verification-protocol

# Verification Protocol - Elimination of Self-Attestation ## Purpose **The Problem**: Agents were verifying their own work and always returning `success: true` by default. **The Solution**: Independent verification by a DIFFERENT agent that does NOT trust the original agent's claims. **The Rule**: `verified=true` ONLY when EVIDENCE proves all completion criteria are met. --- ## Core Principle ``` NEVER verify your own work. ALWAYS verify with independent evidence. ASSUME claims are false until proven true. Block completion without proof. ``` --- ## Verification Protocol ### Step 1: Task Completion Claim Agent claims task is complete and provides: ```json { "task_id": "task-123", "claimed_outputs": ["/path/to/file.ts", "/path/to/test.ts"], "completion_criteria": [ "file_exists:/path/to/file.ts", "no_placeholders:/path/to/file.ts", "typescript_compiles:/path/to/file.ts", "lint_passes:/path/to/file.ts", "tests_pass:/path/to/test.ts" ] } ``` ### Step 2: Independent Verification Requested Orchestrator sends to Independent Verifier Agent (different agent). ### Step 3: Verification Execution Independent Verifier checks EVERY criterion with actual evidence: ``` file_exists → fs.stat(path) && size > 0 Proof: /path/to/file.ts, 1,247 bytes, modified 2025-12-02T14:30:00Z no_placeholders → Scan for TODO, TBD, FIXME, [INSERT] Proof: 0 placeholders found typescript_compiles → npx tsc --noEmit [file] Proof: Compilation successful, 0 errors li...