{"slug":"maestro-verify","title":"maestro-verify","summary":"Verify and close - cross-check coverage, run the VERIFY table, deliver the verdict, harvest durable lessons into decisions, close the bundle, and never claim remote state from local evidence.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-11T17:36:04.506342Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/ReinaMacCredy/maestro","stars":232,"forks":23,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T18:27:44Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: maestro-verify\ndescription: Verify and close - cross-check coverage, run the VERIFY table, deliver the verdict, harvest durable lessons into decisions, close the bundle, and never claim remote state from local evidence.\nreview-date: 2026-11-28</h2>\n\n<h1>maestro-verify</h1>\n<p>Use for close, commit, install, push, publish, release, or archive gates.\nLocal implementation authority does not imply authority for remote or external\nstate changes.</p>\n<p>Precondition: an open bundle with a drafted VERIFY.md. No bundle means the\nchange is quickfix or Light: verify the changed surface inline and close with\n<code>maestro work done</code>; this skill's table pass is a Full-tier instrument. The\nevidence-layer vocabulary below still applies to any claim at any tier.</p>\n<h2>Evidence layers</h2>\n<p>Proof follows five links. Claim only as far as the last proven link.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>source</code> - source-level tests, lint, type checks, or direct inspection.</li>\n<li><code>artifact</code> - the built or packaged output is present and has been read back.</li>\n<li><code>installed</code> - the installed stamp, version, or files match the intended artifact.</li>\n<li><code>live</code> - the running process, pid, or active runtime matches the installed layer.</li>\n<li><code>journey</code> - the real user path reaches the observable outcome end to end.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\"Tests pass\" is a source claim. A claim that touches install or runtime must\ninclude a readback at that layer. Every proof and VERIFY result lists untested\nlinks explicitly as <code>NOT TESTED</code>, never by omission:</p>\n<pre><code>proof: \"suite 135 pass @ a52bd4a7 (source); runtime stamp readback a52bd4a7 (installed); live: NOT TESTED\"\nAssumptions not verified: None\nResidual risks: None\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Verify</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cross-check coverage before running anything: every behavior in scope has a\nred test that went green, every red test maps to a VERIFY.md scenario or\nrepo check, and every scenario traces back to a work item's acceptance or an\nanti-goal. An orphan on any side is a gap - record and surface it, never\nsilently proceed past it.</li>\n<li>Run every VERIFY.md scenario against its work item's acceptance/claims and\nfill the Result column; run each anti-goal check (grep, diff, readback).\nStamp the pass with its date and commit. Results hold this run only: a\nre-run replaces prior results wholesale, and a failed pass leaves its\none-line <code>failed:</code> note on the work item, never accumulated rounds in\nVERIFY.md. The scenario list is frozen once the pass starts: scenarios gain\nresults here, never rewrites or removals. A scenario that cannot run as\nwritten goes back to <code>maestro-design</code> for a checkable rewrite - do not\ninvent a substitute measurement.</li>\n<li>Run the repo's checks for the touched surface (tests, lint, types, build),\nthen freeze and review the task-owned diff: every changed line traces to\nthe SPEC's scope or a linked work item; nothing unrelated is staged.</li>\n<li>For risky seams, spot-check assertion strength before filling PASS.\nFirst check the tests assert the decided contract itself: the decided\nerror class, and the message when one was decided - a bare <code>toThrow()</code>\npasses on any thrown value, and a substring matcher like\n<code>toThrow(string)</code> passes on a changed message; a decided contract no\nassertion pins is a FAIL. Then derive mutants from the record, not at\nrandom: bend the code toward each alternative the linked decisions\nrejected - the suite must go red each time, and a survivor is a weak or\nmissing test and a FAIL of that scenario, not a side note. Last, probe\neach input edge no decision settled (whitespace, case, sign, empty) by\nmutating the code (e.g. insert an <code>input.trim()</code>), never by only calling\nthe function - a call shows current behavior, a surviving mutant shows no\ntest pins it; a suite that stays green under an edge mutant is an open\nfork to record, not a pass. Restore after each mutant.</li>\n<li>Re-read the user's exact delivery authority and target before any gate.</li>\n<li>Select one legal next gate at a time: final verification, independent QA or\nwitness, scoped commit, local install, external delivery, or stop. Do not\nbundle gates whose authority differs.</li>\n<li>Read back the actual result: test output, commit hash, installed version. A\nstarted or interrupted command is not delivery evidence.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>For substantial diffs, verify in a fresh context: dispatch a subagent that\nreads only the bundle and the diff - the implementer verifying their own work\ninvites confirmation bias. The subagent never fixes anything: mutants it flips\nare reverted before reporting, and on FAIL it records the verdict and stops;\nrouting back to implementation belongs to the parent turn that holds the\nuser's ask. A subagent that fails to start or report is a dispatch failure,\nnot evidence: run the checklist in this session instead of polling for it.</p>\n<p>On FAIL, route back to <code>maestro-work</code> and leave the exact one-line failed-pass\ntrace <code>maestro work note &lt;id&gt; \"failed: &lt;one line&gt;\"</code>. The prefix is the literal\nlowercase <code>failed:</code> followed by one space. A scenario still failing after three implement\npasses - counted from the work item's notes across sessions, not this\nsession's memory - is a design problem, not an implementation one: stop and\nre-settle the decision via <code>maestro-design</code>.</p>\n<p>Read-only review method: <a href=\"references/audit.md\">references/audit.md</a>. When the\nfailure location is unclear, follow <a href=\"references/triage.md\">references/triage.md</a>.</p>\n<h2>Red flags</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>The thought</th>\n<th>The reality</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\"It obviously passes - running it is a formality\"</td>\n<td>Scenarios exist because \"obviously\" has been wrong before. Run every one and record the output.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\"The scenario can't run as written, but this similar check proves the same thing\"</td>\n<td>That is a substitute measurement. Route back to <code>maestro-design</code> for a checkable rewrite.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\"The mutant survived, but the code is clearly fine\"</td>\n<td>A surviving mutant is a weak or missing test, and a FAIL of that scenario.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\"I wrote this diff - I know it works\"</td>\n<td>That is the confirmation bias the fresh-context rule exists for.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\"I'll just fix this small failure while I'm verifying\"</td>\n<td>Verify delivers a verdict, never fixes. A FAIL routes back to <code>maestro-work</code>.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>Learn, then close</h2>\n<p>Before closing, harvest what outlives the bundle\n(<a href=\"references/learning.md\">references/learning.md</a>): a verified correction or\ndurable constraint becomes a locked decision or a work note - never only chat.</p>\n<p>Close order, on PASS with durable ship or handoff proof:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Overwrite NOTES.md one last time with a dated close-out line citing the\nship evidence (commit hashes or the handoff target).</li>\n<li>Harvest: any mid-flight choice that is hard to reverse, surprising without\ncontext, and a real trade-off is a locked decision with its rejected\nalternative; a new domain term is <code>maestro term add</code>.</li>\n<li><code>maestro bundle close &lt;id&gt;</code>: snapshots the trio into the store and archives\nthe directory.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>The snapshot is the durable memory; after close the directory is disposable\nand <code>maestro search</code> still recalls the text.</p>\n<p>When the verdict passes but the ship commit has not landed yet, do not leave\nthe close implicit: set NOTES.md Next Action to \"commit, then close bundle\".\nThe turn that lands the commit performs the close in that same turn; a PASS\nbundle never stays active across sessions. Never close on a FAIL, and never\nstage or commit bundle contents as part of the ship commit.</p>\n<p>Quality review is separate from verify: verify owns \"does it meet the\ncontract\", review owns \"is the code good\". Light gets a simplification pass\nafter green; Full gets one correctness review after verify passes, chosen by\nrisk (a security review when the diff touches auth, secrets, or input\nhandling). A code change after the verdict re-runs the affected VERIFY.md\nscenarios before close.</p>\n<h2>Definition of done</h2>\n<p>Acceptance met, changed surface verified, available test/lint/type/build\nchecks pass, claims name their falsifier, risky changes carry rollback notes.\nNever claim push, release, or publish from local state; those gates are the\nuser's.</p>\n","files":[{"path":"references/audit.md","sizeBytes":1214,"isText":true},{"path":"references/learning.md","sizeBytes":1805,"isText":true},{"path":"references/triage.md","sizeBytes":1640,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":7548,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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