validate

name	validate
description	Use when the user wants final epic completion sign-off: every task in .agency/work/{epic}/tasks.md verified against Gherkin AC and roadmap phase exit criteria. Pass epic slug or ID. Do NOT use for PR or branch code review (code-review), writing tasks (tasks), or sprint retrospective (sprint). Not for drafting backlog or design.
license	MIT
allowed-tools	["Read","Glob","Grep"]
argument-hint	<epic-slug|epic-id>

Validate

Conventions

Read ../../references/delivery-conventions.md when resolving {epic}.

Sub-agents

When the epic has many tasks (roughly >5) or complex Gherkin, spawn ac-evidence-verifier (agents/ac-evidence-verifier.md) to build the acceptance matrix before writing the report and updating tasks.md.

For eval runs on skills in this repo, use root eval-grader (agents/eval-grader.md).

Gotchas

• Code review ≠ validate — review judges the diff; validate judges epic done-ness vs AC.
• Resolve slug from backlog when user passes only an Epic ID.
• Update tasks.md status only with evidence; do not invent new AC.
• Epic status in backlog updates only when all tasks for the epic are verified.

Follow prompts/run.prompt.md.