# verify

Defines a single source of truth for gate checks across git hooks and CI. Keeps local pre-push checks and pull request pipelines aligned.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 536 installs
- Author: timschoch
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/timschoch/skilly/tree/HEAD/bundles/workflow/skills/verify/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/timschoch-verify

## What it does

The skill standardizes gate steps so local git hooks and CI pipelines execute the same checks. Default definitions live in `references/verify.json`, while repo-specific tweaks sit in `.skilly/verify.json`. An execution runner named `verify.mjs` handles stages through Node.js. It yields exit code 0 on success, 2 for configuration mistakes, or the exit code of whichever step failed.

Stages can extend earlier stages. For example, `push` runs inherited `commit` steps alongside its own checks. Stages can also drop or substitute steps using `without` or `replaces`. In unit testing, it targets changed files by default. If a diff touches critical files like `package.json` or schema directories, it triggers the full test suite instead.

Dependency audits fail whenever high or critical vulnerabilities appear. Ignoring an advisory requires both an `id` and an explicit `why` reason in the configuration, otherwise the check rejects the bypass.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install timschoch/skilly verify
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/timschoch/skilly --path bundles/workflow/skills/verify
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add timschoch/skilly --skill 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/timschoch/skilly/tree/HEAD/bundles/workflow/skills/verify/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- align gate checks between local git hooks and CI pipelines
- run unit tests on changed files with full suite triggers
- block destructive git operations during agent execution
- record audited security exceptions with mandatory rationale

## Example prompts
- Run the push verification stage using verify.mjs
- Print the resolved steps for the ci stage as JSON
- Output the merged verification configuration without running steps

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## Other versions with the same name
- [verify · react](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/react-verify.md) — 1200 installs
- [verify · yeachan-heo](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/yeachan-heo-verify.md) — 652 installs
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From the same set: [timschoch/skilly](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/by/timschoch/skilly.md) — 16 cards

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