Readiness assessment · Bespoke report · ~5 min

How should your QA team operate, given your reality?

73 questions about your access + permissions, plus a few about your situation. Loop's methodology engine reads it, classifies your team into one of 10 archetypes, and writes you a tailored Quality Strategy + Improvement Roadmap. Not a template — a real document, generated for your specific reality.

The premise: QA isn't a department anymore. It's software engineering that happens to care about quality. The right process for your team flows from what access and permissions you actually have. Map the access, derive the process.

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Who you are

Two minutes. The bespoke report we generate at the end is informed by every answer here.

Work email*Role

Company / situation

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What you're trying to figure out

The more honest the answer, the more useful the report. None of this gets shared.

What's keeping you up at night about quality + AI?What are you trying to learn from this assessment?If this report delivers, what would it tell you?Most expensive testing problem you're not solving

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Stack + team shape

Used to tailor the tactical recommendations (Playwright vs. Cypress, where to embed AI, what to automate first).

Tech stackQA team composition + relationship to engineeringTimeline

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Your access + permissions reality

Check what your team has today. Skip what's unclear or absent. Speed > precision — there are 73 questions.

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Environment Access & Provisioning

The automation team can provision isolated preview/ephemeral environments on demand
Ephemeral environments can be created without filing a ticket or waiting on another team
Ephemeral environments are torn down automatically or can be torn down by the automation team
The automation team can provision ephemeral databases for test runs
The automation team has access to environment configuration (env vars, feature flags, service endpoints)
The automation team can configure third-party mocks without requiring changes from another team
The automation team has the same environment access as the development team

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Observability & Diagnostics Access

Application backend logs are accessible from the test environment (not just production)
API request/response logs are available for test runs
Database queries or state changes are observable during test execution
Runtime errors and exceptions are captured and accessible
The AI agent can read all of the above logs and traces directly (not through a separate UI)
Error tracking or APM tools are accessible for the test environment

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Organizational Permissions & Approvals

There is an executive sponsor who can grant permissions and clear organizational blockers
The automation team is authorized to modify application source code for testability
The automation team is authorized to configure backend behavior in preview environments
There is a clear policy on which changes the automation team can merge independently
The organization does not require a separate ticket or approval for adding test IDs to components
The organization accepts that AI agents will execute commands in development/test environments
There is a clear policy on what the AI agent is and is not allowed to do
The automation team is authorized to add stable test identifiers to application components

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Organizational Culture & Structure

The automation team reports into engineering (not a separate QA organization with separate access)
The organization is willing to invest in ephemeral infrastructure if it does not already exist
The organization does not treat 'QA' and 'development' as hard role boundaries
Leadership understands that the methodology requires fewer, stronger engineers — not more headcount
The team is empowered to modify application code for testability (test IDs, mocks, seed data) without seeking permission each time

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Release & Deployment

The team releases to production at least weekly (continuous delivery or weekly cadence)
Deployments are automated through a CI/CD pipeline (not manual or script-based)
The QA/automation team can trigger or approve deployments to test environments
Automated test results can gate deployments (tests must pass before code ships)
A pre-production environment exists that mirrors production configuration
Feature flags are used to control feature rollout and can be toggled for testing
Rollback procedures exist and can be triggered quickly if a release causes issues

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Current Testing State

Some automated E2E tests exist today (even if limited, flaky, or unmaintained)
Automated unit or integration tests exist in the application codebase
Manual regression testing is performed before each release
A formal test plan, test case repository, or test management tool is in use
Flaky tests are a known, recurring problem that wastes team time
Defects regularly escape to production that testing should have caught
Test results and coverage metrics are visible to leadership and stakeholders
There is a dedicated QA team or QA role (not just developers testing their own code)

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Application & Architecture

The application is primarily a web application (browser-based UI)
The frontend is a single-page application (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, or similar)
The backend exposes REST or GraphQL APIs that can be called independently of the UI
The architecture includes multiple services or microservices (not a single monolith)
The application integrates with third-party services or APIs that cannot be easily mocked
The application requires user authentication (login flows exist that tests must handle)
The application handles sensitive or regulated data (PII, PHI, financial, HIPAA, SOX, PCI)
The application has a mobile app or mobile web views in addition to the desktop web UI

Generate the bespoke report

About 45 seconds. Real reading material on the other side.

Loop's methodology engine reads your access state and your stated situation, classifies your team into one of 10 archetypes, and generates a tailored Quality Strategy + Improvement Roadmap. You'll see the document on this page in ~45 seconds and a copy will land in your inbox.