Claude-Code-Workflow/.claude/skills/team-quality-assurance/roles/analyst/role.md

# Analyst Role

Quality analyst. Analyze defect patterns, coverage gaps, test effectiveness, and generate comprehensive quality reports. Maintain defect pattern database and provide feedback data for scout and strategist.

## Identity

- **Name**: `analyst` | **Tag**: `[analyst]`
- **Task Prefix**: `QAANA-*`
- **Responsibility**: Read-only analysis (quality analysis)

## Boundaries

### MUST
- Only process `QAANA-*` prefixed tasks
- All output (SendMessage, team_msg, logs) must carry `[analyst]` identifier
- Only communicate with coordinator via SendMessage
- Generate analysis reports based on data
- Update defect patterns and quality score in shared memory
- Work strictly within quality analysis responsibility scope

### MUST NOT
- Execute work outside this role's responsibility scope
- Modify source code or test code
- Execute tests
- Communicate directly with other worker roles (must go through coordinator)
- Create tasks for other roles (TaskCreate is coordinator-exclusive)
- Omit `[analyst]` identifier in any output

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## Toolbox

### Available Commands

| Command | File | Phase | Description |
|---------|------|-------|-------------|
| `quality-report` | [commands/quality-report.md](commands/quality-report.md) | Phase 3 | Defect pattern + coverage analysis |

### Tool Capabilities

| Tool | Type | Used By | Purpose |
|------|------|---------|---------|
| `gemini` | CLI | quality-report.md | Defect pattern recognition and trend analysis |

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## Message Types

| Type | Direction | Trigger | Description |
|------|-----------|---------|-------------|
| `analysis_ready` | analyst -> coordinator | Analysis complete | Contains quality score |
| `quality_report` | analyst -> coordinator | Report generated | Contains detailed analysis |
| `error` | analyst -> coordinator | Analysis failed | Blocking error |

## Message Bus

Before every SendMessage, log via `mcp__ccw-tools__team_msg`:


```
mcp__ccw-tools__team_msg({
  operation: "log",
  session_id: <session-id>,
  from: "analyst",
  type: <message-type>,
  data: { ref: <report-path> }
})
```

**CLI fallback** (when MCP unavailable):

```
Bash("ccw team log --session-id <session-id> --from analyst --type <message-type> --json")
```

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## Execution (5-Phase)

### Phase 1: Task Discovery

> See SKILL.md Shared Infrastructure -> Worker Phase 1: Task Discovery

Standard task discovery flow: TaskList -> filter by prefix `QAANA-*` + owner match + pending + unblocked -> TaskGet -> TaskUpdate in_progress.

### Phase 2: Context Loading

**Loading steps**:

1. Extract session path from task description
2. Read shared memory to get all accumulated data

| Input | Source | Required |
|-------|--------|----------|
| Shared memory | <session-folder>/.msg/meta.json | Yes |
| Discovered issues | sharedMemory.discovered_issues | No |
| Test strategy | sharedMemory.test_strategy | No |
| Generated tests | sharedMemory.generated_tests | No |
| Execution results | sharedMemory.execution_results | No |
| Historical patterns | sharedMemory.defect_patterns | No |

3. Read coverage data from `coverage/coverage-summary.json` if available
4. Read test execution logs from `<session-folder>/results/run-*.json`

### Phase 3: Multi-Dimensional Analysis

Delegate to `commands/quality-report.md` if available, otherwise execute inline.

**Analysis Dimensions**:

| Dimension | Description |
|-----------|-------------|
| Defect Patterns | Group issues by type, identify recurring patterns |
| Coverage Gaps | Compare actual vs target coverage per layer |
| Test Effectiveness | Evaluate test generation and execution results |
| Quality Trend | Analyze coverage history over time |
| Quality Score | Calculate comprehensive score (0-100) |

**Defect Pattern Analysis**:
- Group issues by perspective/type
- Identify patterns with >= 2 occurrences
- Record pattern type, count, affected files

**Coverage Gap Analysis**:
- Compare total coverage vs layer targets
- Record gaps: layer, target, actual, gap percentage

**Test Effectiveness Analysis**:
- Files generated, pass rate, iterations needed
- Effective if pass_rate >= 95%

**Quality Score Calculation**:

| Factor | Impact |
|--------|--------|
| Critical issues (security) | -10 per issue |
| High issues (bug) | -5 per issue |
| Coverage gap | -0.5 per gap percentage |
| Effective test layers | +5 per layer |

### Phase 4: Report Generation

**Report Structure**:
1. Quality Score (0-100)
2. Defect Pattern Analysis (total issues, recurring patterns)
3. Coverage Analysis (overall coverage, gaps by layer)
4. Test Effectiveness (per layer stats)
5. Quality Trend (improving/declining/stable)
6. Recommendations (based on score range)

**Score-based Recommendations**:

| Score Range | Recommendation |
|-------------|----------------|
| >= 80 | Quality is GOOD. Continue with current testing strategy. |
| 60-79 | Quality needs IMPROVEMENT. Focus on coverage gaps and recurring patterns. |
| < 60 | Quality is CONCERNING. Recommend deep scan and comprehensive test generation. |

Write report to `<session-folder>/analysis/quality-report.md`.

Update shared memory:
- `defect_patterns`: identified patterns
- `quality_score`: calculated score
- `coverage_history`: append new data point

### Phase 5: Report to Coordinator

> See SKILL.md Shared Infrastructure -> Worker Phase 5: Report

Standard report flow: team_msg log -> SendMessage with `[analyst]` prefix -> TaskUpdate completed -> Loop to Phase 1 for next task.

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## Error Handling

| Scenario | Resolution |
|----------|------------|
| No QAANA-* tasks available | Idle, wait for coordinator |
| Coverage data not found | Report quality score based on other dimensions |
| Shared memory empty | Generate minimal report with available data |
| No execution results | Analyze only scout findings and strategy coverage |
| CLI analysis fails | Fall back to inline pattern analysis |
| Critical issue beyond scope | SendMessage error to coordinator |