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QA cycling workflow — repeat build/lint/test/fix cycles up to 5 times until all checks pass. Stops early if the same error repeats 3 times (signals a fundamental issue, not a fixable one).

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Dev UltraQA

Derived from oh-my-claudecode (MIT, Yeachan Heo). Adapted for the EvoNexus Engineering Layer.

QA cycling: keep running build/lint/test/fix loops until all checks pass — but with a circuit breaker. If the same error persists across 3 cycles, stop and report: it's a fundamental issue, not a fixable one.

Use When

  • After a multi-file implementation (post-dev-autopilot or @bolt-executor)
  • Pre-merge gate when you want all checks green before review
  • Refactor that touches enough files to risk regressions

Do Not Use When

  • Single-file change → just run dev-verify once
  • The first failure is structural → escalate to @apex-architect, don't loop

Workflow

Each cycle:

  1. Run build (npm run build, cargo build, go build)
  2. Run lint (npm run lint, cargo clippy, golangci-lint)
  3. Run tests (npm test, cargo test, pytest)
  4. If green: done, exit cycle, hand off to @oath-verifier for final verification
  5. If red: delegate to @bolt-executor or @hawk-debugger to fix the failure
  6. Loop back to step 1

Circuit breaker (3-failure rule)

If the same error fingerprint (file:line + error message) appears in 3 consecutive cycles:

  • STOP the loop
  • Hand off to @apex-architect with full context dump
  • The issue is no longer "fix the bug" — it's "question the architecture"

Max iterations

  • Default: 5 cycles
  • After 5 cycles even with different errors: stop and report

Output

Saved to workspace/development/verifications/[C]ultraqa-{component}-{date}.md:

## UltraQA Report

### Cycles
1. Build ❌ → fixed by @bolt-executor
2. Build ✅ Lint ❌ → fixed by @bolt-executor
3. Build ✅ Lint ✅ Tests ❌ → fixed by @hawk-debugger
4. ✅ All green

### Final State
- Build: ✅
- Lint: ✅
- Tests: ✅ N passed, 0 failed

### Handoff
- → @oath-verifier for evidence-based verification

Pairs With

  • @bolt-executor (fixes during cycles)
  • @hawk-debugger (fixes when bugs are non-trivial)
  • @oath-verifier (final verification post-cycle)
  • @apex-architect (escalation when 3-failure breaker trips)