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Pass with notes
Keep QAKeep QA is the human checklist a Botski pack or keep branch waits on before someone wires it into the live site. says ship is OK, but Laser/Artsy must respect soft notes.
Why this word exists
Perfect is rare; blocking everything is worse. Pass-with-notes means Keep says ship is OK, but Laser or Artsy must respect the soft notes.
It is not a hard-failA Keep QA result that blocks shipping until fixed. and not a blank check. Ignoring notes can become the next hard-fail.
Where you will meet it
Keep receipts use pass-with-notes language beside glanceA short Keep or human look at a page or art pack — lighter than a full QA writeup. results. WireHooking finished art or copy into the real site code so visitors can see it. may proceed while notes stay on the tip trainA line of finished changes waiting to be tipped (reviewed and shipped) one after another. as follow-ups.
Examples
- Keep passes a packA folder of related artwork (icons, heroes, contact sheet) ready for Keep QA and wiring. with notes to tighten contact-sheet crop later.
- ChipA small pill or tag that labels a category, score, or filter — often in a chip bar at the top of a card. contrastHow different two colors look next to each other — needed so white icons stay readable on category bars. is pass-with-notes — ship now, tokenA named design value (color, spacing) in code so the same color is reused everywhere. tweak next sliceOne thin piece of a bigger job, shipped or reviewed on its own so the whole thing does not wait..
- Honesty issues are hard-failA Keep QA result that blocks shipping until fixed., not pass-with-notes.
Fetched 2026-09-23 CT.