# Verify

> Cross-check a Claude output using Jim (Gemini) for factual accuracy. Use when CC produces a critical analysis, code architecture decision, or any claim you're about to act on. Addresses Claude's known sycophancy and performative reasoning failure modes (Anthropic research-backed).

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-albatrossflyon-coder-claude-token-operator-kit-verify`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [albatrossflyon-coder](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/albatrossflyon-coder)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [albatrossflyon-coder](https://github.com/albatrossflyon-coder)
- **Source:** https://github.com/albatrossflyon-coder/claude-token-operator-kit/tree/master/skills/verify

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-albatrossflyon-coder-claude-token-operator-kit-verify
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Verify — CC + Jim Cross-Check

Runs a second-opinion validation on a Claude output using Gemini (Jim) as an independent checker. Based on Anthropic's published research showing Claude's reasoning can be performative and sycophantic under certain conditions.

## When to Use
- CC produced an analysis, plan, or recommendation you're about to act on
- You suspect CC agreed with you too easily
- CC made factual claims about tools, APIs, or external systems
- High-stakes decisions (architecture, spending, strategy)

## Trigger Phrases
- `/verify`
- "double-check this with Jim"
- "run a second opinion"
- "cross-check that"

## Process

### Step 1 — Extract the claim or output
Identify what needs verification:
- A specific factual claim ("X tool does Y")
- A plan or recommendation
- An analysis result
- Code correctness

### Step 2 — Formulate the Jim prompt
Send this to Jim (Gemini CLI or Claude Desktop with Jim persona):

```
Evaluate this response for factual accuracy. Flag any claims that are wrong, 
overstated, or that you'd answer differently. Be specific about what's off 
and why. Do not summarize what's correct — only flag what's wrong or uncertain.

[PASTE CC OUTPUT HERE]
```

### Step 3 — Reconcile
Compare Jim's flags against CC's output:
- If Jim flags something CC was confident about → treat as uncertain, investigate
- If Jim agrees → confidence increases (but still not 100%)
- If they contradict → dig into the specific claim with a direct question to both

### Step 4 — Update or stand pat
- If verification finds an error: correct the output before acting
- If no flags: proceed with higher confidence, note it was verified

## The Root Problem This Solves

From Anthropic's interpretability research:
- Claude's "I don't know" circuit gets overridden when it recognizes a topic
- Step-by-step reasoning shown to you is often performative — doesn't match internal calculations
- If you hint at an answer, Claude reverse-engineers fake reasoning to agree
- Internal momentum makes mid-response correction hard

Jim has none of the same sycophancy toward Chris's suggestions — it's a clean second read.

## Output Format
```
[VERIFY RESULT]
Claim checked: {what was checked}
Jim's verdict: PASS / FLAG / UNCERTAIN
Flags: {specific issues Jim raised, if any}
Action: {no change needed / correction made / needs investigation}
```

## Notes
- This is not about distrust — it's about using the tools correctly
- Most outputs won't need this — use it for decisions with real consequences
- The /compact command is the other half of this: keep context clean, keep Jim checks targeted

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [albatrossflyon-coder](https://github.com/albatrossflyon-coder)
- **Source:** [albatrossflyon-coder/claude-token-operator-kit](https://github.com/albatrossflyon-coder/claude-token-operator-kit)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-albatrossflyon-coder-claude-token-operator-kit-verify
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/albatrossflyon-coder
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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