mode-transitions

VAN QA: MODE TRANSITIONS

TL;DR: This component handles transitions between modes, particularly the QA validation to BUILD mode transition, and prevents BUILD mode access without successful QA validation.

🔒 BUILD MODE PREVENTION MECHANISM

The system prevents moving to BUILD mode without passing QA validation:

graph TD
    Start["User Types: BUILD"] --> CheckQA{"QA Validation<br>Completed?"}
    CheckQA -->|"Yes and Passed"| AllowBuild["Allow BUILD Mode"]
    CheckQA -->|"No or Failed"| BlockBuild["BLOCK BUILD MODE"]
    BlockBuild --> Message["Display:<br>⚠️ QA VALIDATION REQUIRED"]
    Message --> ReturnToVANQA["Prompt: Type VAN QA"]
    
    style CheckQA fill:#f6546a,stroke:#c30052,color:white
    style BlockBuild fill:#ff0000,stroke:#990000,color:white,stroke-width:3px
    style Message fill:#ff5555,stroke:#dd3333,color:white
    style ReturnToVANQA fill:#4da6ff,stroke:#0066cc,color:white

Implementation Example (PowerShell):

# Check QA status before allowing BUILD mode
function Check-QAValidationStatus {
    $qaStatusFile = "memory-bank\.qa_validation_status" # Assumes status is written by reports.mdc
    
    if (Test-Path $qaStatusFile) {
        $status = Get-Content $qaStatusFile -Raw
        if ($status -match "PASS") {
            return $true
        }
    }
    
    # Display block message
    Write-Output "`n`n"
    Write-Output "🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫"
    Write-Output "⛔️ BUILD MODE BLOCKED: QA VALIDATION REQUIRED"
    Write-Output "⛔️ You must complete QA validation before proceeding to BUILD mode"
    Write-Output "`n"
    Write-Output "Type 'VAN QA' to perform technical validation"
    Write-Output "`n"
    Write-Output "🚫 NO IMPLEMENTATION CAN PROCEED WITHOUT VALIDATION 🚫"
    Write-Output "🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫"
    
    return $false
}

🚨 MODE TRANSITION TRIGGERS

CREATIVE to VAN QA Transition:

After completing the CREATIVE phase, trigger this message to prompt QA validation: