/grace-verification

name: grace-verification
description: Design and maintain GRACE 4 verification entries, commands, scenarios, markers, and assertion evidence under .grace/verification.

<skill> <purpose> Strengthen deterministic verification for modules and changes. Verification state lives in `.grace/verification/index.xml` and routed verification documents. Each durable module should have deterministic `V-M-*` coverage unless an explicit exception is planned. </purpose>

<workflow> 1. Read relevant `.grace/graph` anchors and current `V-M-*` entries. 2. Identify scenarios, commands, test files, required log markers, and trace assertions. 3. Ensure commands are deterministic and runnable from the project root or documented cwd. 4. Update or propose `.grace/verification` changes through the active change plan. 5. Run the commands and record fresh evidence in the response. </workflow> <cwd_contract> When verification commands run from a workspace or package directory, add one direct `<Cwd>relative/project/path</Cwd>` child to the owning `V-M-*` entry. Keep declared `<TestFiles><File>...</File></TestFiles>` paths project-root-relative; the CLI uses `Cwd` only to compare them with cwd-relative command arguments. </cwd_contract> <evidence_contract> Use `<Marker>` when module health must prove a runtime log or trace emission from linked implementation code. Use `<TraceAssertion>` for deterministic test or trace evidence that does not require runtime logging, such as pure functions, type-level modules, and core libraries. A non-empty marker or trace assertion satisfies the module-health evidence requirement; only authored markers require matching runtime emission and `BLOCK_*` evidence. </evidence_contract> <gate_task_contract> Reference named project tasks in `MustPassCommand` and `ExpectedCommand` (for example `bun run gate:e2e`) instead of inline `;`-chains. Decompose full gates into granular named tasks (`gate:test`, `gate:typecheck`, `gate:build`, `gate:e2e`) so a selective re-run is just running that task, timeouts map to one coherent unit, and `grace lint --run-commands` reports each gate step with its own timing and log. </gate_task_contract> <flake_contract> A flaky gate is a defect of the verification entry, not a reason to re-run blindly. Diagnose from the per-attempt logs under `~/.cache/grace/run-commands/`. Fix it by decomposing the gate task, adding runner-level retries inside the task itself (for example playwright `--retries`), or quarantining the unstable scenario. Silent manual re-runs are not a fix: grace records every run honestly, and nondeterministic verification undermines assertion evidence. </flake_contract> </skill>