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This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

verification-strategy from cercano-ai/cercano is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add cercano-ai/cercano/verification-strategy@git:20260709.887cd3f

Pins 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: .claude/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.
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add cercano-ai/cercano/verification-strategy@sha256:680370a1c43b1940

The 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_ksqgqwvdgc6nlgmv.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ksqgqwvdgc6nlgmv)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 9, 2026.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260709.887cd3f latest	2026-07-09	887cd3f	2,063 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

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

GitHub

cercano-ai/cercano · 11 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ksqgqwvdgc6nlgmv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cercano-ai/cercano/verification-strategy
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/680370a1c43b19408c2251dd41c43d9f145e431a76a7749af8a87e46c25837f6

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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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