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Verify feature, bug, UI, API, mobile, security, or deployment work against acceptance criteria.

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Verify Work Skill

[!IMPORTANT] Verify feature, bug, UI, API, mobile, security, or deployment work against acceptance criteria.

Optional args: slug=, ticket=<id/url>, mode=interactive|autonomous|channel, channel=, auto_continue=true|false, profile=business|hybrid|technical.

Instructions

When the user asks to perform this workflow, execute the following steps:

Verify Work Workflow

Goal: Prove the delivered change works against explicit acceptance criteria before handoff.

Steps

  1. Load scope:
    • BRD-lite, PRD, SRS/FRS, ticket, implementation plan, release note, acceptance criteria, non-goals, changed files, matched skills, and inherited operator_profile (carry, do not re-infer).
  2. Select verification lanes:
    • Unit/component, integration/API, E2E/visual, mobile, security, migration, or deployment smoke.
  3. Execute:
    • Run the smallest reliable automated checks first.
    • Use Playwright/Appium only when user-facing behavior changed.
    • Use Zephyr/Jira/GitHub/GitLab/ADO MCPs only when configured; otherwise record local evidence.
    • If external MCP is unavailable, ask for exported ticket/PR/TC data or mark that lane BLOCKED.
    • Capture Evidence: logs, screenshots, traces, or terminal output summaries.
    • Comparative Audit: If it's a bug fix, prove the "Before" (failure) vs "After" (success).
  4. Judge:
    • PASS: all acceptance criteria proven.
    • FAIL: original bug or missed requirement still reproducible.
    • BLOCKED: environment, credentials, or approval prevents proof.
  5. Record evidence:
    • If verification reveals behavior drift, require PRD/SRS updates before PASS.
    • Update traceability notes from BRD objective -> PRD requirement -> SRS/FRS contract -> verification evidence.
    • Update project-local docs/srs/srs-walkthrough.md.
    • Route next step back to implementation or dev-fix.

Runtime Contract

  • Use after implementation, before handoff, or when validating a bug fix.
  • Required inputs: explicit scope plus acceptance criteria or expected behavior.
  • Return BLOCKED only when environment, credentials, or approval prevents proof.

Handoff Payload

  • operator_profile, verification report, AC trace, comparative evidence, risks observed, updated walkthrough path, outcome report, next workflow.

Blocking Questions

  • Ask max 3 at a time with a recommended default and 2-3 options.

Artifact Template

# Walkthrough: [Name]

## Scope

## Acceptance Criteria Trace

| AC ID   | Status    | Proof / Evidence Link |
| ------- | --------- | --------------------- |
| [ac-id] | PASS/FAIL | [link/summary]        |

## Comparative Evidence (Before vs After)

## Negative Testing Proof (Fail Cases)

## Evidence (Screenshots/Logs)

## Risks Observed

## Next Workflow

Output Template

# Verification Report: [Name]
## Scope
## Checks Run (Lanes)
## Acceptance Criteria Status
## Requirement Trace Status (Business -> Test)
## Observed Risks & Edge Cases

## Outcome Report
feature_status: implemented | partially_implemented | blocked
requirement_trace: BRD-OBJ-* -> REQ-* -> AC-* -> SRS-* -> evidence
completed_evidence: []; missing_evidence: []; decision_needed: []; recommended_next_workflow: uat-signoff | dev-fix | implement-feature

## Next Workflow
uat-signoff | implement-feature | dev-fix
## Cost Report
Call `get_session_cost(workflow="verify-work")` before final handoff.