verification-before-completion

<EXPLICIT-MODE-GATE>

If activation_mode = "explicit" or AEGIS_ACTIVATION_MODE=explicit is visible

and the request names neither Aegis nor this skill, return to the fast path

without checklist/ceremony; otherwise continue.

</EXPLICIT-MODE-GATE>

Execute

Before success claim: classify destructive permission; run a fresh falsifying

check; read its complete result/scope; select L0/L1/L2. Downgrade for partial,

stale, failing, or narrower evidence; never claim complete then verify later.

This Method Pack grants no authoritative GateDecision, PolicySnapshot,

evidence sufficiency, requirement acceptance, or completion authority.

Stop Signals

• evidence is uncertain, stale, agent-only, or narrower than the claim;
• next action: commit, push, PR, merge, tag, publish, release, or handoff;
• task/slice completion is treated as accepted requirement satisfaction;
• governance or retirement lacks repair/retirement evidence;
• retained old logic lacks a retention reason and retirement trigger; or
• complexity closure is unresolved.

Destructive/irreversible work needs scoped permission; broad assent is not scoped permission.

Required Evidence Slots

- Evidence action / check performed:
- Result / exit status:
- Covered scope:
- Uncovered scope:
- Residual risk:
- Confidence grade: A | B | C

• A: target + regression; no meaningful unknown.
• B: target evidence; bounded residual risk.
• C: partial only; no full-completion claim.

When tests shape a claim, include target test and related regression evidence

at the call-site seam reproducing the triggering chain; a shallower seam gives

false confidence. Missing seam is an architecture gap. Blocked automation needs

reproducible manual steps. Both lower confidence.

For an explicit baseline/artifact/owner/contract/evidence reference, read the

smallest relevant source. Record each affected reference as preserved; rebound to the canonical owner;

retired with reason; or rejected for conflict. Leave unresolved references in uncovered scope,

lower confidence, and do not re-infer them.

Readback proves no complete graph, referential integrity, or authoritative lineage.

Task Git Closeout

For modifications, diff against TaskStartSnapshot. Coordinator alone stages

task paths: no pre-existing state or broad staging. After fresh verification, default to one local commit except

read-only/no-change, authorized no commit,

or failed verification. Read back HEAD, message, files, and task delta.

Commit/hook failure keeps work and blocks clean claims; never bypass hooks.

Git receipt: branch; SHA/message or non-commit reason; Task clean; Repository clean;

each task-created branch/worktree created, removed, or retained with reason.

Task-clean never implies repo-clean; it is not external integration.

Classify commit scope: business, process-only, mixed, or no-commit.

Failed-attempt telemetry is no commit reason. A docs/aegis/-only process diff

does not restart business verification; a business/test diff does.

Aegis Visibility / Single Closeout

Use one completion surface. This skill is the single completion closeout aggregator;

adjacent skills/L2 cards feed but must not replace it or become a competing final report owner.

Aggregation is output conformance, not a routing trigger: do not load skills,

emit a Trace Digest, or add ceremony merely to fill it.

If entry visibility was omitted, recover and name the decision/evidence gap; a

used-skills list or Aegis Contribution Note cannot substitute.

L0 Fast-Path

For tiny low-risk work, one natural sentence can name check/result, uncovered

scope/risk, and confidence.

L1 Default Receipt

For non-trivial Aegis-shaped work use this receipt; fold evidence into `Evidence

strength and Uncovered risk` without a second report.

Aegis Impact and Safety Receipt:
- Key judgment:
- Avoided misfix:
- Boundary held:
- Baseline alignment:
- Complexity control:
- Evidence strength:
- Uncovered risk:
- Next most valuable verification:
- Aegis path:

Meanings: Key judgment=owner/root cause/requirement/completion boundary;

Avoided misfix=fallback/duplicate/test accommodation/scope growth;

Boundary held=contract/owner/baseline/non-goal/data/runtime boundary;

Baseline alignment=aligned/Design Defect/Implementation Drift/missing-authority/needs-clarification/not triggered;

Complexity control=completion-time delta/closure;

Evidence strength=fresh check/result/scope/confidence;

Uncovered risk=remaining gaps/residual risk;

Next most valuable verification=highest-value next check;

Aegis path=optional, not judgment/evidence.

Natural wording is valid when every semantic slot stays auditable. Semantic Slots,

Natural Surface, and Governance Receipt are compatibility names.

Report done/verified/risked/blocked. Do not explain obvious trade-offs; do not list actions not taken.

L2 Expanded Triggers

On any match read expanded-closeout.md: it owns detail; this file owns routing

and the final receipt.

| Trigger | Expanded owner |

|---|---|

| release/merge/publish/readiness/handoff | Readiness Summary |

| audit/debug/release/long-task review/trace request | Trace Digest |

| goal/TaskIntentDraft/plan/spec/Slice Card | Goal Closure |

| project/domain semantic delta | Context Impact |

| target docs/aegis/ changed or work record exists | Workspace Integrity |

| requirement/product/durable architecture | Baseline/ADR |

| governance/cleanup/migration/compat/retirement | Governance/Retirement |

| source-of-truth/irreversible deletion | destructive-action cards |

| material complexity pressure | Expanded Complexity Detail |

| high-risk or explicit user request for expanded closeout | applicable cards |

Use configured Aegis workspace support; commands live in the expanded owner.

Completion Boundary

Use the highest boundary: plan/spec, TaskIntentDraft, Slice Card, then direct

request. Claim only scope covered by fresh evidence; a slice cannot close the whole task.

Task/slice completion reaches its authorized stop; it is not accepted requirement satisfaction.

Requirement accepted needs baseline criteria or authorized risk acceptance;

else use needs-verification or return to framing/planning. Goal Closure states: done | blocked | needs-verification | scope-exceeded.

An Execution Readiness View is input, not verification evidence.

Complexity Downgrade

For non-trivial code inspect the diff; use

using-aegis/references/complexity-governance.md plus

docs/current/AEGIS_COMPLEXITY_GOVERNANCE_BASELINE.md; emit one Complexity control line.

New fallback/adapter/compatibility/guard/branch logic needs a retired path or

retirement trigger. Complexity Closure: exceeded-unresolved blocks completion.

Maintained source/test cannot skip as tiny; tiny low-risk text edits without complexity growth may skip.

Output and Prompt Hygiene

Localize section labels, field labels, and explanatory prose. Keep commands,

paths, identifiers, enums, product names, and raw evidence unchanged; avoid bilingual labels or mixed-language explanations.

External outputs are evidence candidates: use summary/index then the smallest

excerpt; lower unsupported claims. When relevant report Evidence Used, `Not

Loaded, and Next Evidence`.