# ads-validate

Runs validation over Claude Ads contracts, scoring inputs, run bundles and release readiness. Useful before a release and when something breaks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 602 installs · ★ 10428
- Author: AgriciDaniel
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-ads/tree/HEAD/skills/ads-validate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-17
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ads-validate

## What it does

The skill picks the narrowest validation target and returns machine-readable results: pass or fail, the highest-priority blocker, exact evidence and recovery steps. A contract or bundle goes to the deterministic core validator; scores are checked against controls, findings, category weights and coverage; a run is checked for manifest completeness, source lineage, privacy, worker status and render artifacts.

Install and uninstall validation is a separate branch. An uninstall may remove only exact paths in the matching Claude Ads ownership manifest, and the whole manifest plus configured root boundaries are validated before any deletion. If the manifest is absent, invalid or mismatched, the skill stops and asks for manual review. It will not discover targets with an `ads-*` glob, so unrelated skills such as `ads-weather` stay untouched.

Pipe-to-shell install instructions get rejected. A safe install uses the host's native installer or a locally inspected checkout or archive, and an archive needs a SHA-256 checksum verified against a trusted release channel. The skill also refuses to promote maturity because documentation looks polished, and stale evidence demotes readiness — skipped remote CI included. Reverify-or-demote calls stay with `ads-research`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-ads --skill ads-validate -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/ads-validate/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/ads-validate/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-ads --skill ads-validate -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/ads-validate/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-ads --skill ads-validate -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/ads-validate/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install AgriciDaniel/claude-ads ads-validate
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/ads-validate/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-ads --skill ads-validate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-ads --path skills/ads-validate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/ads-validate/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-ads --skill ads-validate -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-ads/tree/HEAD/skills/ads-validate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check a contract or bundle before shipping
- catch stale evidence and skipped remote CI
- confirm an uninstall leaves unrelated skills alone
- reject a pipe-to-shell install
- verify an archive SHA-256 against a trusted channel

## Example prompts
- validate the Claude Ads contracts and show the top blocker
- check the ownership manifest and root boundaries before uninstall
- run a release readiness check and list recovery steps

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: ads-validate
description: "Validate Claude Ads contracts, scoring inputs, run bundles, capabilities, source freshness, safety, installation, uninstall, or release readiness. Use for ads validate, ads status, ads next, maturity checks, ownership-manifest uninstall, preserving unrelated ads-* skills, checksum verification, preflight, QA, or release audits."
---

# Validate Claude Ads

Choose the narrowest validation target:

- Contract or bundle: use the deterministic core validator.
- Scores: validate controls, findings, category weights, and coverage.
- Run: verify manifest completeness, source lineage, privacy, worker status, and
  render artifacts.
- Capability: require implementation, fixtures, tests, sources, and truthful mode.
- Repository: run deterministic, routing, security, installer, rendering, evidence,
  packaging, and freshness gates.
- Release: dispatch a fresh-context release verifier.

Return machine-readable pass/fail results, the highest-priority blocker, exact
evidence, and recovery steps. Never promote maturity because documentation is
polished or a prior release passed. Stale evidence and skipped remote CI demote
readiness.

Reverify-or-demote decisions belong to `ads-research`. If an expired claim cannot be reverified because source or filesystem access is
unavailable, return a failed current-evidence check, demote that claim for the
current run, and block dependent release-current assertions before asking for the
missing access.

## Install and uninstall validation

An uninstall may remove only exact paths in the matching Claude Ads ownership
manifest. Validate the entire manifest and configured root boundaries before any
deletion. If the manifest is absent, invalid, mismatched, or unsafe, stop before
deleting anything and require manual review. Never discover targets with an
`ads-*` glob; unrelated skills such as `ads-weather` must remain untouched.

Reject pipe-to-shell install instructions. A safe install uses the host's native
installer or a locally inspected checkout/archive; archives require a SHA-256
checksum verified against a trusted release channel before execution.
```
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© AgriciDaniel · MIT · https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-ads/tree/HEAD/skills/ads-validate/SKILL.md

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