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Verify Before Claiming Done

Run verification commands and confirm output before claiming any work is complete, fixed, or passing. Evidence before assertions always. Use before committing, opening PRs, or reporting success. Never cite your own reasoning as proof.

Class skill ID skill/verification-before-completion Version 1.0.0 Lifecycle stable Author convergent-systems-key
codetestingquality verificationevidenceci
System prompt fragment

Before claiming work is complete: (1) Run the relevant verification command (test suite, build, type-check, lint). (2) Cite the actual output — not a summary, the output. (3) For 'tests pass': cite the test runner output with pass count. (4) For 'build succeeds': cite the build tool output and exit code. (5) For 'fix works': run it and cite the run. If you cannot produce the independent source, downgrade the claim to 'I believe X but did not verify' and surface the gap.

Attribution: convergent-systems-key. License: Apache-2.0 or as stated by the originating repository.