verify

HARD_CUTOFF: 900  # seconds — advisory; Agent() calls are synchronous and cannot be interrupted mid-flight

Paper-vs-code consistency audit. After research:scientist implements method from paper, verify implementation matches paper claims. Audits five dimensions — formula matching, hyperparameter parity, eval protocol, notation consistency, citation chain. Emits verification table with match status and severity.

NOT for: running experiments (use /research:run); judging experimental methodology (use /research:judge); literature search (use /research:topic); general code review (use /develop:review (requires develop plugin)). Verify audits implementation-vs-paper fidelity only — does not evaluate whether paper's claims are valid.

Agent Resolution

research:scientist same plugin as this skill — no fallback needed if research plugin installed. Scientist handles all five audit dimensions in single spawn to preserve cross-dimension context (e.g., notation inconsistency explaining formula mismatch needs holistic paper understanding).

Verify Mode (Steps V1–V6)

Triggered by verify <paper> where <paper> is PDF path, arXiv URL, or multi-line quoted text.

Task tracking: create tasks for V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6 at start — before any tool calls.

Step V1: Parse paper input

Input resolution (priority order):

1. Path ending .pdf — read via Read tool (use pages: "1-20" for large PDFs; iterate with subsequent page ranges if needed — max 20 pages per Read call)
2. URL matching arxiv.org — convert abs/<id> to https://arxiv.org/pdf/<id> for actual content fetching (e.g., ARXIV_URL="${ARXIV_URL//arxiv.org\/abs\//arxiv.org\/pdf\/}"). Use WebFetch (timeout: 30000). No separate abstract-page fetch — title/authors/year come from the PDF's first page.
3. URL matching *.pdf or doi.org — WebFetch (timeout: 30000)
4. Multi-line quoted text block — treat as literal paper content
5. No paper argument — stop: "No paper provided. Usage: /research:verify <paper.pdf|arxiv-url|'pasted text'> [--scope <glob>]"