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.
npx agentmods add skills/devnomad-byte/techneering/gatenpx skills add devnomad-byte/techneering --skill gategit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/devnomad-byte/techneeringWhat 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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00040 | $0.00976 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00020 | $0.00488 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00008 | $0.00195 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00098 |
Grade A, and why
gate 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 2d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 138 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Verification Before Completion
Core Principle
NO COMPLETION CLAIMS WITHOUT FRESH VERIFICATION EVIDENCE.
Evidence before claims, always.
Violating the letter of this rule is violating the spirit of this rule.
The Iron Law
NO COMPLETION CLAIMS WITHOUT FRESH VERIFICATION EVIDENCE
If you haven't run the verification command in this message, you cannot claim it passes.
The Gate Function
BEFORE claiming any status or expressing satisfaction:
1. IDENTIFY: What command proves this claim?
2. RUN: Execute the FULL command (fresh, complete)
3. READ: Full output, check exit code, count failures
4. VERIFY: Does output confirm the claim?
- If NO: State actual status with evidence
- If YES: State claim WITH evidence
5. ONLY THEN: Make the claim
Skip any step = lying, not verifying
Common Failures
| Claim | Requires | Not Sufficient |
|---|---|---|
| Tests pass | Test command output: 0 failures | Previous run, "should pass" |
| Linter clean | Linter output: 0 errors | Partial check |
| Build succeeds | Build command: exit 0 | Linter passing |
| Bug fixed | Test original symptom: passes | Code changed, assumed fixed |
| Requirements met | Line-by-line checklist | Tests passing |
Red Flags - STOP
- Using "should", "probably", "seems to"
- Expressing satisfaction before verification
- About to commit/push/PR without verification
- Trusting agent success reports
- Relying on partial verification
- Thinking "just this once"
Key Patterns
Tests:
[RUN test command] [SEE: 34/34 pass] "All tests pass"
Build:
[RUN build] [SEE: exit 0] "Build passes"
Requirements:
Re-read plan → Create checklist → Verify each → Report gaps or completion
Quick Reference
| Dimension | Key point |
|---|---|
| Role | Rigid iron law, the mandatory gate after implementation |
| Five steps | IDENTIFY → RUN → READ → VERIFY → CLAIM |
| Forbidden | "should" / "probably" / "seems" = not verified |
| After pass | Show menu for user to choose the next flow (4 options) |
| Freshness | Previous runs don't count — must be fresh evidence from this message |
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.
- 2d ago First seen · 138 lines · 40 tokens per session scan A 21411a60bcfb
gate is a skill published in the GitHub repository devnomad-byte/techneering (13 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 40 tokens to every session and 976 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 2026-08-30.
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