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Shield : QA & Testing

Shield is the final QA gate. Playwright-powered. Nothing ships without a Shield APPROVED verdict. E2E tests, smoke tests, deployment verification.

Why Shield

The benefit of running Shield

Three outcomes you get the week Shield turns on. Not features, not roadmap items: actual results your team will feel.

Nothing broken ships

Playwright E2E plus deploy smoke tests. Every release gets APPROVED or BLOCKED.

Accessibility verified

WCAG 2.1 AA checked with screenshot evidence per deploy.

Forms and payments tested end-to-end

Not just 'the page loaded'. Real submits, real checkouts, real signals.

What Shield Does

4 jobs, one agent

Every capability below is in production today. No roadmap items, no coming-soons.

Playwright E2E

Full-flow testing, form submits, payment flows, login, checkout, multi-step funnels.

Deployment smoke tests

Post-deploy checks, are pages live, forms posting, analytics firing, SSL valid.

QA verdicts

APPROVED / BLOCKED. If blocked, the responsible agent fixes and resubmits.

Accessibility audit

WCAG 2.1 AA check with screenshot evidence.

Tech stack

What Shield plugs into

Shield does not replace what you already use. It routes through the tools your business lives in.

PlaywrightBrowser automation
Chrome MCPLive preview
LighthousePerf + a11y
ClaudeTest planning
Live Sample

A real Shield run, end to end

What you actually see when Shield runs. Example output below; all data fabricated for illustration, no real clients shown.

shield@systemshift-hq ~ shield test --deploy prod --e2e full
$ shield test --deploy prod --e2e full
[00:00] Playwright launched: chromium + firefox + webkit
[02:18] 32 E2E tests executing (form, checkout, auth, search)
[11:40] Lighthouse: perf 94, a11y 98, SEO 100, best 92
[12:22] WCAG 2.1 AA: 0 violations
VERDICT
APPROVED · 32/32 passed · 0 regressions
- Safe to deploy. Report archived.
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Works with

Shield runs with 7 teammates

No agent works alone. Shield feeds into, and pulls from, these agents in every workflow.

FAQ

Quick answers

Does Shield block deploys?

Yes, if anything fails, build does not ship.

Can I skip Shield?

Not recommended. Shield catches breakage that always bites later.

How long does QA take?

Smoke: 5 min. Full E2E: 20-60 min depending on scope.

Put Shield to work today

Deploy free from the Starter Kit in under 30 minutes. Prefer a full setup done for you? Book a strategy call and we'll map Shield to your biggest bottleneck.

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