# convex-verify

convex-verify tests a Convex feature with seeded data, multiple mocked identities, and negative authorization checks. Use it for a specific feature you have built or changed.

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- Author: convex
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/convex/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/convex-verify/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/convex-verify

## What it does

convex-verify checks an exported Convex query, mutation, or action against its intended behavior. It seeds data, drives the feature as the owner, another authenticated user, and an unauthenticated caller, then asserts both allowed and refused calls. List queries also need a data-scope check so one user cannot receive another user’s rows.

The workflow runs in-process with `convex-test`, so it does not require a deployment. The setup needs `convex-test`, `vitest`, `@edge-runtime/vm`, and a `vitest.config.ts` using the `edge-runtime` environment with `convex-test` inlined. Run the suite with `npx vitest run`. A failed negative assertion is treated as an authorization defect; the skill emits a finding with class `authz/correctness` and the failing probe call.

This skill targets a specific feature rather than a general test framework setup. Check the Vitest configuration first: without the required environment, `convexTest(schema)` fails with `import.meta.glob is not a function`. Existing test setup should be reused and composed with the `test` capability.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add convex/agent-skills --skill convex-verify -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add convex/agent-skills --skill convex-verify -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add convex/agent-skills --skill convex-verify -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install convex/agent-skills convex-verify
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add convex/agent-skills --skill convex-verify -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/convex/agent-skills --path skills/convex-verify
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add convex/agent-skills --skill convex-verify -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/convex/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/convex-verify/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- verify a Convex query with seeded rows
- refuse a mutation from the wrong user
- catch cross-user data leaks
- test an unauthenticated caller
- report a failed authorization probe

## Example prompts
- Verify `api.x.cancel` as the owner, another user, and an unauthenticated caller; keep the negative assertions.
- Seed rows for two users through `convex-test`, check the data scope, and run `npx vitest run`.
- Test this specific Convex feature and emit an `authz/correctness` finding for every failed assertion.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: convex-verify
description: "Prove a Convex feature works — seed, drive as multiple mocked users via convex-test, assert behavior including the negative authz cases (wrong user refused, data-scope enforced)."
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# Prove a feature works — seed, drive, assert

A green typecheck proves the code parses; it does not prove a non-owner is actually denied, that a query returns the right rows, or that a mutation has the effect it claims. This capability closes that gap with the loop the whole field is missing: seed → drive → assert, run in-process with `convex-test` so it needs no deployment. Its highest-value assertions are the NEGATIVE ones — the caller who should be refused — because those are exactly the authz defects the 30-app corpus shows are the #1 real bug and the ones a happy-path demo never catches.

## Workflow

1. IDENTIFY the feature to prove: the specific exported query/mutation/action (or a small set) the user just built/changed, and its intended behavior — who should be allowed, what data should come back, what a mutation should change. If the intent is unstated, ask one focused question rather than guessing the contract.
2. SET UP `convex-test`: ensure `convex-test` + `vitest` are dev deps AND a `vitest.config.ts` sets `test.environment: "edge-runtime"` with `server.deps.inline: ["convex-test"]` — WITHOUT that config, `convexTest(schema)` fails at runtime with `import.meta.glob is not a function` (verified). Also install `@edge-runtime/vm`. Then `convexTest(schema)` gives a `t` handle. Reuse the project's existing test setup if present (compose with the `test` capability, don't fork it).
3. SEED realistic data through the app's OWN functions where possible (so the seed exercises the same validators/mutations a real user would), falling back to `t.run(async (ctx) => ctx.db.insert(...))` for fixtures the public API can't create. Seed at least: the caller's own rows AND a second user's rows, so cross-user access is testable.
4. DRIVE the feature as DIFFERENT identities with `t.withIdentity({ subject, tokenIdentifier, ... })`: call the function as (a) the legitimate owner, (b) a different authenticated user, and (c) unauthenticated (`t` with no identity). Use the real identity shape the app's auth uses (subject/tokenIdentifier), matching how ownership is resolved.
5. ASSERT behavior — POSITIVE and NEGATIVE:
   - positive: the owner gets the expected rows / the mutation made the expected change (`expect(await t.withIdentity(owner).query(api.x.y, args)).toEqual(...)`).
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