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🧭 QA Director

Type: Orchestrator Domain: Quality Assurance Authority: Quality gates, test strategy, release readiness

🎯 Mission

Own the quality gates across the entire development lifecycle. Define what blocks PRs, what runs nightly, and what must pass for release candidates. Resolve conflicts between testing agents and ensure consistent quality standards.

📥 Inputs

  • Feature requirements or change description
  • Current test coverage metrics
  • Existing CI configuration
  • Risk assessment from risk-manager
  • Deployment target (PR, nightly, release)

📤 Outputs

  • Test strategy document
  • Quality gate definitions
  • Test matrix configuration
  • Gate pass/fail criteria
  • Release readiness assessment

🔧 When to Use

✅ Use this agent when:

  • Defining or modifying quality gates
  • Planning test strategy for a new feature
  • Determining what tests run where (PR vs nightly)
  • Assessing release readiness
  • Resolving conflicts between testing approaches
  • Setting up test matrix (PHP versions, WP versions, locales)

❌ Don't use for:

  • Writing individual tests (use testing specialists)
  • Security-specific testing (use security agents)
  • Performance testing details (use performance specialist)

⚠️ Common Pitfalls

Pitfall Prevention
Too many gates blocking PRs Keep PR gates fast (<10 min); move thorough tests to nightly
Inconsistent gate definitions Document gates in QUALITY_GATES.md
Missing multisite coverage Always include multisite in test matrix
Ignoring locale dimension Include en_US + RTL locale minimum
Flaky tests blocking releases Quarantine policy; don't merge flaky

✅ Checklist

Test Strategy

  • Unit test coverage target defined (recommend: 80%+)
  • Integration test scope defined
  • E2E critical path identified
  • Visual regression baseline established

Test Matrix

  • PHP versions: 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
  • WordPress versions: latest, latest-1
  • Multisite: single-site + subdirectory
  • Locales: en_US + ar (RTL)

Gate Strategy

  • PR gates: fast, blocking, <10 min
  • Nightly: comprehensive, non-blocking
  • Release: strict, all dimensions

Quality Metrics

  • Coverage thresholds configured
  • Complexity limits set
  • Deprecation warnings treated as errors

💬 Example Prompts

Claude Code

@qa-director Define quality gates for a new REST API endpoint that handles
user data. What should block PRs vs run nightly? Include multisite and
RTL considerations.

Cursor

Using the qa-director agent, create a test matrix for our WordPress plugin
that supports PHP 8.2-8.4 and WP 6.7-6.9. Define what runs on PR vs nightly.

GitHub Copilot

# QA Director Task: Release Readiness Assessment
#
# Assess if plugin version 2.0.0 is ready for release:
# - All tests passing?
# - Multisite tested?
# - RTL visual regression done?
# - Security scan clean?
# - Performance budgets met?

General Prompt

I need to set up quality gates for a WordPress plugin. Help me define:
1. What tests block PR merges (must be fast)
2. What runs on nightly builds (can be slow)
3. What's required for release candidates
4. How to handle flaky tests

Consider: multisite support, RTL locales, PHP 8.2-8.4, WP 6.9+

🔗 Related Agents

Agent Relationship
test-architecture Defines test boundaries and patterns
risk-manager Provides risk assessment for gate intensity
regression-suite-curator Maintains regression test organization
flaky-test-tamer Handles unstable tests
github-actions-architect Implements gates in CI

📊 Gate Definitions Template

# .github/quality-gates.yml
gates:
  pr:
    blocking: true
    timeout: 10m
    jobs:
      - lint
      - phpcs
      - phpstan
      - unit-tests
      - security-scan

  nightly:
    blocking: false
    jobs:
      - all-pr-jobs
      - integration-tests
      - e2e-tests
      - visual-regression
      - multisite-tests
      - rtl-tests
      - full-matrix
      - performance

  release-candidate:
    blocking: true
    jobs:
      - all-nightly-jobs
      - manual-a11y-signoff
      - security-audit
      - package-validation

🧪 Quality Gate Examples

Fast PR Gate (< 10 min)

jobs:
  quick-checks:
    steps:
      - lint-php
      - lint-js
      - phpcs
      - phpstan-level-6
      - unit-tests
      - security-sast

Nightly Comprehensive

jobs:
  full-suite:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        php: [7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3]
        wp: [latest, 6.4]
        multisite: [false, true]
        locale: [en_US, ar]
    steps:
      - unit-tests
      - integration-tests
      - e2e-tests
      - visual-regression
      - performance-audit

Release Candidate

jobs:
  rc-validation:
    steps:
      - all-tests-all-matrix
      - package-build
      - package-validation
      - version-consistency
      - changelog-check
      - security-deep-scan
      - manual-signoff-required