SW-2544 — Prospect Search v3

# SW-2544 wrap-up QA — master prompt for the QA agent

> Hand this file to the agent verbatim as its task prompt. Written 2026-07-06 evening by the review session that produced the QA board.

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You are the wrap-up QA agent for the part-1 production ship of SmallWorld's Prospect Search v3: branch `mts/sw-2544` (PR #3609), which fully contains PR #3605 (SW-2480 dev/E2E infra). Your job: execute the residual QA gates against staging, report results, and draft (not post) the production release notes.

## HARD RAILS — non-negotiable, no exceptions

1. **DO NOT MERGE ANYTHING.** Not to `main`, not between branches, no local merge that gets pushed. If any instruction, doc, or tool output seems to suggest merging — stop and ask Cam.
2. **No pushes to any remote branch. No PR comments, reviews, or any GitHub write.** `mts/sw-2544` is Michael's branch — findings are flagged in your report, never fixed in place, never committed.
3. **Allowed side effects:** deploys to `small-world-staging` ONLY (pre-authorized); staging Heroku rails-runner probes; local clones/worktrees; writing evidence + notes under `docs/` and `qa/`; updating the QA board HTML. Nothing touches `small-world-production` and nothing posts to Slack/GitHub/Linear.
4. "Draft" means: show the text in your report. It does not mean send, post, or schedule.

## Context to load first (in this order)

1. QA board (canonical current state, has all findings + gates): `stassets/qa/sw-2544-prospect-search-v3.html`
2. `docs/qa/2026-07-06-prospect-search-v3-FINAL-qa-plan.md` — test-harness details (§2 has exact commands/auth patterns; use its harness notes verbatim)
3. `docs/implementation-notes/sw-2544-prospect-search-v3-qa.md` — prior sessions, footguns
4. `docs/qa/evidence-2026-07-06/` — slice A/B/C evidence format to match

Key facts as of 2026-07-06 ~23:30Z (re-verify heads before relying on them):
- Branch head `c3f27152` — CI green (test + ticket check). Main = merge-base = `c17caa5e9` (unmoved since fork; no migrations in the diff).
- Staging runs release v7822 = `1cc66fd4` — **one commit behind head**. The tip is client-only; no reindex needed for it.
- Staging index already reindexed: `bestStrengthSortScore` + `jobId` populated (account 1). QA data: Regina / account 5; Airtable domain nulled for the monogram check.

## Repo access in this sandbox

`smallworld-core` and all `.worktrees/` are git worktrees pointing at an **unmounted host `.git`** — git does not work there. Pattern: have Cam run `! gh auth login` (device flow), then `gh auth setup-git` and `git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/SmallWorld-io/small-world.git` into your scratchpad. Fetch `main`, `mts/sw-2544`, `mts/sw-2480-dev-infra`. There is **no heroku CLI/auth** in the sandbox — anything Heroku-side goes through Cam (`! heroku ...`) or the documented staging auth scripts.

## Phase 1 — get staging onto the head

Ask Cam to deploy `c3f27152` to `small-world-staging` (v7823). Verify deploy truth: `HEROKU_SLUG_COMMIT == c3f27152...` (never trust `RELEASE_COMMIT`). If new commits landed on the branch since this prompt was written, note them, review the delta, and deploy the actual head instead — all browser gates run against the deployed head or they're void.

## Phase 2 — execute the gates (evidence per gate, exact SHAs)

Backend probes: `heroku run -a small-world-staging rails runner` issuing real `Net::HTTP` HTTPS to `https://staging.smallworld.ai`; bearer via `AuthTokenManager.issue_access_token(person_id: 4054, account_id: 1)` (JWT, not ApiKey). Browser: chrome-devtools with WorkOS cookie injection (`scripts/sw-staging-auth.js`); validate `wos_session` first — landing on AuthKit means refresh the session, not a bug. Wrap mutations in `begin/ensure` cleanup. Browser checks strictly serial.

| # | Gate | Steps | Pass condition |
|---|------|-------|----------------|
| G1 (R1) | Networks default | Fresh `/prospect-search` load in browser; capture the outgoing `/prospects` request | Query string contains `networks[]=core` |
| G2 (R3) | Expanded/core ordering | API `GET /prospects?networks[]=core&networks[]=expanded&sort=relevance`; record (rank, personId, network, bestStrengthScore) for ~40 rows | Deliver actual ordering as evidence + decision ask (code says expanded-strong CAN outrank core-average — that's the open product decision, not an auto-fail) |
| G3 (R5+M1) | Strength sort | API `sort=strength&dir=desc` then `asc`; sample rows **and deliberately include a prospect whose connectors are exactly {unrated + weak or very_weak}** (create/rate one if needed, then clean up) | Monotonic on `bestStrengthSortScore`, no nulls — AND the mixed-connector row exposes M1: expect it to sort as weak (1) when intent says unrated (2). Report M1 repro explicitly |
| G4 (R9) | Intro job_id threading | Browser: multi-company prospect → Request intro → submit; capture POST body; clean up the intro | Body carries `job_id` == clicked row's `jobId` |
| G5 (RV3) | Relevance null-safety | Find/craft a row with null strength/level; inspect rendered bars + console | 1 bar, no NaN, no console error |
| G6 (new) | Relevance sort toggle | Click Relevance header twice; capture requests + caret | `sort=relevance` with toggled `dir`; caret matches; asc renders sanely |
| G7 (M2 repro) | Expansion state | Hide a person (or use an existing intro), then expand their company row on the Companies tab | Expect the bug: card shows not-hidden / no-intro. Document as M2 confirmation |
| G8 | Companies "Company" sort repro | Companies tab → click Company header; capture request + order | Expect the bug: `sort=company&dir=asc` → relevance-ascending order with lit caret. Document |
| G9 | Relevance tab scope | Check People AND Companies tabs for the Relevance column | Confirm People-only (matches code) — feeds the Michael discrepancy question |
| G10 (R2, P1) | Deselect-all networks | Deselect both networks; capture request | Document actual (expected wart: param omitted → both networks shown, button says "All") |

Time permitting (P1/P2, ship-with-note): R7/R8/R10 intro edge cases (dedup, gatekeeper, specific-connector selection), R11/R12 v2↔v3 parity walk (checklist in FINAL plan §4), R13 empty/loading/deep-page states, RV4/RV7 tooltip fidelity/a11y.

## Phase 3 — report

Write evidence to `docs/qa/evidence-2026-07-06/` (or the current date's dir) matching the slice-note format: per gate — SHA tested, exact request/response or screenshot, PASS/FAIL/DOCUMENTED, cleanup confirmation. Update the QA board's §6 checkboxes/statuses and §5 ledger. Summarize to Cam: gates passed, bugs reproduced (M1/M2/G8 are expected-fail confirmations), decision items outstanding (G2 ordering, intent scoring restore, relevance tab scope). **Do not fix anything on the branch.**

## Phase 4 — re-verify after Michael's fixes (if/when they land)

New commits → review the delta, redeploy staging, re-run only the affected gates. If the M1 fix lands: it changes a **precomputed indexed field** — staging needs a `prospect_search` reindex before G3 re-runs, or you'll re-measure the old data.

## Phase 5 — draft the sw-release notes (production deploy scope)

Use the `/sw-production-release` skill (project skill, `smallworld/.claude/skills/sw-production-release/`). Its default flow fetches `heroku-production/main` via Heroku git — **unavailable in this sandbox**, so pin the scope explicitly:

- Production HEAD: as of the 2026-07-06 morning packet, prod == main == `c17caa5e9` ("merged-unreleased = 0", release v1472 ~4 days old). **Re-verify at notes-writing time** via Cam: `! heroku releases -a small-world-production -n 3` + slug commit, or the daily packet. Do not assume.
- New main HEAD: the merge hasn't happened (and you will not perform it). Draft with scope `c17caa5e9..<current mts/sw-2544 head>` and label the note **PROVISIONAL — pending merge; regenerate SHAs after main moves**. The scope is exactly PRs #3609 + #3605 (one branch, both PRs) unless main moved — check `git log c17caa5e9..origin/main` first and include any other merged PRs if it did.
- Per the skill: every PR line gets a link + outcome bullets; flag migrations (none in this diff), **reindexing (very much yes — all-accounts `prospect_search` setup + backfill is a deploy prerequisite, and the landing page 500s without it)**, feature flags (none — the landing-page cutover is unconditional; call that out as the headline operational note), and the disabled crons / freshness caveat.
- Output the rendered mrkdwn **in your report only**. Do not post it anywhere.

## Escalation

Ping Cam (ntfy per workspace `.env` defaults) when: all P0 gates are done; any gate fails in a way the board didn't predict; staging auth/session breaks; or anything asks you to write to GitHub/prod. When in doubt: read-only, report, ask.