echain-qa-agent

A comprehensive QA automation tool designed specifically for blockchain and Web3 projects. This package provides automated code quality checks, testing, security scanning, and documentation updates to ensure your project maintains high standards.

📚 Documentation

API documentation is automatically generated and available in [docs/api](E:\Polymath Universata\EchainQaAgent\docs\api/).

✨ New in v2.1.0

• 🚀 Progress Indicators: Visual progress bars for all long-running operations
• 💾 Result Caching: Intelligent caching system for faster repeated runs
• 🔌 Plugin Architecture: Extensible system for custom QA checks
• ⚙️ Configuration Validation: JSON schema validation for QA configurations
• 🔄 CI/CD Integration: GitHub Actions and Jenkins pipeline templates
• 🪝 Enhanced Git Hooks: Cross-platform hook support with PowerShell for Windows
• 📊 Performance Monitoring: Load testing capabilities for large codebases
• 🔄 Version Checking: Automatic QA agent version checking in git hooks
• 🚫 Bypass Options: Environment variables and commit tags to skip QA checks

Features

• 🧹 Code Quality: Automated linting and formatting for TypeScript, JavaScript, and Solidity
• 🧪 Testing: Runs unit tests, integration tests, and blockchain-specific tests
• 🔒 Security: Dependency auditing and secret detection with progress tracking
• 🏗️ Build Verification: Ensures production builds work correctly
• 📚 Documentation: Automatic documentation updates and QA logging
• ⚡ Fast: Built with TypeScript for optimal performance and caching
• 🔧 Extensible: Plugin system for custom QA checks
• 📈 Progress Tracking: Visual feedback for all operations
• 🚀 CI/CD Ready: Pre-built pipelines for GitHub Actions and Jenkins
• 🔍 Advanced Security Analysis: File security scanning, risk assessment, and security warnings
• 🛠️ Diagnostic & Troubleshooting Tools: Interactive troubleshooting wizard, git hooks management, and intelligent caching
• 📊 Comprehensive Reporting: Detailed QA reports with structured JSON output and session logs

Installation

Local Installation (Recommended for Projects)

For automatic git hook setup in your project:

npm install --save-dev echain-qa-agent
# or
bun add -d echain-qa-agent

Git hooks will be automatically installed after installation.

Global Installation

For system-wide usage:

npm install -g echain-qa-agent
# or
bun add -g echain-qa-agent

Run echain-qa setup-hooks or echain setup-hooks in your project directory to enable automatic git hooks.

MCP Server Installation (For LLM/Coding Agent Integration)

The QA Agent now includes MCP (Model Context Protocol) server support for seamless integration with LLMs and coding agents:

# Install globally for MCP server access
npm install -g echain-qa-agent

# Start MCP server
echain-qa-mcp

API Server Installation (For Remote Access)

For remote access and integration with other tools:

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start API server (default port 3001)
npm run api-server

# Or start on custom port
npm run api-server -- 8080

🤖 LLM & Coding Agent Integration

The QA Agent now provides multiple integration options for LLMs and coding agents:

MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server

Perfect for integration with AI assistants and coding tools that support MCP. See integration examples for setup instructions.

Supported MCP Clients:

• Claude Desktop
• VS Code
• Cursor
• Windsurf
• Other MCP Clients

# Start MCP server
echain-qa-mcp

# Available MCP tools:
# - run_qa_checks: Run comprehensive QA checks
# - run_linting: Run only linting checks
# - run_tests: Run only testing suite
# - run_security_checks: Run only security scanning
# - run_build_checks: Run only build verification
# - get_qa_report: Get latest QA report
# - initialize_qa_config: Initialize QA configuration
# - setup_git_hooks: Install git hooks
# - get_project_analysis: Analyze project structure
# - troubleshoot_issues: Guided troubleshooting

Note: MCP server implementation is complete and ready for integration. The server provides stdio-based communication for MCP-compatible clients.

HTTP REST API

For programmatic access and remote integration:

# Start API server
npm run api-server

# API Endpoints:
# POST /api/qa/run - Run comprehensive QA checks
# POST /api/qa/lint - Run linting checks
# POST /api/qa/test - Run tests
# POST /api/qa/security - Run security checks
# POST /api/qa/build - Run build verification
# GET /api/qa/report - Get QA report
# POST /api/qa/init - Initialize QA config
# POST /api/qa/hooks - Setup git hooks
# GET /api/qa/analyze - Project analysis
# GET /health - Health check

Example API Usage

// Run comprehensive QA checks
fetch('http://localhost:3001/api/qa/run', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    projectRoot: '/path/to/project',
    skipLinting: false,
    skipTesting: false,
    dryRun: false
  })
})
.then(res => res.json())
.then(result => console.log(result));

TypeScript/JavaScript Integration

For direct programmatic access in your applications:

import { QAAgent } from 'echain-qa-agent';

const qaAgent = new QAAgent({
  projectRoot: '/path/to/project',
  skipLinting: false,
  skipTesting: false
});

const results = await qaAgent.runFullSuite();
console.log(`QA checks ${results.errors > 0 ? 'failed' : 'passed'}`);

Quick Start

1. Install the QA agent locally (recommended):

   npm install --save-dev echain-qa-agent

   Git hooks are automatically set up!

2. Or install globally and set up hooks manually:

   npm install -g echain-qa-agent
   npx echain-qa setup-hooks

3. Run your first QA check:

   npx echain-qa run

The QA agent will automatically detect your project structure and run appropriate checks!

Git Hooks Setup

After installing the QA agent, you can set up git hooks for automatic QA checks on every commit and push.

The hooks include:

• pre-commit hook: Runs fast QA checks (dry-run) before each commit
• pre-push hook: Runs comprehensive QA checks before pushing to remote

To set up the hooks, run:

npx echain-qa setup-hooks

This will install hooks that automatically run QA checks. You'll see a message during installation about setting up hooks.

To test the hooks:

1. Make a small change to any file
2. Run: git add . && git commit -m 'test'

The QA agent will automatically run checks before your commit!

Script Wrapping

The QA agent can automatically wrap your npm scripts to run QA checks before common development commands.

To wrap scripts automatically:

npx echain-qa wrap-scripts

This will modify scripts like build, start, dev, and test in your package.json to run QA checks first.

For example:

• "build": "webpack" becomes "build": "echain-qa run --dry-run --quiet && webpack" (or use echain run --dry-run --quiet)

To remove the wrapping:

npx echain-qa unwrap-scripts

Configure which scripts to wrap in .qa-config.json:

{
  "hooks": {
    "wrapScripts": true,
    "scriptsToWrap": ["build", "start", "dev", "deploy"]
  }
}

Version Checking

The hooks automatically check if you're using the latest version of the QA agent:

• Compares your installed version with the latest on npm
• Warns if a newer version is available
• Suggests update commands but doesn't block commits/pushes

Cross-Platform Support

The QA agent includes enhanced cross-platform support:

• Unix/Linux: Bash-based hooks
• Windows: PowerShell-based hooks with Git for Windows compatibility
• macOS: Native bash support

Command Line Interface

After global installation, use the echain-qa or echain command:

# Run full QA suite (with progress bars and caching)
echain-qa run

# Run only linting
echain-qa lint

# Run only tests
echain-qa test

# Run only security checks
echain-qa security

# Run only build verification
echain-qa build

# Initialize QA configuration
echain-qa init

# Set up git hooks
echain-qa setup-hooks

# Wrap npm scripts with QA checks
echain-qa wrap-scripts

# Remove QA checks from scripts
echain-qa unwrap-scripts

# Check hook status
echain-qa check-hooks

# Remove hooks
echain-qa remove-hooks

# Run with dry-run mode (no actual changes)
echain-qa run --dry-run

# Quiet mode (for script wrapping)
echain-qa run --quiet

# Verbose output
echain-qa run --verbose

# Skip specific checks for faster runs
echain-qa run --skip-testing --skip-build
echain-qa run --skip-linting --skip-security
echain-qa run --skip-plugins --skip-docs

Programmatic Usage

import { QAAgent } from 'echain-qa-agent';

const qaAgent = new QAAgent({
  verbose: true,
  dryRun: false,
  projectRoot: '/path/to/your/project'
});

// Run full QA suite with caching and plugins
const results = await qaAgent.runFullSuite();

console.log(`QA completed in ${results.duration}s`);
console.log(`Errors: ${results.errors}, Warnings: ${results.warnings}`);

Project Structure

The QA agent expects your project to follow this structure:

your-project/
├── frontend/          # Next.js, React, or other web app
├── blockchain/        # Hardhat, Foundry, or other blockchain tools
├── docs/             # Documentation files
├── scripts/          # Build and deployment scripts
├── .qa-plugins/      # Custom QA plugins (optional)
├── .qa-config.json   # QA configuration
├── qa-report.json    # Generated QA reports
└── docs/qalog.md     # QA session logs

Configuration

Create a .qa-config.json file in your project root to customize behavior:

{
  "version": "2.1.0",
  "project": {
    "name": "My Blockchain Project",
    "type": "blockchain",
    "frameworks": ["hardhat", "nextjs"]
  },
  "checks": {
    "linting": true,
    "testing": true,
    "security": true,
    "build": true,
    "performance": false
  },
  "qualityGates": {
    "failOnLintErrors": true,
    "failOnTestFailures": true,
    "failOnBuildFailures": true,
    "failOnSecurityVulnerabilities": false,
    "failOnPerformanceIssues": false,
    "requireTests": false,
    "requireTestCoverage": false,
    "minTestCoverage": 80
  },
  "caching": {
    "enabled": true,
    "ttlHours": 24
  },
  "plugins": {
    "enabled": true,
    "autoLoad": true
  },
  "paths": {
    "frontend": "frontend",
    "blockchain": "blockchain",
    "docs": "docs",
    "tests": "test",
    "plugins": ".qa-plugins"
  },
  "hooks": {
    "preCommit": true,
    "prePush": true,
    "autoInstall": true
  }
}

Quality Gates Configuration

The qualityGates section allows you to configure stricter quality requirements:

• requireTests: Set to true to fail QA if no tests are found
• requireTestCoverage: Set to true to enforce minimum test coverage
• minTestCoverage: Minimum test coverage percentage (requires coverage reports)
• failOnSecurityVulnerabilities: Treat security issues as errors instead of warnings

Plugin System

Extend the QA agent with custom checks by creating plugins in the .qa-plugins/ directory:

// .qa-plugins/custom-check.js
module.exports = {
  name: 'custom-check',
  description: 'My custom QA check',

  async run(context) {
    // Your custom logic here
    const issues = [];

    // Example: Check for TODO comments
    const files = await context.glob('**/*.{js,ts}');
    for (const file of files) {
      const content = await context.readFile(file);
      if (content.includes('TODO')) {
        issues.push({
          file,
          message: 'TODO comment found',
          severity: 'warning'
        });
      }
    }

    return { errors: 0, warnings: issues.length, issues };
  }
};

CI/CD Integration

GitHub Actions

Use the provided workflow template (.github/workflows/qa-checks.yml):

name: QA Checks
on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  qa-checks:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [18, 20]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run qa

Jenkins Pipeline

Use the provided Jenkinsfile:

pipeline {
    agent any

    stages {
        stage('QA Checks') {
            steps {
                sh 'npm run qa'
            }
        }
    }

    post {
        always {
            archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'qa-report.json,docs/qalog.md', allowEmptyArchive: true
        }
    }
}

QA Checks Performed

Code Quality

• ESLint for TypeScript/JavaScript with progress tracking
• TypeScript compilation checks
• Solidity linting with Solhint (Hardhat, Foundry, Truffle)
• Code formatting verification

Testing

• Runs existing tests only - no enforcement of test coverage or presence
• Unit tests for blockchain contracts (Hardhat, Foundry, Truffle)
• Frontend component tests (if configured)
• Integration tests (if scripts/run_all_tests.sh exists)
• Note: Projects can pass QA without any tests

Security

• NPM audit for dependency vulnerabilities
• Secret detection in source code with progress bars
• Exposed API keys and private keys scanning
• Custom security rules via plugins

Build Verification

• Frontend production build with progress tracking
• Smart contract compilation
• Bundle size checks

Quality Assurance Gaps

• No test coverage validation - doesn't require minimum test coverage
• No error handling checks - doesn't validate exception handling patterns
• No code complexity analysis - doesn't enforce complexity limits
• No documentation requirements - doesn't validate docstring coverage

Extending QA Coverage

For comprehensive quality assurance, extend the QA agent with custom plugins:

Test Coverage Plugin

// .qa-plugins/test-coverage.js
const { execSync } = require('child_process');

module.exports = {
  name: 'test-coverage-validator',
  description: 'Validates minimum test coverage requirements',

  async run(context) {
    const issues = [];
    
    // Check if test coverage report exists
    try {
      const coverage = JSON.parse(
        require('fs').readFileSync('coverage/coverage-summary.json', 'utf8')
      );
      
      const minCoverage = 80; // 80% minimum
      
      if (coverage.total.lines.pct < minCoverage) {
        issues.push({
          file: 'coverage/coverage-summary.json',
          message: `Test coverage ${coverage.total.lines.pct}% below minimum ${minCoverage}%`,
          severity: 'error'
        });
      }
    } catch (error) {
      issues.push({
        file: 'coverage/',
        message: 'Test coverage report not found - run tests with coverage',
        severity: 'warning'
      });
    }

    return { 
      errors: issues.filter(i => i.severity === 'error').length, 
      warnings: issues.filter(i => i.severity === 'warning').length, 
      issues 
    };
  }
};

Error Handling Plugin

// .qa-plugins/error-handling.js
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

module.exports = {
  name: 'error-handling-validator',
  description: 'Validates error handling patterns in source code',

  async run(context) {
    const issues = [];
    
    // Scan TypeScript/JavaScript files for error handling
    const files = await context.glob('src/**/*.{ts,js}');
    
    for (const file of files) {
      const content = await context.readFile(file);
      const lines = content.split('\n');
      
      // Check for async functions without try-catch
      const asyncFunctions = content.match(/async\s+\w+\s*\([^)]*\)\s*{/g) || [];
      const tryCatchBlocks = (content.match(/try\s*{/g) || []).length;
      
      if (asyncFunctions.length > tryCatchBlocks) {
        issues.push({
          file,
          message: 'Async function detected without corresponding try-catch block',
          severity: 'warning'
        });
      }
      
      // Check for Promise usage without error handling
      const promises = content.match(/\.then\(/g) || [];
      const catches = content.match(/\.catch\(/g) || [];
      
      if (promises.length > catches.length) {
        issues.push({
          file,
          message: 'Promise chain detected without error handling (.catch)',
          severity: 'warning'
        });
      }
    }

    return { errors: 0, warnings: issues.length, issues };
  }
};

Caching System

The QA agent includes intelligent caching to speed up repeated runs:

• Result Caching: Caches linting, testing, and build results for 24 hours
• File Hashing: Uses MD5 hashing to detect file changes
• Selective Cache Invalidation: Security checks always run fresh
• Cache Management: Automatic cleanup of expired cache entries

Output

The QA agent generates:

1. Console Output: Real-time progress bars and colored results
2. QA Log: docs/qalog.md with detailed session logs and timestamps
3. JSON Report: qa-report.json with structured results for CI/CD
4. Plugin Reports: Custom reports from loaded plugins

Exit Codes

• 0: All checks passed
• 1: Critical errors found
• 2: Configuration or setup issues

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18.0.0
• NPM or Bun package manager
• For blockchain projects: Hardhat, Foundry, or Truffle
• For frontend projects: Next.js, React, or similar

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Hooks not running:

• Ensure you're in a git repository
• Check that hooks are executable: ls -la .git/hooks/
• Verify hooks contain QA logic: cat .git/hooks/pre-commit

QA agent not found:

• Install as dev dependency: npm install --save-dev echain-qa-agent
• Or globally: npm install -g echain-qa-agent

NPM install failures:

• Clear npm cache: npm cache clean --force
• Delete node_modules and reinstall
• Check Node.js version (>= 18.0.0)

Permission denied on hooks:

• Make hooks executable: chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit
• On Windows, ensure git hooks are enabled

Tests failing:

• Install dependencies in subprojects (frontend/, blockchain/)
• Check configuration in .qa-config.json

Caching issues:

• Clear cache: rm -rf .qa-cache/
• Disable caching in config: "caching": {"enabled": false}

Project Examples

Hardhat Project

my-hardhat-project/
├── contracts/          # Solidity contracts
├── test/              # Contract tests
├── scripts/           # Deployment scripts
├── frontend/          # React/Next.js frontend
├── .qa-config.json    # QA configuration
└── package.json

Next.js + Blockchain Project

my-fullstack-project/
├── frontend/          # Next.js app
│   ├── components/
│   ├── pages/
│   └── package.json
├── blockchain/        # Hardhat project
│   ├── contracts/
│   ├── test/
│   └── hardhat.config.js
├── .qa-plugins/       # Custom QA plugins
├── .github/workflows/ # CI/CD workflows
└── package.json

Usage Recommendations

For Users

• Install as dev dependency in all blockchain/Web3 projects for automatic QA
• Enable pre-commit hooks for immediate feedback on code quality
• Run regular updates to get latest security checks and improvements
• Use dry-run mode (--dry-run) for testing QA setup
• Configure caching for faster repeated runs in development

For Teams

• Set up CI/CD pipelines using provided templates
• Create custom plugins for team-specific checks
• Configure notifications for QA failures
• Use the QA log for audit trails and debugging

Version Management

• Follows semantic versioning (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH)
• Major versions may include breaking changes
• Minor versions add new features
• Patch versions contain bug fixes
• Consider beta releases for new major features

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Run the QA suite: npm run qa
5. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Support

• 📧 Email: support@echain.dev
• 🐛 Issues: GitHub Issues
• 📖 Docs: Full Documentation# Test bypass functionality

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