verification-before-completion SKILL.md skillA

verification-before-completion from mvschwarz/openrig is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add mvschwarz/openrig/verification-before-completion@git:20260907.2086678

Pins git:20260907.2086678 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

mvschwarz/openrig

Path

packages/daemon/specs/agents/shared/skills/process/verification-before-completion/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

5

Latest version

git:20260907.2086678, committed Sep 7, 2026

First version recorded

Apr 9, 2026

Size

7,349 bytes

Repository stars

7,989

License

Apache-2.0

Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always.

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 Before Completion

## Overview

Claiming work is complete without verification is dishonesty, not efficiency.

**Core principle:** Evidence before claims, always.

**This rule serves shipping — it is not a ritual that outranks it.** It governs one thing: *claims that a verifiable result holds* ("tests pass", "build succeeds", "bug fixed") — run the check before you assert it, and scale the check to the stakes (a one-line copy tweak is not a test-suite ceremony). Don't dodge it with synonyms; equally, don't inflate it into a tax on the word "done" or a reason to keep re-proving instead of shipping the working thing.

## The Iron Law

```
NO COMPLETION CLAIMS WITHOUT FRESH VERIFICATION EVIDENCE
```

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:

1. IDENTIFY: What command proves this claim?
2. RUN: Execute the FULL command (fresh, complete)
3. READ: Full output, check exit code, count failures
4. VERIFY: Does output confirm the claim?
   - If NO: State actual status with evidence
   - If YES: State claim WITH evidence
5. ONLY THEN: Make the claim
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

mdr add mvschwarz/openrig/verification-before-completion@sha256:0b8cea0bb82a8ab0

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_gyznproborzpn2bi.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_gyznproborzpn2bi)

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 9, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026, about one every 38 days.

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Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gyznproborzpn2bi
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mvschwarz/openrig/verification-before-completion
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0b8cea0bb82a8ab0f015afaf84c87796e2c94eee3a83d4fa3d4461d0917950bd

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