verify-task

name	verify-task
description	Run verification checks for a task and evaluate results. Use when the user wants to verify a task's acceptance criteria.
allowed-tools	Glob, Read, Bash, Grep

Verify Task

Run a task's verification checks and evaluate the results — no CLI required.

Instructions

The user's query is in $ARGUMENTS (a task ID like 077).

1. Find the task file:

   • Read .taskmd.yaml for custom dir (default: tasks)
   • Use Glob for <task-dir>/**/*$ARGUMENTS*.md
   • Read frontmatter to confirm the ID matches
   • If not found, list available tasks

2. Read the task file and extract the verify field from frontmatter

3. If no verify checks are defined: Inform the user that the task has no verification checks

4. Run each verification check:

   For bash type checks

   • Execute the run command via the Bash tool
   • If dir is specified, run in that directory (relative to project root)
   • If dir is not specified, run in the project root
   • Pass: exit code 0
   • Fail: non-zero exit code

   For assert type checks

   • Read the check text — this is a human-readable assertion
   • Inspect the relevant codebase files using Read, Glob, and Grep to evaluate whether the assertion holds
   • Pass: the assertion is satisfied based on code inspection
   • Fail: the assertion is not satisfied, explain why

5. Report results:

   Verification results for task <ID>: <title>
   
   ✓ [bash] go test ./internal/api/... -run TestPagination — PASSED
   ✗ [bash] npm test — FAILED (exit code 1)
     Output: ...
   ✓ [assert] Pagination links appear in the API response headers — PASSED
     Evidence: Found Link header in handlers.go:142
   ✗ [assert] Page size defaults to 20 — FAILED
     Reason: Default page size is 10 in config.go:38
   
   Overall: FAIL (2 passed, 2 failed)
   

See SPEC_REFERENCE.md (in the plugin root) for verify check format and types.