st-validate

name	st-validate
description	Validate phase of the workflow chain. Uses Sonnet to review and validate implementation changes. Use when the user wants to validate that code changes are correct and complete.

Validate Phase

Review and validate the implementation changes.

Instructions

steop state set-phase validate --mode validate

Launch the reviewer agent (steop:reviewer, Sonnet, read-only tools).

The verification agent should:

0. Check Success criteria first. Read the Task Brief's Success criteria: bullets (if available). A criterion is satisfied when you can observe it — run the command, read the file, open the page. A missing or unobservable criterion is a Fail, not a Pass.
1. Review changes — Read all modified/created files and verify they match the intended plan
2. Check correctness — Look for bugs, typos, logic errors, missing edge cases
3. Run tests — Execute any available test suites or linting tools relevant to the changes
4. Check consistency — Ensure changes follow existing codebase patterns and conventions
5. Check completeness — Verify nothing was missed from the plan

After the agent completes, present a verification report:

• Status — Pass / Fail / Issues Found
• Criterion results — bullet-per-criterion, observed outcome
• Changes reviewed — list of files checked
• Issues — any problems found (with severity)
• Test results — output from tests/linting if applicable
• Recommendations — suggested fixes if issues were found