verification-strategy SKILL.md skillA
verification-strategy from cercano-ai/cercano is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add cercano-ai/cercano/verification-strategy@git:20260709.887cd3fPins git:20260709.887cd3f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- cercano-ai/cercano
- Path
.agents/skills/verification-strategy/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260709.887cd3f, committed Jul 9, 2026
- Size
- 2,063 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- Apache-2.0
Match the test tier to the size of the change.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Verification Strategy Protocol You are now operating under Dave's verification protocol. Before running tests, think about WHICH tests to run. Running the full suite when you only changed one function wastes time. Skipping integration tests when you changed an interface misses bugs. ## Verification Tiers ### Tier 0: Unit / Isolated Test the component in isolation. Mock or stub its dependencies. Fastest. **Use when:** You're changing internal logic that doesn't cross boundaries. Algorithm changes, data transformations, pure functions, state machine logic. **Don't use when:** You've touched an interface, changed data formats, or modified how components communicate. ### Tier 1: Integration / Smoke Test the component in context with its immediate neighbors. Real dependencies, controlled inputs. **Use when:** You've changed an interface, modified data flow between components, or touched boundary code. Also use as a sanity check after significant Tier 0 changes. **Don't use when:** You need to validate end-to-end behavior at real operating conditions. ### Tier 2: System / End-to-End Full system test at real operating conditions. Slowest. This is the sign-off test. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add cercano-ai/cercano/verification-strategy@sha256:680370a1c43b1940The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260709.887cd3f, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_25qvjvaj3zbn3dsu)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 9, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2063 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
cercano-ai/cercano · 11 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_25qvjvaj3zbn3dsu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cercano-ai/cercano/verification-strategy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/680370a1c43b19408c2251dd41c43d9f145e431a76a7749af8a87e46c25837f6
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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