feat: /debug sub-agent escalation from /qa + recommendations in /review and /ship (v0.6.5.0) (#192)

* feat: add browse access to /debug for visual verification

Debug skill can now use the browse binary to visually reproduce bugs,
take screenshots as evidence, and verify fixes. This makes /debug
effective for web app bugs when spawned as a sub-agent from /qa.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add /debug sub-agent escalation to /qa (Phase 8g)

When QA fix attempts fail twice on the same bug (reverted due to
regressions), /qa now spawns a /debug sub-agent with a structured
bug brief including symptoms, repro steps, failed fix details, and
file paths. Results are reported in Phase 10's debug escalation summary.

Sequential execution: one debug investigation at a time, working tree
cleaned between investigations. Graceful degradation on all failure
modes (BLOCKED, agent failure → deferred in report).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add /debug recommendation to /review (Step 5.7)

When /review finds what appears to be a pre-existing bug in the base
branch (not introduced by the PR's diff), it now classifies it as
INFORMATIONAL and recommends running /debug for systematic root-cause
investigation. No Agent spawning — /review's scope stays on the diff.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add reverted QA commit detection to /ship

During pre-landing review, /ship now checks for reverted fix(qa):
commits in the branch history and recommends /debug for systematic
investigation. Informational only — does not block shipping.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add debug escalation tests (validation + LLM judge + E2E)

Skill validation: 11 new assertions covering Phase 8g trigger, structured
handoff fields, agent result handlers, debug escalation summary, Step 5.7
recommendation, ship reverted QA detection, and debug browse setup.

LLM judge: evaluates Phase 8g template quality — structured brief format,
result handling, working tree cleanup, sequential processing.

E2E: prompt-level deterministic test (verifies escalation prompt has all
required fields) + full flow stub (fixture TODO for planted regression).

Touchfile entries for diff-based test selection.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: add worktree parallel debug agents to TODOS.md (P2)

When /qa hits multiple stubborn bugs, parallel debug agents in
isolated git worktrees could investigate simultaneously. Deferred
from the sequential debug escalation PR as a follow-up.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.6.5.0)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add E2E evals for /review pre-existing bug + /ship reverted QA detection

Two new E2E tests:
- review-pre-existing-bug: plants SQL injection in base branch, verifies
  Step 5.7 classifies as INFORMATIONAL and recommends /debug
- ship-reverted-qa-commits: creates branch with reverted fix(qa): commits,
  verifies /ship detects them and recommends /debug

Also fixes qa-debug-prompt-logic to use correct workingDirectory, and
ensures test repo init uses -b main for portability.

All 4 debug-related evals pass: $0.34 total, 94s.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Garry Tan
2026-03-18 17:59:32 -05:00
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parent 8914a0fdce
commit 94c1530efc
16 changed files with 579 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ export const E2E_TOUCHFILES: Record<string, string[]> = {
// gstack-upgrade
'gstack-upgrade-happy-path': ['gstack-upgrade/**'],
// Debug escalation
'qa-debug-prompt-logic': ['qa/**', 'debug/**'],
'qa-debug-escalation': ['qa/**', 'debug/**', 'browse/src/**'],
'review-pre-existing-bug': ['review/**', 'debug/**'],
'ship-reverted-qa-commits': ['ship/**', 'debug/**'],
};
/**
@@ -123,6 +129,9 @@ export const LLM_JUDGE_TOUCHFILES: Record<string, string[]> = {
'retro/SKILL.md instructions': ['retro/SKILL.md', 'retro/SKILL.md.tmpl'],
'qa-only/SKILL.md workflow': ['qa-only/SKILL.md', 'qa-only/SKILL.md.tmpl'],
'gstack-upgrade/SKILL.md upgrade flow': ['gstack-upgrade/SKILL.md', 'gstack-upgrade/SKILL.md.tmpl'],
// Debug escalation
'qa/SKILL.md debug escalation': ['qa/SKILL.md', 'qa/SKILL.md.tmpl', 'debug/SKILL.md', 'debug/SKILL.md.tmpl'],
};
/**
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@@ -2841,6 +2841,272 @@ Output the diagram directly.`,
}, 180_000);
});
// --- Review pre-existing bug detection E2E ---
describeIfSelected('Review pre-existing bug detection', ['review-pre-existing-bug'], () => {
let reviewBugDir: string;
const run = (cmd: string, args: string[], cwd: string) =>
spawnSync(cmd, args, { cwd, stdio: 'pipe', timeout: 5000 });
beforeAll(() => {
reviewBugDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'skill-e2e-review-preexisting-'));
run('git', ['init', '-b', 'main'], reviewBugDir);
run('git', ['config', 'user.email', 'test@test.com'], reviewBugDir);
run('git', ['config', 'user.name', 'Test'], reviewBugDir);
// Base commit with a pre-existing bug: SQL injection in existing code
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(reviewBugDir, 'user_service.rb'), `class UserService
def find_user(id)
# PRE-EXISTING BUG: SQL injection — id is not sanitized
User.where("id = \#{id}").first
end
def list_users
User.all.order(:name)
end
end
`);
run('git', ['add', '.'], reviewBugDir);
run('git', ['commit', '-m', 'initial: user service'], reviewBugDir);
// Feature branch adds a new safe method — the diff is clean
run('git', ['checkout', '-b', 'feature/add-search'], reviewBugDir);
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(reviewBugDir, 'user_service.rb'), `class UserService
def find_user(id)
# PRE-EXISTING BUG: SQL injection — id is not sanitized
User.where("id = \#{id}").first
end
def list_users
User.all.order(:name)
end
def search_users(query)
User.where("name LIKE ?", "%\#{query}%")
end
end
`);
run('git', ['add', '.'], reviewBugDir);
run('git', ['commit', '-m', 'feat: add user search'], reviewBugDir);
// Copy review skill files
fs.copyFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'review', 'SKILL.md'), path.join(reviewBugDir, 'review-SKILL.md'));
fs.copyFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'review', 'checklist.md'), path.join(reviewBugDir, 'review-checklist.md'));
fs.copyFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'review', 'greptile-triage.md'), path.join(reviewBugDir, 'review-greptile-triage.md'));
});
afterAll(() => {
try { fs.rmSync(reviewBugDir, { recursive: true, force: true }); } catch {}
});
testIfSelected('review-pre-existing-bug', async () => {
const result = await runSkillTest({
prompt: `You are in a git repo on branch feature/add-search with changes against main.
Read review-SKILL.md for the full review workflow.
Read review-checklist.md for the code review checklist.
IMPORTANT: Follow Step 0 to detect the base branch. Since there is no remote, gh commands will fail — fall back to main.
Run the review against the detected base branch.
The diff adds a search_users method. But notice the existing find_user method has a SQL injection bug (string interpolation instead of parameterized query). This is a pre-existing issue, not introduced by this PR.
Follow Step 5.7: Pre-existing bug detection. If you find pre-existing bugs, classify them as INFORMATIONAL and recommend /debug.
Write your review findings to ${reviewBugDir}/review-output.md`,
workingDirectory: reviewBugDir,
maxTurns: 15,
timeout: 120_000,
testName: 'review-pre-existing-bug',
runId,
});
logCost('/review pre-existing bug', result);
recordE2E('review-pre-existing-bug', 'Review pre-existing bug detection', result);
expect(result.exitReason).toBe('success');
// Check output for /debug recommendation
const allOutput = (result.output ?? '') +
result.toolCalls.map(tc => tc.output || '').join('\n');
// Also check written file
const outputPath = path.join(reviewBugDir, 'review-output.md');
const fileOutput = fs.existsSync(outputPath) ? fs.readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf-8') : '';
const combined = (allOutput + fileOutput).toLowerCase();
const mentionsPreExisting = /pre-existing|pre existing|base branch|not introduced/i.test(combined);
const mentionsDebug = /\/debug/i.test(combined);
const mentionsSqlInjection = /sql injection|interpolat|unsanitized|inject/i.test(combined);
console.log(`Mentions pre-existing: ${mentionsPreExisting}`);
console.log(`Mentions /debug: ${mentionsDebug}`);
console.log(`Mentions SQL injection: ${mentionsSqlInjection}`);
// Must detect the SQL injection as pre-existing and recommend /debug
expect(mentionsSqlInjection).toBe(true);
expect(mentionsDebug).toBe(true);
}, 150_000);
});
// --- Ship reverted QA commit detection E2E ---
describeIfSelected('Ship reverted QA commits', ['ship-reverted-qa-commits'], () => {
let shipRevertDir: string;
const run = (cmd: string, args: string[], cwd: string) =>
spawnSync(cmd, args, { cwd, stdio: 'pipe', timeout: 5000 });
beforeAll(() => {
shipRevertDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'skill-e2e-ship-revert-'));
run('git', ['init', '-b', 'main'], shipRevertDir);
run('git', ['config', 'user.email', 'test@test.com'], shipRevertDir);
run('git', ['config', 'user.name', 'Test'], shipRevertDir);
// Initial commit on main
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(shipRevertDir, 'app.ts'), 'console.log("v1");\n');
run('git', ['add', '.'], shipRevertDir);
run('git', ['commit', '-m', 'initial'], shipRevertDir);
// Feature branch with a QA fix that was reverted
run('git', ['checkout', '-b', 'feature/with-reverted-qa'], shipRevertDir);
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(shipRevertDir, 'app.ts'), 'console.log("v2 - feature");\n');
run('git', ['add', '.'], shipRevertDir);
run('git', ['commit', '-m', 'feat: add new feature'], shipRevertDir);
// Simulate a QA fix commit
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(shipRevertDir, 'app.ts'), 'console.log("v2 - feature - qa fix");\n');
run('git', ['add', '.'], shipRevertDir);
run('git', ['commit', '-m', 'fix(qa): ISSUE-003 — fix broken button handler'], shipRevertDir);
// Simulate reverting the QA fix
run('git', ['revert', 'HEAD', '--no-edit'], shipRevertDir);
});
afterAll(() => {
try { fs.rmSync(shipRevertDir, { recursive: true, force: true }); } catch {}
});
testIfSelected('ship-reverted-qa-commits', async () => {
// Copy ship skill
fs.copyFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'ship', 'SKILL.md'), path.join(shipRevertDir, 'ship-SKILL.md'));
const result = await runSkillTest({
prompt: `You are on a feature branch in a git repo. The base branch is main (no remote exists).
Do these two things:
1. Run this command and show the output:
git log main..HEAD --oneline | grep -i 'revert.*fix(qa)'
2. Read ship-SKILL.md and find the "Reverted QA fix detection" section. Follow its instructions based on the output from step 1.
Write your findings to ${shipRevertDir}/ship-preflight.md including whether reverted QA fixes were found and what you recommend.`,
workingDirectory: shipRevertDir,
maxTurns: 15,
timeout: 90_000,
testName: 'ship-reverted-qa-commits',
runId,
});
logCost('/ship reverted QA', result);
recordE2E('ship-reverted-qa-commits', 'Ship reverted QA commits', result);
expect(['success', 'error_max_turns']).toContain(result.exitReason);
// Check output for /debug recommendation
const allOutput = (result.output ?? '') +
result.toolCalls.map(tc => tc.output || '').join('\n');
const outputPath = path.join(shipRevertDir, 'ship-preflight.md');
const fileOutput = fs.existsSync(outputPath) ? fs.readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf-8') : '';
const combined = (allOutput + fileOutput).toLowerCase();
const mentionsRevert = /revert.*fix\(qa\)|reverted qa/i.test(combined);
const mentionsDebug = /\/debug/i.test(combined);
const mentionsBugs = /bug.*present|underlying|still present/i.test(combined);
console.log(`Mentions reverted QA fix: ${mentionsRevert}`);
console.log(`Mentions /debug: ${mentionsDebug}`);
console.log(`Mentions underlying bugs: ${mentionsBugs}`);
// The git log should show the reverted QA commit (initial branch may be main or master)
let gitLog = run('git', ['log', 'main..HEAD', '--oneline'], shipRevertDir);
let logOutput = gitLog.stdout.toString();
if (!logOutput.trim()) {
gitLog = run('git', ['log', 'master..HEAD', '--oneline'], shipRevertDir);
logOutput = gitLog.stdout.toString();
}
console.log(`Git log: ${logOutput.trim()}`);
expect(logOutput.toLowerCase()).toContain('revert');
// The ship preflight should detect the reverted QA fix
expect(mentionsRevert || mentionsDebug).toBe(true);
}, 90_000);
});
// --- Debug escalation E2E tests ---
describeIfSelected('Debug escalation', ['qa-debug-prompt-logic', 'qa-debug-escalation'], () => {
// Test A: Prompt-level deterministic — verify the template produces correct escalation behavior
testIfSelected('qa-debug-prompt-logic', async () => {
const result = await runSkillTest({
prompt: `You are in Phase 8g of the /qa workflow. The following has happened:
- ISSUE-007: "Submit button does nothing on checkout page"
- Severity: critical
- URL: http://localhost:3000/checkout
- Fix attempt 1: Added click handler to button → caused JS error on payment page (reverted)
- Fix attempt 2: Fixed form action attribute → broke form validation (reverted)
- Files investigated: src/components/Checkout.tsx, src/pages/checkout.ts
- Console errors: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'submit' of null"
Read qa/SKILL.md and follow Phase 8g exactly. Show the Agent prompt you would use to spawn the debug sub-agent. Do NOT actually spawn the agent — just output the prompt you would use.`,
workingDirectory: ROOT,
maxTurns: 10,
testName: 'qa-debug-prompt-logic',
runId,
});
logCost('qa-debug-prompt-logic', result);
recordE2E('qa-debug-prompt-logic', 'Debug escalation', result);
// Verify the output contains a well-formed structured brief
const output = result.output ?? '';
const hasIssueId = /ISSUE-007/i.test(output);
const hasSymptom = /submit.*button|does nothing|checkout/i.test(output);
const hasRepro = /localhost.*3000|checkout/i.test(output);
const hasFailedAttempts = /fix attempt|click handler|form action/i.test(output);
const hasFiles = /Checkout\.tsx|checkout\.ts/i.test(output);
const hasDebugSkillRef = /debug\/SKILL\.md/i.test(output);
console.log(`Has Issue ID: ${hasIssueId}`);
console.log(`Has Symptom: ${hasSymptom}`);
console.log(`Has Repro: ${hasRepro}`);
console.log(`Has Failed Attempts: ${hasFailedAttempts}`);
console.log(`Has Files: ${hasFiles}`);
console.log(`Has Debug Skill Ref: ${hasDebugSkillRef}`);
// The output should contain all the structured handoff fields
expect(hasIssueId).toBe(true);
expect(hasSymptom).toBe(true);
expect(hasFailedAttempts).toBe(true);
expect(hasDebugSkillRef).toBe(true);
}, 120_000);
// Test B: Full E2E with planted regression
// This test requires a fixture app with a deliberately hard-to-fix bug.
// The bug should resist at least 2 fix attempts to trigger escalation.
// TODO: Create fixture at browse/test/fixtures/qa-eval-debug-escalation/
testIfSelected('qa-debug-escalation', async () => {
// Skip until fixture is created — this is a placeholder for the full flow
console.log('SKIP: qa-debug-escalation — fixture not yet created');
console.log('TODO: Create browse/test/fixtures/qa-eval-debug-escalation/ with a deliberately hard-to-fix bug');
// When implemented, this test should:
// 1. Start test server serving the fixture
// 2. Run /qa against it
// 3. Verify fix attempts are made and reverted
// 4. Verify Phase 8g triggers (Agent tool call appears in transcript)
// 5. Verify debug report appears in QA output
}, 300_000);
});
// Module-level afterAll — finalize eval collector after all tests complete
afterAll(async () => {
if (evalCollector) {
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@@ -668,6 +668,23 @@ describeIfSelected('Other skill evals', [
}, 30_000);
});
// Block 5: Debug escalation
describeIfSelected('Debug escalation evals', [
'qa/SKILL.md debug escalation',
], () => {
testIfSelected('qa/SKILL.md debug escalation', async () => {
await runWorkflowJudge({
testName: 'qa/SKILL.md debug escalation',
suite: 'Debug escalation evals',
skillPath: 'qa/SKILL.md',
startMarker: '### 8g. Debug Escalation',
endMarker: '## Phase 9: Final QA',
judgeContext: 'a debug sub-agent escalation workflow within a QA fix loop',
judgeGoal: 'when and how to spawn a debug sub-agent for bugs that resisted multiple fix attempts, including structured bug brief format (issue ID, symptom, reproduction, failed fix attempts, files), result handling for all four statuses (DONE, DONE_WITH_CONCERNS, BLOCKED, agent failure), working tree cleanup, and sequential processing',
});
}, 30_000);
});
// Module-level afterAll — finalize eval collector after all tests complete
afterAll(async () => {
if (evalCollector) {
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@@ -620,6 +620,74 @@ describe('debug skill structure', () => {
'DEBUG REPORT', '3-strike', 'BLOCKED']) {
test(`contains ${section}`, () => expect(content).toContain(section));
}
test('has browse setup for visual reproduction', () => {
expect(content).toContain('Visual reproduction');
expect(content).toContain('$B goto');
expect(content).toContain('$B screenshot');
});
test('has visual verification in Phase 5', () => {
expect(content).toContain('Visual verification');
expect(content).toContain('debug-ISSUE-NNN-fixed');
});
});
// --- Debug sub-agent escalation validation ---
describe('Debug sub-agent escalation', () => {
test('qa/SKILL.md has Agent in allowed-tools', () => {
const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
// Check frontmatter allowed-tools section contains Agent
const frontmatter = content.split('---')[1];
expect(frontmatter).toContain('Agent');
});
test('qa/SKILL.md has Phase 8g Debug Escalation', () => {
const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
expect(content).toContain('8g. Debug Escalation');
expect(content).toContain('reverted at least twice');
expect(content).toContain('Bug Brief');
expect(content).toContain('debug/SKILL.md');
});
test('qa/SKILL.md has structured handoff in debug prompt', () => {
const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
expect(content).toContain('Issue ID');
expect(content).toContain('Symptom');
expect(content).toContain('Reproduction');
expect(content).toContain('Failed fix attempts');
expect(content).toContain('Files investigated');
});
test('qa/SKILL.md has all four agent result handlers', () => {
const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
expect(content).toContain('DONE status');
expect(content).toContain('DONE_WITH_CONCERNS');
expect(content).toContain('git checkout .');
expect(content).toContain('deferred (debug unavailable)');
});
test('qa/SKILL.md has debug escalation summary in Phase 10', () => {
const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
expect(content).toContain('DEBUG ESCALATION');
expect(content).toContain('Issues escalated');
expect(content).toContain('Per-issue details');
});
test('review/SKILL.md has Step 5.7 pre-existing bug detection', () => {
const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'review', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
expect(content).toContain('5.7: Pre-existing bug detection');
expect(content).toContain('/debug');
expect(content).toContain('pre-existing issue');
});
test('ship/SKILL.md has reverted QA commit detection', () => {
const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'ship', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
expect(content).toContain('Reverted QA fix detection');
expect(content).toContain('revert.*fix(qa)');
expect(content).toContain('/debug');
});
});
// --- Contributor mode preamble structure validation ---
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@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ describe('selectTests', () => {
const result = selectTests(['qa/SKILL.md'], LLM_JUDGE_TOUCHFILES);
expect(result.selected).toContain('qa/SKILL.md workflow');
expect(result.selected).toContain('qa/SKILL.md health rubric');
expect(result.selected.length).toBe(2);
expect(result.selected).toContain('qa/SKILL.md debug escalation');
expect(result.selected.length).toBe(3);
});
test('SKILL.md.tmpl root template only selects root-dependent tests', () => {