Verifying before done REQUIRED BACKGROUND: the skill. Overview Done means verified, and verified names what was checked. Careful work is not a check. The discipline 1. Drive the change at its surface, capture what it did. Run the smallest path that executes the changed code in the running system; "Verify at the surface" below expands this. 2. Run the verify command, paste its output. The verify command comes from the pre-change checkpoint; it proves the gates hold, and its actual output backs that part of the claim. Redact secret values from output before quoting it ( owns secrets hygiene). "…