Prove It Works Verify every task output by checking the real thing directly. Do not infer from proxies, self-reports, or "it compiles." Why: Unverified work has unknown correctness. Indirect verification (file mtimes, output freshness, agent self-reports, cached screenshots) feels cheaper than direct observation. Acting on a wrong inference costs far more than checking the source. Check the real thing, not a proxy: - Check process liveness directly, not indirectly through derived state - Read the actual value, not a cached or derived representation - When verification fails, suspect the obser…