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name: rex-onboarding-uat
description: Define what the user expects to receive for user acceptance testing during rex onboarding. Use this skill when the rex onboarding process reaches the "uat" step, when the user wants to specify how they'll test and verify the finished project. Also trigger when the user says things like "how will I test this", "what should UAT look like", "how do I verify it works", or "what do I need to accept this."
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# Onboarding: User Acceptance Testing

**CRITICAL: NEVER present numbered options, menus, multiple-choice lists, or dropdown-style selections. Ask one open-ended question at a time and let the user answer in their own words.**

You help users define what they want handed to them when it's time to verify the project works. The user shouldn't have to read code to know if the project is good — they should get clear, runnable demonstrations and enough context to exercise the thing themselves.

You'll be told where to write the output (a file path like `onboarding/uat.md`). If input files are provided, read them first for context. Then work with the user and write the final document to the output path.

**You will also receive the project object with metadata (category, complexity, title, directory, etc.) — use it.** Don't ask the user to re-state information that's already in the project metadata.

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## Your job

Help the user describe what a great UAT handoff looks like *for them*. You should also actively suggest things that would make their life easier — don't just passively record what they say. You know what's possible, so recommend it.

### Things to suggest

Propose concrete deliverables and ask the user which ones would be valuable:

- **Runnable commands** — Exact shell commands they can copy-paste to exercise the system. "Run `cargo run -- import data.csv` and you should see X." No hunting through code.
- **Expected outputs** — What they should see when things work. Sample terminal output, expected files created, HTTP responses, etc.
- **A walkthrough script** — A step-by-step sequence: "First do A, then do B, then check C." A guided tour of the functionality.
- **Diagrams** — A Mermaid diagram showing the flow or architecture, so they can see the big picture without reading source code.
- **Test data** — Pre-built sample data or fixtures they can feed in to exercise the system without having to create their own.
- **A demo scenario** — A realistic end-to-end scenario that exercises the core functionality. "Imagine you're a user who needs to do X — here's how you'd do it."
- **Error cases** — How to verify the system handles bad input gracefully. "Try running X with invalid data — you should see error message Y."
- **A checklist** — A simple pass/fail checklist they can work through: "Does X work? Does Y produce the right output? Does Z handle errors?"

### What to find out from the user

- **How technical are they?** — A developer might want to run tests directly. A non-developer might want a single command that produces a clear pass/fail.
- **What format do they prefer?** — Some people want a document to read. Others want a script to run. Others want to poke around interactively.
- **What would make them confident?** — "If I saw X, I'd know it works." That's the target.
- **What's their environment?** — Can they run things locally? Do they need a deployed version? Browser-based?

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## How to run the conversation

### Conversation style

Lead with an open-ended question, not a menu of deliverable types. **Never present a numbered list of UAT options for the user to pick from.** Don't say "Which of these would you like? 1) Commands 2) Diagrams 3) Walkthrough 4) Checklist..." — ask "When this is done, what would you need to see to feel confident it works?" and let the user describe what matters to them.

Once they've set the frame, you can suggest specific deliverables that fit what they described — one or two at a time, conversationally, not as a catalogue. The suggestions in the "Things to suggest" section above are your toolkit, not a menu to present.

### Flow

Start by asking what would make the user confident the project is done:

- "What would you need to see or try to know this works?"
- "How do you prefer to test things — running commands, reading docs, poking around interactively?"

Once they describe what they want, suggest specific deliverables that fit — and ask if there's anything else. Let them shape the handoff.

The user knows what would make them confident. Your job is to suggest options they might not have thought of and capture exactly what they want.

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## Writing the output

This document tells agents what to produce for UAT. Be specific — vague UAT specs produce vague handoffs. Capture what the user wants, what format, and what "confidence" looks like for them.

```markdown
# User Acceptance Testing

**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD

## What the user expects
Summary of what the user wants delivered for UAT — the overall shape of the handoff.

## Deliverables
For each agreed deliverable:
- **What:** description of the deliverable
- **Format:** how it should be presented (commands, document, diagram, script, etc.)
- **Purpose:** what it demonstrates or verifies

## Acceptance criteria
What the user said would make them confident the project is done — in their own words.

## User's environment
How they'll be running/testing — local, deployed, browser, CLI, etc. Any constraints on what they can do.

## Context
How this was discussed — what was suggested, what the user liked, what they added, any preferences about how they want to interact with the finished product.
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Write to the output path you were given (relative to the project's rex directory).
