verify-findings

Finding-Verifier Fleet Dispatch (stage_23_verify_findings)

This skill is the canonical finding-verifier dispatcher for /code-review at stage_23_verify_findings. It is split out of commands/start.md so the orchestration spine stays lean; the orchestrator invokes it when the walker reaches stage_23_verify_findings. The content below is authoritative for both MODE=local and MODE=github, with mode-specific Task scheduling: GitHub mode dispatches verifiers synchronously, while local mode preserves parallel background dispatch plus blocking TaskOutput collection.

Verifier Fleet (stage_23_verify_findings)

This stage runs when the walker reaches stage_23. It implements PLN-722's finding-verification pass: each eligible finding gets an independent second opinion from a verifier agent prompted to falsify (not confirm) the original claim. Findings that survive land in verified[]; findings rejected with positive evidence land in rejected[] and surface in the "Dismissed Findings" section so humans can falsify the dismissal.

Inputs

stage_22b_verify_prepare already wrote <CR_DIR>/verify_manifest.json and one input file per eligible finding at <CR_DIR>/verifier_inputs/<finding_id>.json. Read the manifest:

{
  "to_verify": [{"finding_id", "model", "input_path", "output_path", ...}, ...],
  "skipped_no_verification": [...],
  "deferred_budget": [...],
  "cache_hits": [...]
}

cache_hits[] entries have already been materialized at their output_path; do NOT respawn them. Only entries in to_verify[] need fleet dispatch.

If verify_manifest.json is absent, do NOT dispatch any verifier — stop and report. stage_22b_verify_prepare writes it last and exits 3 without it when it could not prove the review root, so a missing manifest means the verifiers would resolve source paths against a tree that is not the one under review.

Spawn contract

First branch on MODE. GitHub and local runs intentionally use different Task scheduling because GitHub headless mode cannot survive outstanding background verifiers after the assistant turn ends.