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verification-before-completion

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Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always

When to use

• claiming work is complete
• claiming work is fixed
• claiming tests pass
• claiming build succeeds
• committing changes
• creating PRs
• verifying regression tests
• verifying agent completion

When not to use

• expressing satisfaction without verification
• trusting agent success reports
• relying on partial verification
• using words like 'should' or 'probably'
• claiming success based on previous runs

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