Verification Before Completion

What this skill does

Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims.

Verification Before Completion is part of the Developer Tools category — developer tools that help your agent write, review, debug, and ship code. You can install it on its own or alongside other developer tools skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install Verification Before Completion

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for verification-before-completion and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Verification Before Completion with a single command:

openclaw skills add verification-before-completion

This pulls verification-before-completion from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/verification-before-completion/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Verification Before Completion

Once installed, Verification Before Completion activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab verification-before-completion-0.1.0.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/verification-before-completion/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Verification Before Completion?

Install Verification Before Completion in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for verification-before-completion, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add verification-before-completion. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/verification-before-completion/.

Is Verification Before Completion free?

Yes. Verification Before Completion is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Verification Before Completion do?

Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims.

Related: more developer tools skills

If Verification Before Completion looks useful, you may also want to check out other developer tools skills in the OpenClaw catalog:

• 中文公文写作 ⬇ 5.2K
• TikTok Growth — Video Content System ⬇ 5.2K
• get-tldr ⬇ 5.2K
• Health ⬇ 5.2K
• Resume / CV Builder ⬇ 5.2K

Browse the full OpenClaw skill catalog

This page covers just one skill. The OpenClaw skill hub has 10,000+ more — search, sort by downloads or stars, and install any of them in one click. There is also a curated awesome-openclaw-skills list grouped by use case.