verification

verification is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from 0xranx/agentbrief. It costs 13 tokens per session (383 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A working rule that requires fresh evidence before claiming a coding task is finished. It applies to claims such as tests passing, a build succeeding, a bug being fixed, or a file being updated.

In plain words
What is it for?
Choosing verification commands, reading their complete results, checking reproductions after fixes, and reporting what was actually confirmed.
Why use it?
It prevents an agent from treating an untested assumption as a result. Each claim must be checked with the relevant command and its output must match what is being claimed.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/0xranx/agentbrief/verification
Any agent
npx skills add 0xranx/agentbrief --skill verification
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/0xranx/agentbrief

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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 verification

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/0xranx/agentbrief/verification.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/skills/0xranx/agentbrief/verification)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/0xranx/agentbrief/verification"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/0xranx/agentbrief/verification.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 13 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 383 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. 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 $0.00013 $0.00383
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.00192
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00077
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00038

Measured 3d ago against content hash abe8e5b672e6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

verification scanned grade A with 1 finding 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

1. **Run** the relevant command (test, build, lint, curl, etc.).
briefs/code-reviewer/skills/verification/SKILL.md · 48 lines

What it actually says

Methodology from obra/superpowers (MIT)

Verification

Iron law: no claims without fresh evidence.

The Verification Gate

Before you say "done", "works", "fixed", or "verified", you MUST:

  1. Run the relevant command (test, build, lint, curl, etc.).
  2. Read the full output -- not just the exit code.
  3. Confirm the output matches the expected result.
  4. Only then claim completion.

If you cannot run a verification command, say so explicitly. Never assume.

What Counts as Verification

Claim Minimum Evidence
"Tests pass" Paste or reference the test runner output showing green.
"Build succeeds" Show the build command output with zero errors.
"Bug is fixed" Show the reproduction case now producing correct output.
"File updated" Read the file back and confirm the expected content.
"Service is running" Hit the health endpoint and show the response.

Workflow

  1. Finish your change.
  2. Decide which claims you are about to make.
  3. For each claim, run the matching verification step.
  4. If any step fails, fix and re-verify. Do NOT skip ahead.
  5. Report results with evidence (command + output).

Anti-patterns to Avoid

  • Saying "should work" without running anything.
  • Running a command but not reading its output.
  • Verifying one thing and claiming another.
  • Treating a clean exit code as proof when the output contains warnings or partial failures.
  • Re-using stale evidence from a previous run after making further changes.
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 · 48 lines · 13 tokens per session scan A abe8e5b672e6

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verification is a skill published in the GitHub repository 0xranx/agentbrief (45 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 13 tokens to every session and 383 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.