The five steps
- Context. Start with the product intent and the workflow a person needs to complete.
- Understanding. Surface actors, states, risks, and acceptance signals before coverage is written.
- Coverage. Create editable functional, negative, edge, security, accessibility, or regression cases where they add value.
- Autopilot. Run approved coverage within an explicit scope and the controls defined by your team.
- Evidence. Keep the outcome, failure context, and traceability visible for review and release planning.
Where people stay in control
Autonomy is useful only when the boundaries are clear. People set scope, review coverage, approve important actions, handle exceptions, and own the final release decision.
Autonomous does not mean unaccountable. The quality loop is designed to make the machine work faster while keeping the reasoning and decision trail reviewable.
What remains connected
- Requirements stay connected to the cases created from them.
- Coverage stays connected to the environments and run scope selected for execution.
- Failures stay connected to the evidence and context needed for triage.
- Results stay connected to the conversation about risk and release readiness.
When to use the loop
Use the full loop for a new feature or a release-critical journey. For a smaller change, start at the relevant step and keep the same traceability: what changed, what was covered, and what evidence supports the decision.