Babysitter verification

Verification-before-completion discipline ensuring all success criteria are met, tests pass, and reviews complete before declaring work done.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/library/methodologies/rpikit/skills/verification" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-verification && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: library/methodologies/rpikit/skills/verification/SKILL.md
source content

Verification Before Completion

Overview

Ensures no step or phase is declared complete without running verification. All success criteria must be met before finishing.

When to Use

  • After each implementation step
  • At phase checkpoints
  • Before final completion declaration
  • When validating that all acceptance criteria are met

Verification Checklist

  1. All automated tests pass
  2. Manual verification steps confirmed
  3. Code review completed (APPROVE or APPROVE_WITH_NITS)
  4. Security review passed
  5. Plan document updated with completion status
  6. All success criteria from the plan are satisfied
  7. No untracked deviations from the plan

Key Rules

  • Never declare done without running verification
  • Document any verification failures
  • Verification failures halt progress until resolved

Tool Use

Integrated into

methodologies/rpikit/rpikit-implement
(step execution and completion)