verify

verify is a command for Claude Code from axiomantic/spellbook. It costs 31 tokens per session (846 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A verification command that runs checks and requires fresh evidence before claiming work is complete. It can confirm results such as passing tests, a successful build, or a clean version-control diff.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps verify code changes before commits, pull requests, or completion claims.
Why use it?
It stops developers or agents from presenting guesses, partial checks, or their own success reports as proof.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: disable-model-invocation in frontmatter.

Good fit It helps verify code changes before commits, pull requests, or completion claims.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/axiomantic/spellbook/verify
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/axiomantic/spellbook/verify
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/axiomantic/spellbook

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for verify

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/axiomantic/spellbook/verify.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/commands/axiomantic/spellbook/verify)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/commands/axiomantic/spellbook/verify"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/axiomantic/spellbook/verify.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 31 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 846 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00031 $0.00846
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00423
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00169
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00085

Measured 3d ago against content hash becaf09d3fca, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

verify scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/verify.md · 113 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 113 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Verify

Invariant Principles

  1. Evidence Precedes Claims: No completion statement without fresh command output in same message
  2. Spirit Over Letter: Paraphrases, implications, synonyms all count as claims
  3. Verification Is Binary: Partial checks prove nothing; full command or no claim
  4. Independence Required: Agent/tool reports require independent verification
  5. Exhaustion Irrelevant: Fatigue, confidence, "just this once" are not evidence

Gate Function Protocol

Evidence Requirements

Claim Requires Not Sufficient
Tests pass Output: 0 failures Previous run, "should pass"
Linter clean Output: 0 errors Partial check
Build succeeds Exit 0 Linter passing
Bug fixed Original symptom resolved Code changed
Regression test Red-green cycle verified Passes once
Agent completed VCS diff shows changes Agent reports success
Requirements met Line-by-line checklist Tests passing

Red Flags: STOP

  • "should", "probably", "seems to"
  • Satisfaction before verification ("Great!", "Done!")
  • About to commit/push/PR without fresh evidence
  • Trusting agent success reports
  • ANY wording implying success without running verification

Rationalization Prevention

Excuse Reality
"Should work now" RUN verification
"I'm confident" Confidence != evidence
"Agent said success" Verify independently
"Partial check enough" Partial proves nothing
"Different wording" Spirit over letter

Read the full file on GitHub · 113 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 113 lines · 31 tokens per session scan A becaf09d3fca

Subscribe to this mod's changes

verify is a command published in the GitHub repository axiomantic/spellbook (10 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 31 tokens to every session and 846 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.