# Quality Automation Guide

This document describes the automated quality gates, CI pipeline, and developer tooling
for the CleverAgents project.

## Quick Start

```bash
# Set up development environment (installs dependencies + pre-commit hooks)
bash scripts/setup-dev.sh

# Run all quality checks
nox

# Run specific checks
nox -s lint              # Ruff linting
nox -s format            # Ruff formatting
nox -s typecheck         # Pyright type checking
nox -s unit_tests        # Behave unit tests
nox -s coverage_report   # Coverage (must be >85%)
nox -s security_scan     # Bandit security scanning
nox -s dead_code         # Vulture dead code detection
nox -s complexity        # Radon complexity analysis
nox -s pre_commit        # Run all pre-commit hooks
```

## Pre-commit Hooks

Pre-commit hooks run automatically on every `git commit`. They are configured in
`.pre-commit-config.yaml`.

### Installed Hooks

| Hook                      | Tool             | Purpose                                  | Auto-fix |
| ------------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------- |
| `no-commit-to-branch`     | pre-commit-hooks | Prevents commits to `main`               | No       |
| `check-yaml`              | pre-commit-hooks | Validates YAML syntax                    | No       |
| `check-toml`              | pre-commit-hooks | Validates TOML syntax                    | No       |
| `check-json`              | pre-commit-hooks | Validates JSON syntax                    | No       |
| `check-merge-conflict`    | pre-commit-hooks | Detects merge conflict markers           | No       |
| `check-added-large-files` | pre-commit-hooks | Prevents files >500KB                    | No       |
| `end-of-file-fixer`       | pre-commit-hooks | Ensures files end with newline           | Yes      |
| `trailing-whitespace`     | pre-commit-hooks | Removes trailing whitespace              | Yes      |
| `debug-statements`        | pre-commit-hooks | Detects `pdb`/`breakpoint`               | No       |
| `ruff-format`             | ruff             | Code formatting                          | Yes      |
| `ruff`                    | ruff             | Linting with safe auto-fixes             | Yes      |
| `bandit`                  | bandit           | Security scanning                        | No       |
| `vulture`                 | vulture          | Dead code detection                      | No       |
| `pyright`                 | pyright          | Type checking (src/ only)                | No       |
| `semgrep-eval-exec`       | semgrep          | eval/exec detection (optional)           | No       |
| `commitizen`              | commitizen       | Commit message format (commit-msg stage) | No       |

### Running Hooks Manually

```bash
# Run all hooks on all files
pre-commit run --all-files

# Run a specific hook
pre-commit run ruff-format --all-files
pre-commit run bandit --all-files
pre-commit run pyright --all-files

# Skip hooks for emergency (not recommended)
git commit --no-verify -m "emergency: fix critical bug"
```

## CI Pipeline

The CI pipeline runs on **Forgejo Actions** (`.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml`).

### CI Jobs

| Job         | Trigger | Purpose                             | Failure Impact         |
| ----------- | ------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| `lint`      | Push/PR | Ruff format + lint check            | Blocks merge           |
| `typecheck` | Push/PR | Pyright type checking               | Blocks merge           |
| `security`  | Push/PR | Bandit + Vulture                    | Blocks merge           |
| `quality`   | Push/PR | Radon complexity check              | Blocks merge (grade F) |
| `behave`    | Push/PR | BDD tests (Python 3.11-3.13 matrix) | Blocks merge           |
| `coverage`  | Push/PR | Coverage measurement                | Blocks merge (<85%)    |
| `build`     | Push/PR | Wheel build                         | Blocks release         |
| `docker`    | Push/PR | Docker image build + test           | Blocks deployment      |
| `helm`      | Push/PR | Helm chart lint + template          | Blocks deployment      |

### Nightly Quality

A nightly workflow (`.forgejo/workflows/nightly-quality.yml`) runs on all branches at midnight UTC:

- Full lint, type check, security scan
- Complete Behave test suite with coverage
- Complexity and maintainability analysis
- Quality trend data generation
- Reports uploaded as artifacts (90-day retention)

## Security Scanning

### Bandit Configuration

Configured in `pyproject.toml` under `[tool.bandit]`:

- Targets: `src/cleveragents` only
- Severity threshold: MEDIUM (pre-commit), HIGH (CI fail gate)
- Excludes: tests, features, build directories

### Semgrep Rules

Custom rules in `.semgrep.yml`:

- `no-eval`: Blocks `eval()` usage
- `no-exec`: Blocks `exec()` usage
- `no-compile-exec`: Blocks `compile()` with exec mode
- `no-os-system`: Warns on `os.system()` (use `subprocess.run`)
- `no-pickle-loads`: Warns on `pickle.loads()` (use JSON)

**Note:** Semgrep is optional. Install with `pip install semgrep` for full scanning.

## Dead Code Detection

Vulture checks `src/cleveragents/` for unused code with 80% confidence threshold.

### False Positive Whitelist

Known false positives are listed in `vulture_whitelist.py`:

- `exc_tb`: Required by `__exit__` protocol but not used in body
- `build_data`: Required by mapping interface in legacy migrator

Add new entries when vulture flags intentionally unused code.

## Complexity Monitoring

Radon measures cyclomatic complexity:

| Grade | Complexity | Status                            |
| ----- | ---------- | --------------------------------- |
| A     | 1-5        | Excellent                         |
| B     | 6-10       | Good                              |
| C     | 11-15      | Moderate - review recommended     |
| D     | 16-20      | Complex - refactoring recommended |
| E     | 21-30      | Very complex - must refactor      |
| F     | 31+        | Extremely complex - CI fails      |

## Quality Gate Script

`scripts/check-quality-gates.py` aggregates all quality checks:

```bash
python scripts/check-quality-gates.py --coverage-min 85 --complexity-max F
```

Gates checked:

1. Coverage >= 85%
2. Pyright: 0 type errors
3. Bandit: 0 high-severity security issues
4. Vulture: 0 dead code findings
5. Radon: No grade-F complexity blocks

## Troubleshooting

### Pre-commit hooks not running

```bash
pre-commit install
pre-commit install --hook-type commit-msg
```

### Pyright errors on clean code

Check `pyrightconfig.json` for configuration. Pyright uses `strict` mode.

### Bandit false positive

If bandit flags intentionally safe code, consider if there's a safer alternative first.
Only as a last resort, add to `[tool.bandit]` `skips` in `pyproject.toml`.

### Vulture false positive

Add the symbol name to `vulture_whitelist.py` with a comment explaining why.

### Coverage below 85%

Run `nox -s coverage_report` to see which lines are uncovered, then add Behave scenarios.
