Deepworkplan Verify

DeepWorkPlan — Verify (conformance check)

Check, objectively, whether a repository is DeepWorkPlan-conformant (AI-first and agent-pilotable) and whether its Deep Work Plans are well-formed. This sub-skill is read-only: it reports pass/fail, it does not change files. The normative criteria are defined in the specification's Conformance document ().

Shared resources (read these)

• [../shared/context.sh](../shared/context.sh) — resolve the repo root and .dwp/.
• [../shared/dwp-paths.md](../shared/dwp-paths.md) — plans live at .dwp/plans/PLAN_{name}/.
• [conformance.sh](conformance.sh) — the mechanical conformance layer (run it first).
• [../spec/PLAN_STATE.md](../spec/PLAN_STATE.md) — the machine-readable state layer the desync checks enforce.

Run the mechanical layer first

Start every verification by running the automated checker — it covers the structural checks below objectively, exits 0/1, and detects markdown-vs-state.json desync:

bash {skill_dir}/verify/conformance.sh            # repo + every plan
bash {skill_dir}/verify/conformance.sh --repo-only
bash {skill_dir}/verify/conformance.sh --plan PLAN_{name}

Its exit code is CI-friendly: a repo can run it as a pipeline gate. Then layer the judgment checks (real commands, real toolchain, catalog-matches-disk) on top — the script verifies structure; you verify substance.

Parameter support

• /dwp-verify — verify the repository (the default).
• /dwp-verify plan {name} — also verify a specific plan's well-formedness.
• /dwp-verify all — verify the repository and every plan under .dwp/plans/.

The overriding rule

Report what is true on disk, not what should be true. A criterion passes only if the artifact exists and carries real, repository-specific content. A generic stub, a placeholder, or a command that cannot run in this repository fails the criterion — say so explicitly. Never mark a check passed without evidence.

Repository checks

Run these from the repo root and record each result. Prefer the mechanical check; fall back to reading the file when judgment is required (for example, deciding whether AGENTS.md commands are real).

# 1. AGENTS.md at the root, with a Quick Commands block
test -f AGENTS.md && grep -qiE 'quick commands|## commands' AGENTS.md && echo "AGENTS.md: ok" || echo "AGENTS.md: FAIL"

# 2. CLAUDE.md resolves to AGENTS.md (symlink or equivalent single source)
[ -L CLAUDE.md ] && [ "$(readlink CLAUDE.md)" = "AGENTS.md" ] && echo "CLAUDE.md symlink: ok" || echo "CLAUDE.md symlink: CHECK"

# 3. docs/ with the standard categories
test -d docs && echo "docs/: present" || echo "docs/: FAIL"
for d in PRODUCT_SPEC ARCHITECTURE STANDARDS TESTING_GUIDE DEVELOPMENT_COMMANDS SECURITY AI_AGENT_ONBOARDING; do
  ls docs/ 2>/dev/null | grep -qi "$d" && echo "  docs/$d: ok" || echo "  docs/$d: missing"
done

# 4. .agents/ home with agents/ commands/ skills/ + a docs catalog; .claude resolves
for d in .agents/agents .agents/commands .agents/skills .agents/docs; do
  test -d "$d" && echo "$d: ok" || echo "$d: FAIL"
done
[ -e .claude ] && echo ".claude resolves: ok" || echo ".claude resolves: FAIL"
[ -e .cursor ] && echo ".cursor resolves: ok" || echo ".cursor resolves: FAIL"

# 5. dwp-* commands are thin delegators (≤ ~30 lines, reference the skill)
for f in .agents/commands/dwp-*.md; do
  [ -f "$f" ] || continue
  lines=$(wc -l /dev/null 2>&1 && echo ".dwp gitignored: ok" || echo ".dwp gitignored: FAIL"
test -d .dwp/plans && test -d .dwp/drafts && echo ".dwp structure: ok" || echo ".dwp structure: FAIL"
git check-ignore tmp >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "tmp gitignored: ok" || echo "tmp gitignored: SHOULD"

Then, by reading rather than grepping:

• Real commands. Open AGENTS.md and confirm the Quick Commands actually correspond to this repo (the real package manager, test, lint, and build commands). Flag any command that could not run here.
• Testing toolchain defined. Open docs/TESTING_GUIDE.md and confirm it describes either a real test/lint setup (framework, file convention, how to run, coverage expectation) or — for a repo without one — a concrete proposed stack-appropriate setup (../spec/DOCUMENTATION_STANDARD.md §3.3). An empty file, a generic stub, or "no tests" fails this check: the repo then has no objective validation gate for future plans.
• Catalog matches disk. Confirm .agents/docs/ (the skills/agents catalog) lists exactly the skills, agents, and commands that exist under .agents/ — no dead links, no missing entries.
• Skill resolvable. Confirm the DeepWorkPlan skill is installed or referenced so its sub-skills can be invoked.

Plan checks (when verifying a plan)

For each plan under .dwp/plans/PLAN_{name}/:

• Every task file declares an explicit scope, acceptance criteria, and at least one validation gate (a runnable command or check).
• Test discipline. Tasks that add new core functionality or change product behavior require automated test coverage in their Acceptance Criteria and run the repo's tests + lint/type-check in their Validation (DWP_SPECIFICATION.md §5.1.1). A behavior-changing plan with zero test work is a finding, not a pass.
• Security discipline. Tasks that touch auth, input handling, secrets/config, network surface, or dependencies carry security expectations in their Acceptance Criteria (DWP_SPECIFICATION.md §5.1.2); where the plan has a dedicated security-hardening task, it is ordered before the comprehensive-tests task.
• PROGRESS.md exists and is updated, so the plan is resumable.
• The three mandatory final tasks are present — Security Review, Skills & Agents Discovery, and the Executive Report. On a completed plan, analysis_results/SECURITY_REVIEW.md exists and reports no unresolved critical finding.
• Tasks re-anchor to the plan goal before executing.
• State layer (when present). state.json and manifest.json parse, and

state.json agrees with the README checkboxes — on desync the markdown wins and the state file must be regenerated (../spec/PLAN_STATE.md §5). conformance.sh automates this. In a workspace without git (../spec/ARCHETYPES.md §4) the state layer is REQUIRED, not optional.

Output

Produce a concise report:

DeepWorkPlan conformance — {repo name}

Repository
  [x] AGENTS.md (real Quick Commands)
  [x] CLAUDE.md -> AGENTS.md
  [ ] docs/ — missing SECURITY.md
  [x] .agents/ + catalog matches disk
  [x] .cursor -> .agents
  [x] .dwp/ gitignored (plans/, drafts/)
  [x] tmp/ gitignored
  [x] skill resolvable

Verdict: NOT CONFORMANT — 1 issue.
Next: run /dwp-create "fix conformance gaps" to plan the remediation, then /dwp-execute.

End with one of: CONFORMANT (all MUST criteria pass) or NOT CONFORMANT — N issue(s), listing each failure. If gaps exist, offer to capture the fixes as a Deep Work Plan with /dwp-create — do not fix them silently inside this read-only check.

> Large repo / in-progress onboarding. A big repo may be mid-onboarding via > the plan-driven path (onboard Phase 2b) — its documentation is being generated > task-by-task by an onboarding Deep Work Plan rather than all at once. If you > find a PLAN_onboard_* under .dwp/plans/, report conformance gaps as > in progress, not failures, and point the developer at /dwp-status and > /dwp-resume to finish that plan rather than starting a new remediation plan.

Source & license

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

• Author: DailybotHQ
• Source: DailybotHQ/agent-skill
• License: MIT

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