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verification-before-completion

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

91

1.22x
Quality

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

92%

1.22x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

SKILL.md
Quality
Evals
Security

Quality

Content

77%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A focused, actionable behavioral skill with a clear validated workflow and concrete claim-to-evidence mappings. Its main weakness is redundancy — the core rule is restated across many sections — and a monolithic structure with no progressive disclosure.

Suggestions

Collapse the redundant sections (Iron Law, Red Flags, Rationalization Prevention, Why This Matters, Bottom Line) into one consolidated list, since they all restate 'evidence before claims'.

Merge the Red Flags and Rationalization Prevention tables into a single 'Excuses vs. Required Action' table to remove overlap and cut tokens.

Trim the 'Why This Matters' failure-memory narrative to one or two illustrative lines; the Gate Function already conveys the stakes.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly efficient and free of concepts Claude already knows, but the same evidence-before-claims idea is restated across many overlapping sections (Iron Law, Red Flags, Rationalization Prevention, Why This Matters, Bottom Line), creating redundancy that could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides concrete executable guidance: a numbered Gate Function (IDENTIFY/RUN/READ/VERIFY), a Common Failures table mapping each claim to its required evidence, and ✅/❌ Key Patterns — instruction-only but specific and copy-ready.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The Gate Function is a clearly sequenced workflow with an explicit validation checkpoint and a feedback loop (VERIFY → if NO state actual status, if YES state claim with evidence), matching the anchor for explicit validation and error recovery.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Single monolithic file (~135 lines) with no bundle references and overlapping sections; headers give some structure, but the content is not split or navigated in a way that earns the top anchor.

2 / 3

Total

10

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12

Passed

Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description: concrete actions, natural trigger terms, and explicit what/when coverage with a clear 'Use when' clause. It is concise and avoids first/second-person voice or vague fluff.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names multiple concrete actions — 'running verification commands', 'confirming output', 'before committing or creating PRs' — rather than vague language.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (run verification commands and confirm output before success claims) and when (before claiming completion/fixes/passes, committing, or PRs) with an explicit 'Use when' trigger.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Opens with 'Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing' and names 'committing or creating PRs', covering natural phrases a user would actually say.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Targets a clear niche — pre-completion verification gating — with triggers ('about to claim work is complete', 'before committing or creating PRs') unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository
obra/superpowers
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