A minimal QA checklist before shipping AI app output changes

AI app changes can fail quietly. A prompt tweak, model swap, retrieval change, or schema update can still return plausible answers while breaking required fields, citations, length limits, or safety wording. Here is the smallest clean-room routine I use before release: Use synthetic fixtures only. Do not use customer logs, secrets, support tickets, private documents, or production prompts. Define expected output checks in plain rules: required fields, forbidden claims, required citations, len...