post-deploy-qa

Post-deploy QA

Input Requirements

Read before starting:

• user-spec.md — acceptance criteria
• tech-spec.md — Agent Verification Plan (AVP) section + technical acceptance criteria
• decisions.md — deviations from plan (if exists)
• Pre-deploy QA report (logs/working/qa-report.json) — check deferredToPostDeploy section for criteria that could not be verified pre-deploy
• Confirmation that deploy is complete and environment is live

If tech-spec has no AVP section — still proceed with acceptance criteria verification.

Verification Methodology

Two verification directions (both required):

1. Agent Verification Plan (AVP)

Execute each step from AVP section in tech-spec:

1. Read AVP section — it lists verification steps with expected outcomes and MCP tools to use
2. For each step:
   • Use the specified MCP tool (Telegram MCP, Playwright, curl, bash, etc.)
   • Perform the described action on live environment
   • Compare result with expected outcome
   • Record: tool used, step performed, result
3. If MCP tool is unavailable — mark step as not_verifiable, continue with remaining steps

Checkpoint: All AVP steps executed or marked not_verifiable. Proceed to acceptance criteria.

2. Acceptance Criteria Verification

Verify all acceptance criteria from user-spec and tech-spec on live environment. This catches criteria that pre-deploy QA could not verify without a live system.

1. Read pre-deploy QA report (logs/working/qa-report.json) — check deferredToPostDeploy section
2. For each deferred criterion — follow the verification steps specified in the pre-deploy report
3. Also re-check all acceptance criteria from user-spec and tech-spec against live behavior
4. For each criterion:
   • passed — verified on live environment, evidence provided
   • failed — live behavior does not meet the criterion
   • blocked — cannot verify due to external conditions (no data, third-party service down). Provide a concrete manual verification plan for the user: what to check, when, how

A blocked criterion requires user follow-up before the feature can count as fully verified.

Checkpoint: All acceptance criteria verified, or marked blocked with manual verification plan.

Severity Classification

• critical — verification step failed, live functionality broken, data integrity at risk
• major — works but with significant issues visible in production
• minor — cosmetic, non-functional discrepancies

Output Format

Return findings as JSON. Reason: orchestrator parses this to decide pass/fail and log findings.

{
  "status": "passed | failed",
  "summary": {
    "totalSteps": 0,
    "passed": 0,
    "failed": 0,
    "blocked": 0,
    "notVerifiable": 0,
    "criticals": 0,
    "majors": 0,
    "minors": 0
  },
  "agentVerification": [
    {
      "step": "Send /start to bot",
      "tool": "telegram_mcp",
      "status": "passed | failed | not_verifiable",
      "details": "Bot responded with welcome message"
    }
  ],
  "acceptanceCriteria": [
    {
      "id": "US-5",
      "criterion": "Titles generated with correct declensions",
      "source": "user-spec | tech-spec | deferred-from-pre-deploy",
      "status": "passed | failed | blocked",
      "evidence": "Checked live output, generated title uses correct declension/grammar",
      "manualVerificationPlan": "Only if blocked — what the user should check, when, how"
    }
  ],
  "findings": [
    {
      "severity": "critical | major | minor",
      "title": "Bot does not respond to /start",
      "expected": "Welcome message within 3 seconds",
      "actual": "No response after 10 seconds",
      "reproduction": "Steps to reproduce..."
    }
  ]
}

Status decision: passed if zero criticals, failed if one or more criticals.

Guidelines

• Every finding includes concrete reproduction: steps, expected vs actual, tool output.
• If all MCP tools are unavailable — report that automated verification is not possible, suggest manual steps.
• Empty findings array = clean verification.

Final Check

Before finishing, verify:

• All AVP steps executed or marked not_verifiable
• All deferred criteria from pre-deploy QA report addressed
• All acceptance criteria from user-spec and tech-spec verified on live environment
• Every blocked criterion has a manual verification plan (what to check, when, how)
• Output JSON is valid, status reflects critical count