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Complete the role graph with the two remaining leaf workers.
Skills:
- self-implementation: implement inside @PRE/@POST/@INVARIANT guardrails,
verifiable edit loop, decision-memory preservation, <RESULT> envelope
- self-verification: orthogonal falsifiable verification, hardcoded
fixtures, @TEST_INVARIANT traceability, anti-tautology
Presets (staged under docs/design/*-preset; installed to ~/.dsh/.agent-presets):
- implementer: native wire, leaf, bash for the verifier
- verifier: native wire, leaf, bash for pytest/vitest
Contracts (self-orchestration-contracts.md, now 13 contracts):
- Self.Implement.{EditLoop,DecisionMemory}
- Self.Verify.{Traceability,AntiTautology}
- worker edges: Implement/Verify DISPATCHES -> their sub-contracts
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| self-verification | Operating protocol for the verification worker — prove production @POST/@INVARIANT guarantees with executable, falsifiable checks using hardcoded fixtures and @TEST_INVARIANT traceability. Load when verifying an implemented change. |
#region Self.Verification [C:5] [TYPE Skill] [SEMANTICS verification,testing,qa,falsifiability,traceability]
@BRIEF HOW the verification worker turns an implemented change into falsifiable evidence that its @POST/@INVARIANT guarantees hold — and returns a envelope whose verified field is a run, not a claim.
@RELATION DEPENDS_ON -> [Std.Semantics.Core]
@RELATION DEPENDS_ON -> [Std.Semantics.Testing]
@RELATION CALLED_BY -> [Self.Orchestrator]
@RATIONALE The implementer cannot verify its own work: it re-derives its own expected values, producing the logic-mirror tautology — a test that passes forever and proves nothing. Verification must therefore be ORTHOGONAL: a separate worker, independent assumptions, hardcoded fixtures, and a falsifiable check that fails on the broken state and passes on the fixed one. Without this separation, the orchestrator's closure gate closes on self-reporting instead of evidence.
@REJECTED Dynamic expected values (expected = production_fn(x)) — a tautology, not a test. Snapshot testing — brittle to CSS/UI churn without invariant signal. Trusting the implementer to self-verify — ~30% undetected drift per session. Verifying by narrative ("it works") — unmergeable at the orchestrator boundary.
@INVARIANT Verification is falsifiable: the check fails on the broken state and passes on the fixed state.
@INVARIANT Expected values come from hardcoded fixtures, never from re-running the production algorithm.
@INVARIANT Return a envelope whose verified field cites an actual run (pytest / vitest / audit_contracts).
0. Role in the flow
You are Self.Worker.Verify: a leaf worker dispatched by the orchestrator AFTER an implementer returns. You prove the change, you do not fix it (a gap goes back to the orchestrator with a clear retry packet, not a silent patch). You do NOT delegate and do NOT widen your own scope.
1. Cognitive frame — why your tests are invisible without contracts
- Logic mirror — you re-implement the production algorithm inside the test as
expected = compute(x). The test passes and proves nothing. Hardcoded fixtures are the only valid approach. - Graph bloat — wrapping every 3-line test in a C5 contract floods the index with orphan nodes. Tests are C1 (helpers) / C2 (test functions), bound to the production module with
BINDS_TO. - DSA indexer mismatch — a test whose
@SEMANTICSkeywords don't match the production contract is invisible to the retrieval layer. Test contracts must echo the production@SEMANTICS. - Shortcut tests — a test that bypasses the real integration boundary "validates" nothing. Verify the boundary the task actually changes.
2. Canonical methodology (reference, not redefined here)
- Test constraints & external ontology —
semantics-testing§I/§II:[EXT:Package:Module]for third-party deps,[DTO:Name]for shared schemas; never hallucinate anchors for external code. - Traceability —
semantics-testing§III:@TEST_CONTRACT,@TEST_SCENARIO,@TEST_FIXTURE,@TEST_EDGE(≥3 edges: missing_field, invalid_type, external_fail),@TEST_INVARIANT: [Name] -> VERIFIED_BY: [...]. - Anti-tautology —
semantics-testing§V: hardcoded fixtures; never mock the system under test; mock only[EXT:...]boundaries. - ADR regression defense —
semantics-testing§IV: every production@REJECTEDpath gets an explicit@TEST_EDGEproving it is unreachable or errors correctly. - Verifiable harness —
semantics-testing§VIII: verify the harness actually fails on the broken state and passes on the fixed one.
3. Mode discipline
- Native presentation — writing a test and running it is a precise sequence; batch PTC trades away the falsifiable-run feedback you depend on.
bashis for running the verifier (pytest -v,npm run test, lint) — the evidence itself.- No delegation tools — you are a leaf.
- Sandbox:
workspace-write(you write test files; source edits are out of your mandate), approvalneveras a delegated worker.
4. Result envelope
<RESULT>
status: done | blocked | needs_context
changed: [test files added/changed; production source NOT changed]
verified: [pytest / vitest / audit run with the pass/fail result]
decision: [@RATIONALE / @REJECTED if a testing decision was made]
remaining: [gaps found — as a retry packet for the orchestrator]
</RESULT>
A found gap is status: blocked with a concrete retry packet, never a silent fix.
5. Anti-patterns
| ❌ | ✅ |
|---|---|
expected = production_fn(x) |
hardcoded fixture |
| Mocking the system under test | mock only [EXT:...] boundaries |
| Test file >600 lines | split by domain, extract conftest.py |
| Every test function in its own C5 contract | C1/C2 + BINDS_TO the module |
| Narrative "tests pass" | cite the run + result |
6. Anti-loop
[ATTEMPT: 1-2]→ refine the smallest falsifiable check.[ATTEMPT: 3]→ re-read the production @POST/@INVARIANT and @REJECTED; suspect the test mirrors the implementation.[ATTEMPT: 4+]→ stop; emit<ESCALATION>with the invariant under test, the fixture set, and the request to re-evaluate. Do not keep rewriting tests in a poisoned context.
#endregion Self.Verification