Engineering · Hermes starter · Review

Verification Before Completion

Force fresh verification command to be run before all fixed/done/passing claims.

Use it when

All completion gates; don't accept "should have".

Install command

This is the command stored in the directory. Read the source, then run it on work you can undo.

npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill verification-before-completion

Source

Inspect it before you install it

Treat the skill like a dependency. The directory entry is a shortlist, and the source is the thing you are about to run.

  • Read the instructions and any scripts before you grant tools, files, or credentials.
  • Test it on reversible work. Keep deploy, send, publish, and payment steps for a person.
  • Keep it when the output is easier to review. Remove it when it only adds steps.

Hermes starter five

These five cover research, extraction, writing, a guardrail, and a fresh check. Loopy is the alternate when the job is a measured loop.

  1. Agent Reach · Research
  2. Defuddle · Extract
  3. Humanizer · Write
  4. Oh My Hermes · Guardrail
  5. Verification Before Completion · Review
  6. Loopy · Measured loop

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