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Show HN: QUALITY.md – open format/specification, agent skill, and CLI

Open-source quality framework ships as agent-native spec. Shifts AI workflows from reactive review to proactive care.

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The KeyNews take

Why it matters

QUALITY.md is a developer tool/framework designed to integrate with AI agents for quality evaluation and loop engineering. It represents a practical application layer for AI-assisted development workflows, positioning quality assurance as a first-class citizen in agentic systems rather than a post-hoc review step.

The key facts

12 to know
  1. Open-source specification/format for quality evaluation

  2. Agent-native skill design for AI integration

  3. CLI tooling available

  4. Early-stage: 3 HN points, 0 comments as of publish

  5. Focus on proactive vs. reactive quality mindset

  6. Loop engineering use case highlighted

  7. QUALITY.md is an open format/specification for quality evaluation

  8. Includes AI agent skill and CLI tooling

  9. Targets loop engineering workflows

  10. Philosophy: shift from reactive review to proactive care mindset

  11. Published on Hacker News (community signal, early-stage)

  12. Early traction: 3 HN points, 0 comments at publish time

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Hacker Newsgetquality.md

Publisher excerpt: Hello all, I created QUALITY.md to help build a holistic quality evaluation process for my projects. Turns out it's also ideal for loop engineering. I'm hoping this provides a valuable contribution to the conversation around quality and craft and having AI help us in the effort. I hope to shift the…
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