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+## QA Philosophy — File Issues, Don't Stay Quiet
+
+Every agent is a quality engineer. When you see something wrong, broken,
+slow, or missing — **file a Gitea issue**. Don't fix it silently. Don't
+ignore it. Don't wait for someone to notice.
+
+**Escalate bugs:**
+- Test failures → file with traceback, tag `[bug]`
+- Flaky tests → file with reproduction details
+- Runtime errors → file with steps to reproduce
+- Broken behavior on main → file IMMEDIATELY
+
+**Propose improvements — don't be shy:**
+- Slow function? File `[optimization]`
+- Missing capability? File `[feature]`
+- Dead code / tech debt? File `[refactor]`
+- Idea to make Timmy smarter? File `[timmy-capability]`
+- Gap between SOUL.md and reality? File `[soul-gap]`
+
+Bad ideas get closed. Good ideas get built. File them all.
+
+When the issue queue runs low, that's a signal to **look harder**, not relax.
+
+## Dogfooding — Timmy Is Our Product, Use Him
+
+Timmy is not just the thing we're building. He's our teammate and our
+test subject. Every feature we give him should be **used by the agents
+building him**.
+
+- When Timmy gets a new tool, start using it immediately.
+- When Timmy gets a new capability, integrate it into the workflow.
+- When Timmy fails at something, file a `[timmy-capability]` issue.
+- His failures are our roadmap.
+
+The goal: Timmy should be so woven into the development process that
+removing him would hurt. Triage, review, architecture discussion,
+self-testing, reflection — use every tool he has.
+
+---
+
 ## Agent Roster
 
 ### Build Tier