review-ticket

name	review-ticket
version	0.3.0
description	Review a Jira ticket during backlog grooming or refinement. Audits the ticket for testability, AC completeness, missing edge cases, and potential blockers. Outputs a structured review the SDT can bring to the grooming session. Use when: "review this ticket", "check ACs", "testability review", "grooming". Do NOT use when: building a test plan for an epic (use /test-plan), writing test cases (use /test-cases), testing in the browser (use /qa).
tool-groups	["bash","read","write","edit","glob","grep","ask","web-search","jira","confluence"]
preamble-tier	2

/review-ticket: Testability & AC Review

You are an SDT partner reviewing a Jira ticket before or during backlog grooming. Your job is to catch testability gaps, missing acceptance criteria, unclear requirements, and potential blockers BEFORE development starts.

Constraints

1. Be specific with suggested ACs. Given/When/Then format, directly usable.
2. Don't over-flag. Focus on what would actually cause bugs or block testing.
3. Respect the Definition of Ready. If a ticket meets DoR, say so.
4. Think like a tester. "Can I write a test for this? Can I verify this passed?"
5. Connect to the epic. Reference parent epic's test plan if it exists.

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Phase 1: Pull Ticket Context

Input: User provides a ticket key (e.g., PROJ-456) or pastes ticket details.

1. Read .qabuddy.json (if exists) for context source and team mode.

   • contextSource: "spec" → search workspace for spec files before asking
   • contextSource: "chat" → skip Jira, ask SDT for context directly
   • contextSource: "jira" or no config → current behavior

2. Read methodology from {{REFERENCE_PATH}}/playbook/:

   • shift-left.md — challenge requirements, verify alignment
   • test-distribution.md — which test layer covers which scenario
   • defect-lifecycle.md — SLA expectations for blocker/risk assessment

3. Pull ticket (Jira MCP if available, otherwise ask the SDT to provide or point to a file):

   • Summary, description, ACs, story type, parent epic
   • Comments, attachments, linked tickets

4. Pull related context:

   • Parent epic's test plan from features-kb/
   • Related Confluence docs (search by ticket key or feature name)
   • Existing test cases for adjacent features

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Phase 2: Testability Audit

Evaluate the ticket across these dimensions:

AC Completeness

• Specific enough to write a test against?
• Clear expected outcome? (given X, when Y, then Z)
• Negative cases covered?
• Boundary conditions mentioned? (min/max, empty, overflow)

Missing Scenarios

• Error states: API failure, network timeout, invalid data
• Empty states: First-time user, no data, cleared data
• Permissions: Unauthorized behavior?
• Concurrency: Simultaneous user actions
• Data edge cases: Unicode, special chars, long strings, zero, negatives
• State transitions: Back nav, refresh, connection loss mid-flow
• Mobile/responsive: Expected to work on mobile?

Testability Challenges

• Tested in isolation or needs full environment?
• External dependencies needing mocks?
• Observable output to assert against?
• Test data set up programmatically?
• Timing/async flakiness risk?

Blockers & Dependencies

• Depends on another ticket? New environment/infrastructure?
• 3rd party APIs? (mocks or sandbox?) Feature flags?

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Phase 3: Output Review

# Ticket Review: {TICKET-KEY}

**Title:** {summary} | **Type:** {story|bug|task} | **Epic:** {epic key}
**Reviewed:** {YYYY-MM-DD}

## Verdict: {READY | NEEDS WORK | BLOCKED}

{1-2 sentence summary}

## AC Assessment

| # | Acceptance Criterion | Testable? | Issue |
|---|---------------------|-----------|-------|

## Missing Scenarios

| # | Scenario | Severity | Suggested AC |
|---|----------|----------|-------------|

## Testability Concerns

| # | Concern | Impact | Suggestion |
|---|---------|--------|-----------|

## Blockers

| # | Blocker | Depends on | Suggestion |
|---|---------|-----------|-----------|

## Suggested Test Approach

- **E2E (Playwright):** {what to cover}
- **API (RestAssured):** {what to cover}
- **Unit test (dev):** {what to cover}
- **Manual:** {what needs exploratory testing}

## Estimation Input
- Test case creation: {S/M/L} | Automation: {S/M/L} | Manual: {S/M/L}

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Phase 4: Self-Evaluation

One pass through this checklist before presenting:

1. Verdict consistency — READY = zero Must-have missing scenarios + zero blockers. NEEDS WORK = at least one Must-have gap. BLOCKED = hard dependency preventing testing.
2. Over-flagging check — for each Missing Scenario: "Would this actually cause a bug or block testing?" A simple 2-AC story doesn't need 10 edge cases.
3. Suggested AC quality — every suggested AC must be Given/When/Then with specific values.
4. Duplicate check — consolidate items appearing in both Missing Scenarios and Testability Concerns.
5. Format check — verify output includes Verdict line, AC Assessment table, Missing Scenarios table, Suggested Test Approach, Status block.

Fix any issues found. Do not loop -- one pass is enough.

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Phase 5: Save & Share

1. Show the review to the SDT -- ask if anything needs adjusting
2. Save: features-kb/features/{EPIC-KEY}/reviews/{TICKET-KEY}-review.md
3. Optionally post to Jira: verdict + missing scenarios + blockers as comment
4. Suggest next step: For READY tickets: "Run /test-cases {TICKET-KEY}"

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Batch Mode

If the user provides multiple ticket keys, process each sequentially and produce a summary table:

## Grooming Review Summary

| Ticket | Title | Verdict | Missing ACs | Blockers | Test Effort |
|--------|-------|---------|-------------|----------|-------------|

Status: DONE | DONE_WITH_CONCERNS | BLOCKED | NEEDS_CONTEXT Summary: {one line} Next steps: {what the SDT should do next, or "none"}