/validate
Give a VERDICT on a goal — did the goal's measure actually move? — in a documentation-led repo with the goals layer. Gathers the measure's current reading against the goal's stated measure, presents the evidence, records the operator's verdict as an append-only outcome entry in
$ npx -y skills add EvolveHQ/docflow --skill validate --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/validate
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Give a VERDICT on a goal — did the goal's measure actually move? — in a documentation-led repo with the goals layer. Gathers the measure's current reading against the goal's stated measure, presents the evidence, records the operator's verdict as an append-only outcome entry in
A plugin for ADR-driven, documentation-led projects, working on Claude Code, Claude Cowork, pi, Codex, and OpenCode from the same skill files (see Install).
Repo: EvolveHQ/docflow
Other skills on docflow.
- /add-convention
Assess and add a CONVENTION (a reusable rule, practice, or naming/process standard) to a documentation-led repo — decides FIRST whether it is worth codifying at all, then routes it to the right home (AGENTS.md hard rule, CONVENTIONS.md guidance, GLOSSARY term, or to /new-adr if
Open skill - /agent-wave
Orchestrate a wave of parallel agents over the plan/todo queue in a documentation-led repo — asks how many agents, the budget (items/waves, with hours as a soft cap), and whether to checkpoint after each wave or run continuously. Spawns isolated worktree subagents, assigns one
Open skill - /audit
Audit a documentation-led repo against its own conventions — contiguous ADR numbering, INDEX sync, plan/ coverage, required sections, status validity, cross-reference resolution, language mandate, ADR-privacy leaks into user-visible code, cross-worktree collisions (duplicate
Open skill - /bootstrap
Scaffold or retrofit documentation-led conventions (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, CONVENTIONS.md, ADR catalogue, plan/ queue, _agent/ coordination) into a repo. Use when the user asks to "set up conventions", "bootstrap ADRs", "scaffold the documentation-led layout", "add AGENTS.md and
Open skill - /brainstorm
Decompose a problem, feature, or goal into CLASSIFIED candidate records for a documentation-led repo — each candidate labelled (a choice → decision record; a behaviour → capability record; a rule → convention; a boundary → constraint; an outcome → goal entry; a job → plan item)
Open skill - /challenge
Interrogate — pressure-test a DRAFT record, or elicit the boundaries a human has not stated — in a documentation-led repo. Advisory only; writes nothing and gates nothing; hands every finding to the owning writer skill. Use when the user says "poke holes in this", "pressure-test
Open skill

