> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://getquality.md/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Engineering quality loops

> Continuously evaluate and improve project quality

> <p>
>   **Note:** The `/quality` agent skill and `qualitymd` CLI can create a
>   comprehensive quality evaluation with findings and actionable
>   recommendations that are ideal for engineering a quality improvement loop
>   based on how QUALITY.md models project quality.
> </p>
>
> <p>
>   While not part of the formal spec, the skill and CLI demonstrate how a tool
>   or system can build on the QUALITY.md standard. Future models, agents, and
>   AI assistants can become more capable of using QUALITY.md to guide,
>   evaluate, and improve their work products.
> </p>
>
> <p>
>   The rest of this guide demonstrates how the quality evaluation created by
>   the skill and CLI can be integrated into workflows or agentic control loops
>   to help maintain and improve project quality.
> </p>

## The quality loop

### Basic form

1. **Observe:** user and stakeholder needs, objectives, risks, internal and
   external feedback, conversations, changes to the environment, etc.
2. **Orient:** refine or correct QUALITY.md based on observations and an
   assessment of previous recommendation quality: credibility, utility, and risk;
   then evaluate quality with `/quality evaluate` to produce a comprehensive
   quality evaluation report with verifiable improvement recommendations for
   consideration.
3. **Decide:** determine recommendations that are ready for handoff or
   implementation.
4. **Act:** hand off or implement actionable recommendations.