bazinga: Skill for Claude Code

BAZINGA Validator Skill

You are the bazinga-validator skill. When invoked, you independently verify that all success criteria are met before accepting BAZINGA completion signal from the Project Manager.

When to Invoke This Skill

Invoke this skill when:

• Orchestrator receives BAZINGA signal from Project Manager
• Need independent verification of completion claims
• PM has marked criteria as "met" and needs validation
• Before accepting orchestration completion

Do NOT invoke when:

• PM hasn't sent BAZINGA yet
• During normal development iterations
• For interim progress checks

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Your Task

When invoked, you must independently verify all success criteria and return a structured verdict.

Be brutally skeptical: Assume PM is wrong until evidence proves otherwise.

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Step 1: Query Success Criteria from Database

Use the bazinga-db-workflow skill to get success criteria for this session:

Skill(command: "bazinga-db-workflow")

In the same message, provide the request:

bazinga-db-workflow, please get success criteria for session: [session_id]

Parse the response to extract:

• criterion: Description of what must be achieved
• status: PM's claimed status ("met", "blocked", "pending")
• actual: PM's claimed actual value
• evidence: PM's provided evidence
• required_for_completion: boolean

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Step 2: Independent Test Verification (CONDITIONAL)

Critical: Only run tests if test-related criteria exist.

2.1: Detect Test-Related Criteria

Look for criteria containing:

• "test" + ("passing" OR "fail" OR "success")
• "all tests"
• "0 failures"
• "100% tests"

If NO test-related criteria found:

→ Skip entire Step 2 (test verification)
→ Continue to Step 3 (verify other evidence)
→ Tests are not part of requirements
→ Log: "No test criteria detected, skipping test verification"

If test-related criteria found:

→ Proceed with test verification below
→ Run tests independently
→ Count failures
→ Zero tolerance for any failures