# Comet Verify

Comet Phase 4: Verify and Close.

- Repository: https://github.com/rpamis/comet (3263 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add rpamis/comet --skill comet-verify -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add rpamis/comet --skill comet-verify -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add rpamis/comet --skill comet-verify -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add rpamis/comet --skill comet-verify -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Comet Phase 4: Verify and Close. Invoke with /comet-verify. Verify implementation matches design, handle development branch.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Comet Phase 4: Verify and Close (Verify)

## Prerequisites

- Code committed (Phase 3 complete)
- All tasks.md tasks completed

## Steps

### 0a. Output Language Constraint

Verification reports and branch-handling notes must use the language of the user request that triggered this workflow.

### 0b. Entry State Verification (Entry Check)

Execute entry verification:

```bash
COMET_ENV="${COMET_ENV:-$(find . "$HOME"/.*/skills "$HOME/.config" "$HOME/.gemini" -path '*/comet/scripts/comet-env.sh' -type f -print -quit 2>/dev/null)}"
if [ -z "$COMET_ENV" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: comet-env.sh not found. Ensure the comet skill is installed." >&2
  return 1
fi
. "$COMET_ENV"
"$COMET_BASH" "$COMET_STATE" check <change-name> verify
```

Proceed to Step 1 after verification passes. The script outputs specific failure reasons when verification fails.

**Idempotency**: All verify phase checks can be safely re-executed. If `verify_result` is already `pass` and `branch_status` is `handled`, verification is complete, execute guard to transition. If `verify_result` is `pending`, start verification from the beginning.

### 1. Scale Assessment

Execute scale assessment:

```bash
"$COMET_BASH" "$COMET_STATE" scale <change-name>
```

The script automatically counts tasks, delta spec count, changed file count, determines light or full verification mode, and sets the verify_mode field. Decision rule (any condition triggers full): tasks > 3, delta spec capabilities > 1, changed files > 4.

Before verification begins, handle uncommitted changes through `comet/reference/dirty-worktree.md` protocol. Verify phase special handling:

The rest: https://github.com/rpamis/comet/blob/HEAD/eval/local/skills/benchmarks/039-release/comet-classic-039-verify/SKILL.md