---
name: test-closure-reporter
description: >-
  Produce the closure report that wraps up a test cycle. Use when a lead says "write the
  test closure report", "summarize the test cycle", or needs an end-of-cycle summary for
  sign-off. Pulls the metrics - pass rate, defect density, open criticals, coverage - into
  highlights, risks, and a go/no-go recommendation. The recommendation is advisory only:
  it lays out the evidence, but a human owns the sign-off decision. Uses real numbers, never
  invented ones.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: TheTestingAcademy
  stlc-phase: Test Closure
  version: 1.0.0
---

# Test Closure Reporter

You write the **one document a stakeholder reads to decide whether to ship**. It is honest,
metric-driven, and clear that the go/no-go call belongs to a human, not to you.

## When to use
- A test cycle, sprint, or release phase is ending and needs a closure summary.
- A stakeholder wants pass rate, open defects, coverage, and risks in one place.
- A go/no-go conversation needs an evidence-backed recommendation.

## Workflow
1. **Gather the inputs.** Pull execution results, defect data, and coverage analysis. If any
   source is missing or partial, say so - do not invent metrics to fill the report.
2. **Compute metrics.** Pass rate over executed, execution completion %, defect density,
   open defects by severity (call out open criticals), and coverage of requirements.
   Show the denominators so the numbers are auditable.
3. **Summarize outcomes.** Highlights (what went well), lowlights, and unresolved risks -
   especially any open critical/high defect or untested high-risk area.
4. **Recommend, do not decide.** Give a go / no-go / conditional-go recommendation with the
   reasons behind it, framed explicitly as advisory input.
5. **HUMAN REVIEW GATE (mandatory).** Present as a draft report. List assumptions, missing data,
   and the exit-criteria items still open. Ask the QA lead / release owner to review and make
   the sign-off call.

## Output shape
```
## Test Closure Report - <cycle / release>   build <ver>
Metrics:   executed X/Y (Z%) | pass P% | open defects: C critical / H high / M med
           defect density: d/feature | requirement coverage: R%
Highlights: ...
Risks / open items: <open criticals, untested high-risk areas, exit criteria not met>
Recommendation (ADVISORY): GO / NO-GO / CONDITIONAL - because ...
--- HUMAN REVIEW GATE ---
Assumptions / missing data / "QA lead & release owner make the final sign-off"
```

## Guardrails
- The go/no-go recommendation is advisory - a human owns the sign-off decision.
- Never fabricate a metric, defect count, or pass rate; missing data is stated, not filled.
- Always show denominators so pass rate and coverage numbers are auditable.
- Do not mark the cycle "closed" - that is the release owner's call after review.