is better than character-based, but it is still a simulation
+
+**Human Anchor**: When possible, collect a few dozen real user session logs as a reference distribution. This anchors the entire QA structure. Record behaviors observed from actual users in the `Discovered Patterns` section of QA.md — these always take priority over simulated scenarios.
+
+---
+
+## 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 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
+
+### Gate Update
+
+After TEST mode completes with all test cases passing, update the feature spec's gate:
+
+1. Find the active feature spec:
+   ```bash
+   FEATURE_NUM=$(git branch --show-current | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
+   FEATURE_FILE="docs/features/$(printf '%03d' $FEATURE_NUM).md"
+   ```
+
+2. Update gate status in the frontmatter:
+   Change `qa: pending` to `qa: passed` in the `gate:` section.
+
+3. Add the current date next to the status:
+   ```yaml
+   gate:
+     qa: passed  # {{date}}
+   ```
+
+4. **Check all gates:**
+   Read the full gate section. If ALL gates are `passed` or `skipped`:
+   > "All gates passed. Run `/know-thy-build:finish` to merge this feature to main."
+
+   If any gate is still `pending`:
+   > "QA passed. Remaining gates: {{list pending gates}}. Complete those reviews before merge."
+
+This gate update is recorded in the worktree. It will be merged to main with the rest of the feature's changes via `/know-thy-build:finish`.