Verification Before Completion
Use before any success claim, fixed status, or work completion, especially before committing or creating PRs.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-himmelreich-it-agent-skill-converter-verification-before-completion ✓ scanned · ✓ verified — works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
About
Verification Before Completion
Claiming work is complete without verification is dishonesty. Evidence before claims, always.
Core principle: If you haven't run the verification command in this message, you cannot claim it passes.
The Gate Function
BEFORE claiming any status or expressing satisfaction:
- IDENTIFY: What command proves this claim?
- RUN: Execute the FULL command (fresh, complete).
- READ: Full output, check exit code, count failures.
- VERIFY: Does the output confirm the claim?
- CLAIM: ONLY then, make the claim WITH evidence.
Common Failures
| Claim | Requires | Not Sufficient | |-------|----------|----------------| | Tests pass | Test command output: 0 failures | Previous run, "should pass" | | Linter clean | Linter output: 0 errors | Partial check, extrapolation | | Build succeeds | Build command: exit 0 | Logs look good, but not checked | | Bug fixed | Test original symptom: passes | Code changed, assumed fixed | | Requirements met | Line-by-line checklist | Tests passing but not checked |
Red Flags - STOP
- Using "should", "probably", "seems to".
- Expressing satisfaction before verification ("Great!", "Done!").
- Trusting agent success reports without manual verification.
- Relying on partial verification.
When To Apply
- Before ANY completion claim.
- Before committing, pushing, or creating PRs.
- Before moving to the next task.
- Before delegating to agents/personas.
No shortcuts for verification. Run the command. Read the output. THEN claim the result.
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: himmelreich-it
- Source: himmelreich-it/agent-skill-converter
- License: Apache-2.0
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.