nw-dor-validation

nw-dor-validation is a skill for Claude Code from nWave-ai/nWave. It costs 29 tokens per session (1,083 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A readiness checklist for deciding whether a product task is specific enough for development. It checks the problem, user, examples, and acceptance scenarios using real domain details.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps product owners validate problem statements, personas, domain examples, and user-acceptance scenarios before handing work to developers.
Why use it?
It prevents vague requests from reaching implementation and exposes missing users, examples, edge cases, or measurable expectations.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: disable-model-invocation in frontmatter.

Good fit It helps product owners validate problem statements, personas, domain examples, and user-acceptance scenarios before handing work to developers.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/nwave-ai/nwave/nw-dor-validation
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add nWave-ai/nWave --skill nw-dor-validation
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nWave-ai/nWave

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 29 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,083 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 1 finding, up to high

These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →

  • high Memory Poisoning · line 20
    Skill manipulates agent memory, state, or stored context. Memory corruption can alter personality, override safety rules, or cause unpredictable behavior.
    Fix: Protect agent memory and state from modification by untrusted content. Use read-only memory for critical instructions and validate all state changes.
How audits are shown
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 5.1 $0.00029 $0.01083
Opus 5.5 $0.00012 $0.00433
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00217
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00108

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 9378bddc4ad2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

nw-dor-validation 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 1mo 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.

nWave/skills/nw-dor-validation/SKILL.md · 101 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 101 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

DoR Validation and Antipattern Detection

Definition of Ready Checklist (8 Items - Hard Gate)

All items must PASS with evidence. Each FAIL blocks handoff.

Item 1: Problem Statement Clear and Validated

Domain language (not technical), describes real user pain, testable. Pass: "Maria wastes 30 seconds typing credentials on every visit" Fail: "Users need authentication" | "Implement login feature"

Item 2: User/Persona with Specific Characteristics

Real name, specific role, clear context. Pass: "Maria Santos, returning customer (2+ orders), using trusted MacBook" Fail: "User" | "Customer" | "End user" | "Authenticated user"

Item 3: At Least 3 Domain Examples with Real Data

Min 3 examples, real names (not user123), real values, different scenarios (happy/edge/error). Pass: "Example 1: Maria on MacBook, 5 days since login, goes to dashboard" Fail: "User logs in successfully" | "Test with valid credentials"

Item 4: UAT Scenarios Cover Happy Path + Edge Cases

Given/When/Then format, 3-7 scenarios, real data, covers happy + edge. Pass: "Given Maria authenticated on 'MacBook-Home' 5 days ago..." Fail: "Test login works" | "Given a user When they login Then success"

Item 5: Acceptance Criteria Derived from UAT

Checkable (checkbox), traceable to UAT, outcome-focused (not implementation). Pass: "Sessions older than 30 days require re-authentication" Fail: "Use JWT tokens" | "System should work correctly"

Item 6: Story Right-Sized (1-3 Days, 3-7 Scenarios)

Effort estimate provided, scenario count in range, single demonstrable outcome. Pass: 2 days, 5 UAT scenarios, demoed in single session Fail: >7 scenarios | >3 days | multiple distinct outcomes

Item 7: Technical Notes Identify Constraints

Dependencies listed, risks identified, architectural considerations noted. Pass: "Requires JWT token storage, GDPR cookie consent integration" Fail: no technical notes section

Item 8: Dependencies Resolved or Tracked

Blocking deps identified, resolution status clear, escalation path. Pass: "Depends on US-041 (completed) and Auth service API (available)" Fail: "Needs some API - TBD"

Read the full file on GitHub · 101 lines

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. 1mo ago First seen · 101 lines · 29 tokens per session scan A 9378bddc4ad2

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nw-dor-validation is a skill published in the GitHub repository nWave-ai/nWave (620 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 29 tokens to every session and 1,083 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-09-03.

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