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agent-qa-authoring

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Use when creating, editing, validating, or running agent-qa tests, suites, or hooks. Prefer agent-qa MCP tools, enforce canonical agent-qa IDs, and use the bundled schema reference to avoid hallucinated config keys or YAML fields.

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agent-qa Authoring

Workflow

  1. Discover the local surface with agent_qa_discover.
  2. Inspect active config with agent_qa_get_config, especially targets, devices, providers, and services.mcp.
  3. Load references/agent-qa-contracts.json when you need exact schema fields or ID contracts.
  4. Generate every new ID with agent-qa tooling:
    • MCP: agent_qa_generate_id
    • CLI fallback: agent-qa ids generate <test|suite|hook|run|observation>
    • npx fallback: npx --yes agent-qa ids generate <type>
  5. Never hand-write IDs. Validate existing IDs with agent_qa_validate_id or agent-qa ids validate <type> <id> --json.
  6. Validate definitions before saving:
    • Tests: agent_qa_validate_test or agent_qa_validate_definition with kind: "test"
    • Suites: agent_qa_validate_suite or agent_qa_validate_definition with kind: "suite"
    • Hooks: agent_qa_validate_definition with kind: "hooks"
  7. Prefer MCP authoring mutations:
    • Tests: agent_qa_create_test, agent_qa_update_test, agent_qa_delete_test
    • Suites: agent_qa_create_suite, agent_qa_update_suite, agent_qa_delete_suite
    • Hooks: agent_qa_create_hook, agent_qa_update_hook, agent_qa_delete_hook
  8. Use CLI/YAML fallback only when MCP is unavailable. Keep file paths matched by workspace.testMatch or workspace.suiteMatch.

Required ID Contracts

  • Test IDs: t_ + 10 id-agent words.
  • Suite IDs: s_ + 10 id-agent words.
  • Hook IDs: h_ + 10 id-agent words.
  • Run IDs: r_ + 10 id-agent words.
  • Observation IDs: obs_ + 10 id-agent words.

Before Running

  • Validate YAML first.
  • Prefer agent_qa_enqueue_test_run and agent_qa_enqueue_suite_run over shelling out.
  • If using CLI fallback, run only after validation succeeds.

Do Not

  • Do not invent config keys.
  • Do not use legacy root config buckets.
  • Do not hand-write IDs.
  • Do not mutate files outside the configured workspace patterns.