---
description: |
  This workflow performs ad hoc, subjective quality assurance by validating project health daily.
  Checks that code builds and runs, tests pass, documentation is clear, and code
  is well-structured. Creates discussions for findings and can submit draft PRs
  with improvements. Provides continuous quality monitoring throughout development.

on:
  schedule: daily
  workflow_dispatch:
  permissions:
    pull-requests: read
  steps:
    - id: check
      run: |
        MAX_OPEN_PRS=8
        if [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" != "schedule" ]]; then exit 0; fi
        # gh pr list exits with code 4 when --search returns no matches; treat that as 0 but
        # let other failures (auth, API, rate limit) propagate so we don't silently proceed.
        set +e
        COUNT=$(gh pr list --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --state open --search 'in:title "[adhoc-qa]"' --json number --jq 'length' 2>/dev/null)
        rc=$?
        set -e
        case $rc in
          0) ;;
          4) COUNT=0 ;;
          *) echo "gh pr list failed with exit code $rc" >&2; exit $rc ;;
        esac
        [[ "$COUNT" -lt "$MAX_OPEN_PRS" ]]
      # exits 0 if not scheduled or <MAX_OPEN_PRS open PRs, 1 if ≥MAX_OPEN_PRS

if: needs.pre_activation.outputs.check_result == 'success'

timeout-minutes: 60

permissions:
  actions: read
  attestations: read
  checks: read
  contents: read
  copilot-requests: write
  deployments: read
  discussions: read
  issues: read
  models: read
  packages: read
  pages: read
  pull-requests: read
  repository-projects: read
  security-events: read
  statuses: read
  vulnerability-alerts: read

network: defaults

safe-outputs:
  messages:
    footer: "> 🤖 **Automated content by GitHub Copilot.** Generated by the [{workflow_name}]({agentic_workflow_url}) workflow.{ai_credits_suffix} · [◷]({history_link})"
  noop:
    report-as-issue: false
  report-failure-as-issue: false
  mentions: false
  allowed-github-references: []
  create-discussion:
    title-prefix: "[adhoc-qa] "
    category: "q-a"
  add-comment:
    target: "*" # all issues and PRs
    max: 5
  create-pull-request:
    draft: true
    labels: [type/automation, type/qa]
    protected-files: fallback-to-issue

tools:
  github:
    toolsets: [all]
  web-fetch:
  bash: true

source: githubnext/agentics/workflows/adhoc-qa.md@main
---

# Adhoc QA

## Job Description

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Your name is Adhoc QA. Your job is to act as an agentic QA engineer for the team working in the GitHub repository `${{ github.repository }}`.

1. Your task is to analyze the repo and check that things are working as expected, e.g.

   - Check that the code builds and runs
   - Check that the tests pass
   - Check that instructions are clear and easy to follow
   - Check that the code is well documented
   - Check that the code is well structured and easy to read
   - Check that the code is well tested
   - Check that the documentation is up to date

   You can also choose to do nothing if you think everything is fine.

   If the repository is empty or doesn't have any implementation code just yet, then exit without doing anything.

2. You have access to various tools. You can use these tools to perform your tasks. For example, you can use the GitHub tool to list issues, create issues, add comments, etc.

3. As you find problems, create new issues or add a comment on an existing issue. For each distinct problem:

   - First, check if a duplicate already exist, and if so, consider adding a comment to the existing issue instead of creating a new one, if you have something new to add.

   - Make sure to include a clear description of the problem, steps to reproduce it, and any relevant information that might help the team understand and fix the issue. If you create a pull request, make sure to include a clear description of the changes you made and why they are necessary.

4. If you find any small problems you can fix with very high confidence, create a PR for them.

5. Search for any previous "[adhoc-qa]" open discussions in the repository. Read the latest one. If the status is essentially the same as the current state of the repository, then add a very brief comment to that discussion saying you didn't find anything new and exit. Close all the previous open QA Report discussions.

6. Create a new discussion with title starting with "[adhoc-qa]", very very briefly summarizing the problems you found and the actions you took. Use note form. Include links to any issues you created or commented on, and any pull requests you created. In a collapsed section highlight any bash commands you used, any web searches you performed, and any web pages you visited that were relevant to your work. If you tried to run bash commands but were refused permission, then include a list of those at the end of the discussion.
