verification-before-completion

To verify test results before claiming completion, you must run the relevant verification commands, review the fresh output, and confirm the evidence proves the status claim before reporting task success.

Evidence-based verification in software engineering is the process of requiring current output from tests or builds to prove a status claim, preventing unsupported completion claims by demanding fresh verification evidence.

To ensure validation passes before creating a pull request, apply completion guardrails that block unsupported success statements by requiring you to run checks and confirm passing results with current output.

Yes, verification before completion works for delegated agent scenarios by applying completion guardrails that block unsupported success statements, requiring verification evidence for delegated work before reporting task success.

Claiming task completion without validation causes problems because it leads to inaccurate completion claims, bypassing the requirement for fresh verification evidence from builds or tests before reporting that work is finished.