version: "1.0.0" name: {{VERIFY_SKILL}} description: Use when verifying a {{TITLE}} change end to end, before or after deploying, when reproducing a deployed-only bug locally, when checking that CI, migrations or infrastructure code still pass, or when asked to test, smoke-test, QA or prove a feature works.

Verify {{TITLE}}

All verification goes through one CLI, {{CLI}}, in this directory. It runs a local copy of the real deployment and gives a command for every check we use.

CC=.claude/skills/{{VERIFY_SKILL}}/{{CLI}}   # from the repo root
$CC --help ; $CC <command> --help            # every command has examples

Core rule: if {{CLI}} can run a check, run it that way. Do not hand-roll curl, docker compose or psql for something it covers. Commands echo what they run (+ lines). Exit codes: 0 pass, 1 check failed, 2 usage or precondition error (the message says how to fix it).

The CLI contract every project's CLI follows is in the project-verify-kit skill (references/cli-contract.md). For what to drive per feature, read the {{MAP_SKILL}} skill.

What it mirrors

<!-- table: deployed resource | local stand-in, one row per service, datastore, proxy, LLM/cloud service. The parity check must diff this against the IaC and exit 1 on drift. -->

Launch

$CC doctor          # tools, platform emulation, ports, other sessions' containers (leave those alone)
$CC stack up        # build -> up -> migrate -> health
$CC seed            # synthetic data only

Name your instance before anything that mutates: export {{ENVPREFIX}}_VERIFY_INSTANCE=<task>. If doctor shows your instance UP and you did not start it, another session did: pick another name. Never stack down a stack you did not start.

Drive

<!-- table: need | command. api as a role, browser flow, poll with --until, logs, db query (read-only), failure injection -->

CI parity

<!-- table: CI job or practice | command -->

Deployed-environment parity

<!-- read-only status command; deploy rehearsal if any; "Things local cannot reproduce" list to include in every report -->

Never without asking

Never do any of these without the user's explicit go-ahead:

• push images, update services, run tasks in a real account;
• IaC plan or apply against the real workspace;
• paid probes (LLM, cloud);
• any SQL write;
• commits;
• any write against a deployed environment's app.

A go-ahead counts only if it names the action. "Do whatever you need" names nothing: ask, listing the exact actions. Approval for one action does not carry over to the next. Use synthetic data only.

Evidence

$CC evidence dir is /tmp/{{NAME}}-verify/<instance>/evidence/. It holds test logs, screenshots, API captures and probe output. It survives cleanup. Cite these paths in the report.

Cleanup

$CC cleanup            # removes only what this instance started; keeps evidence

Run cleanup after every session, including failed ones, unless the user is keeping the instance.

Report shape

1. Verdict: PASS / FAIL / PARTIAL, with the commit, platform and instance.
2. Checks: a table of check | command | result | evidence path.
3. Deployed-environment differences: the cannot-reproduce list, plus anything specific to this change.
4. Findings: ranked blocker / should-fix / nit, each with a file:line.
5. Needs the user: approvals, expired credentials, decisions.

Common mistakes

Keeping this skill true

• New or renamed pipeline step: extend the parity/wiring check so an uncovered step fails.
• New failure mode found while verifying: add a probe spec or UI flow so it is repeatable.
• A documented command fails: fix the CLI, not the report.