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Documents the end-to-end PR → QA process for Fluent Mobile and aligns agent rules, board guides, CI docs, and PR templates to a pre-merge preview gate. QA-required PRs are not mergeable until QA passes that PR’s isolated preview-build. Automated merge enforcement is deferred to #330.

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  • GitHub issue linked in Details (Refs #NNN — do not use Closes / Fixes / Resolves)
  • How to verify steps completed or valid waiver noted below
  • Acceptance criteria met, or unmet AC waived in the issue with linked follow-up (see AGENTS.md)
  • Scope limited to this issue — no adjacent tickets implemented/stubbed without approval
  • Needs QA? decided (see docs/guides/qa-process.md) — if yes: preview-build label added
  • If QA-required: QA passed this PR’s preview build before merge (do not check until QA confirms; this is the device-QA gate when Needs QA? is Yes)

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Refs #329

Canonical QA process doc plus doc/rule/template alignment so “In QA after merge only” no longer contradicts the pre-merge preview gate for device-facing work.

Needs QA?

  • No — engineering-only (docs, CI, refactor, logging, etc.)
  • Yes — see Needs QA? in docs/guides/qa-process.md (preview-build required)

Type of change:

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • Breaking change
  • Documentation
  • Maintenance / refactor

Technical changes

  • docs/guides/qa-process.md — new canonical Needs QA? / ownership / pass-fail / merge gate
  • docs/guides/qa-preview-testing.md — install how-to; cross-links process doc
  • docs/issue-tracking.md, docs/guides/project-board.md, docs/ci.md, docs/AGENT_ONBOARDING.md — pre-merge In QA language
  • .cursor/rules/delivery.mdc, project-board.mdc, agent-guardrails.mdc, docs.mdc — agent alignment
  • AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, .claude/commands/create-pr.md, .claude/agents/code-reviewer.md — pre-merge gate
  • .cursor/templates/pr-template.md, .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md — Needs QA? + preview checklist
  • .github/README.md, .eas/README.md — re-request preview + merge gate notes

Testing

  • npm run format:check — pass
  • npm run lint — pass
  • npm run typecheck — pass
  • npm test -- --ci — pass (112 suites)
  • code-reviewer — APPROVE

How to verify

  1. Open docs/guides/qa-process.md and confirm flowchart + invariant (QA-required PRs not mergeable until preview pass).
  2. Grep docs/rules for contradictory “set In QA after merge” as the default QA-required path — should be gone where this process applies.
  3. Confirm PR template shows Needs QA? and preview-pass checklist items.
  4. Confirm Enforce QA-required PR merge gate (status/label/checklist) #330 is listed under Follow-ups for automated merge-gate enforcement.

Expected: Process guide is the source of truth; install guide remains install-only; agents/CI docs and templates agree on pre-merge QA for Needs QA? PRs; merge automation deferred to #330.

Follow-ups

Make Needs QA? → preview-build → QA pass the documented merge path for
device-facing work, and remove contradictory post-merge-only In QA guidance.
Point guardrails, /create-pr, and code-reviewer at Needs QA? / preview-build
merge eligibility; clarify Passed QA in the process flowchart.
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Walkthrough

The PR establishes a canonical pre-merge QA process for QA-required changes. It updates agent rules, PR templates, CI guidance, project-board workflows, issue tracking, and preview installation documentation to use the PR’s isolated preview-build.

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Preview QA merge gate

Layer / File(s) Summary
Canonical QA process
docs/guides/qa-process.md
Defines QA classification, preview-build creation, ownership, status transitions, checklists, re-request steps, automation, and manual merge eligibility.
Author and agent QA contracts
.claude/..., .cursor/..., .cursor/templates/*, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
Requires an explicit QA decision, preview-build labeling, human QA confirmation, and Android device verification when applicable.
Workflow and tracking documentation
.eas/README.md, .github/..., docs/AGENT_ONBOARDING.md, docs/ci.md, docs/guides/project-board.md, docs/guides/qa-preview-testing.md, docs/issue-tracking.md
Documents preview installation, CI behavior, Project 4 statuses, issue tracking, QA re-requests, and pre-merge QA enforcement.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to 12187

The updated process documentation and templates still contain contradictory QA instructions, including an inverted Android-device condition and no enforcement that QA-required pull requests receive a preview build. This could allow device-facing changes to bypass the intended pre-merge QA gate, so the documentation and workflow guidance should be corrected before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PRAuthor
  participant CI
  participant QA
  participant Project4
  participant Reviewer
  PRAuthor->>CI: Add or re-add preview-build
  CI->>PRAuthor: Create isolated preview build
  PRAuthor->>QA: Share preview build
  QA->>Project4: Record In QA or Passed QA
  QA->>Reviewer: Report preview QA result
  Reviewer->>PRAuthor: Merge only after QA passes
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Inline comments:
In @.claude/commands/create-pr.md:
- Around line 145-152: Update the Needs QA? Yes workflow in the PR creation
command to ensure the preview-build label is actually applied or verified after
PR creation, and stop the workflow if the label is missing. Preserve the
existing unchecked QA confirmation and Android device checkbox until human
confirmation, while retaining the engineering-only path when QA is not needed.

In @.cursor/rules/agent-guardrails.mdc:
- Line 15: Use one canonical Needs QA category definition based on
docs/guides/qa-process.md. Update .cursor/rules/agent-guardrails.mdc:15-15 and
CLAUDE.md:26-26 to reference it instead of partial lists; update
.cursor/templates/pr-template.md:24-24 and
.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md:24-24 to reference the same definition or
include the missing permissions category.

In @.cursor/rules/delivery.mdc:
- Line 17: Update .cursor/rules/delivery.mdc at lines 17-17 to remove “In QA” as
a merge prerequisite while retaining the mandatory QA-pass requirement for the
PR’s isolated preview. Update .cursor/rules/project-board.mdc at lines 16-16 to
describe “In QA” as best-effort tracking and explicitly require QA pass before
merge.

In @.cursor/templates/pr-template.md:
- Around line 11-13: Update the Android device-tested checklist item near the
“Needs QA?” and preview-build QA entries to remove the inverted “Needs QA? is
No” condition; either make it apply when Needs QA? is Yes or remove it because
the preceding preview QA gate already covers that path. Keep the checklist
unambiguous and consistent with the canonical QA process.

Apply the same fix in @.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md around lines 11 - 13:
The same inverted condition exists in the GitHub PR template.

Apply the same fix in @.cursor/templates/pr-template.md around lines 11 - 13.
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  • .claude/agents/code-reviewer.md
  • .claude/commands/create-pr.md
  • .cursor/rules/agent-guardrails.mdc
  • .cursor/rules/delivery.mdc
  • .cursor/rules/docs.mdc
  • .cursor/rules/project-board.mdc
  • .cursor/templates/pr-template.md
  • .eas/README.md
  • .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
  • .github/README.md
  • AGENTS.md
  • CLAUDE.md
  • docs/AGENT_ONBOARDING.md
  • docs/ci.md
  • docs/guides/project-board.md
  • docs/guides/qa-preview-testing.md
  • docs/guides/qa-process.md
  • docs/issue-tracking.md

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Everything looks good!

I personally really appreciate when we document process like this. We’re heading in a good direction. 🚀

Make /create-pr add and verify the preview-build label, point Needs QA at qa-process.md, and treat In QA as tracking rather than a merge gate.
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