tribunal-kit 9.2.4 → 9.2.6

package/skills/test-result-analyzer/SKILL.md

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 name: test-result-analyzer
-description: "Use when Ingests test logs and identifies root causes across multiple failing test files. Provides actionable fix recommendations."
-version: 5.0.0
-last-updated: 2026-09-13
+description: "Use when writing, maintaining, executing, and auditing test result analyzer test suites, assertions, mocks, and verification gates."
+version: 6.0.0
+last-updated: 2026-09-29
 skills:
   - systematic-debugging
   - testing-patterns
@@ -16,255 +16,325 @@ scripts-binding:
 
 # Test Result Analyzer Skill
 
----
-
-## 🛠️ Technical Architecture & Reference Recipes
-
----
-
-## When to Activate
-
-- After a test run with multiple failures.
-- When the user says "tests are failing", "analyze test results", "what broke?", or "test failed".
-- During CI/CD pipeline debugging.
-- When `test_runner.js` or any test command exits with failures.
-- When paired with `systematic-debugging` for deep root-cause investigation.
-
-## Analysis Pipeline
-
-```
-Test output (terminal or log file)
-    │
-    ▼
-Runner detection — identify test framework from output format
-    │
-    ▼
-Failure extraction — parse each FAIL block into structured data
-    │
-    ▼
-Clustering — group failures by root module, error type, shared dependency
-    │
-    ▼
-FPF detection — find the First Point of Failure
-    │
-    ▼
-Dependency graph — map cascade relationships
-    │
-    ▼
-Fix recommendations — ordered by impact (most failures resolved first)
-    │
-    ▼
-Report — structured output with confidence levels
-```
-
-## Step 1: Runner Detection
-
-Auto-detect the test framework from output patterns:
-
-| Framework   | Detection Pattern                                 | Failure Marker                |
-| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
-| Jest        | `PASS`/`FAIL` with file paths, `●` for test names | `FAIL src/...`                |
-| Vitest      | `✓`/`×` markers, `FAIL` blocks                    | `❯ FAIL` or `× test name`     |
-| pytest      | `PASSED`/`FAILED` with `::` separator             | `FAILED tests/...::test_name` |
-| Go test     | `ok`/`FAIL` with package paths                    | `--- FAIL: TestName`          |
-| Mocha       | `passing`/`failing` counts, indented suites       | `N failing` section           |
-| JUnit (XML) | `<testsuite>` XML structure                       | `<failure>` elements          |
-| RSpec       | `.F` markers, `Failures:` section                 | `Failure/Error:`              |
-| Cargo test  | `test result: FAILED`                             | `---- test_name stdout ----`  |
-
-## Step 2: Failure Extraction
+## Mandatory Pre-Flight Context Inspection
+Before reading, generating, or refactoring code in the `test-result-analyzer` domain, inspect these 5 critical parameters:
+1. **System Boundaries & Dependencies**: Verify that all required dependencies exist in target package manifests and environment paths.
+2. **Runtime Context & Platform Invariants**: Confirm target platform constraints (Node.js, Browser, Mobile OS, Edge runtime) before applying APIs.
+3. **Execution Guardrails**: Identify potential side-effects, state mutations, and unhandled asynchronous exceptions.
+4. **Validation & Type Contracts**: Validate input data schemas and strict type constraints across all module interfaces.
+5. **Observability & Proof of Execution**: Ensure execution produces tangible verification signals (terminal output, tests, metrics).
 
-For each failure, extract a structured record:
 
-```
-{
-  test_name:    "should return 401 for unauthenticated requests"
-  test_file:    "src/api/auth.test.ts"
-  test_line:    42
-  error_type:   "AssertionError"
-  expected:     "401"
-  received:     "200"
-  stack_trace:  ["auth.test.ts:42", "auth.middleware.ts:18", "express/router.ts:..."]
-  source_files: ["auth.middleware.ts:18"]  // files from YOUR codebase in the stack
-}
-```
-
-## Step 3: Failure Clustering
-
-Group failures into clusters based on shared characteristics:
+## Activation Boundaries
+- **Activate when:** Use when writing, maintaining, executing, and auditing test result analyzer test suites, assertions, mocks, and verification gates.
+- **DO NOT activate when:** The task falls outside the `test-result-analyzer` domain or is managed by a different dedicated specialist agent.
 
-### Cluster Types
-
-| Cluster Type        | How to Detect                                         | Typical Root Cause                       |
-| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
-| **Shared Module**   | Multiple tests import from the same file that changed | Missing export, type change, API change  |
-| **Same Error Type** | All failures throw `TypeError` or `ConnectionError`   | Broken dependency, env issue             |
-| **Shared Fixture**  | Tests using same `beforeEach`/setup fail together     | Fixture setup failure cascading          |
-| **Import Chain**    | Failures follow the import graph                      | Dependency that fails to resolve         |
-| **Environment**     | All tests fail with connection/config errors          | Missing env var, DB not running          |
-| **Timing**          | Tests pass individually, fail together                | Race condition, shared state             |
-| **Snapshot**        | Multiple `toMatchSnapshot` failures                   | Intentional UI change (update snapshots) |
-
-### Cascade Detection Algorithm
-
-```
-1. Sort failures by file path and execution order.
-2. Find the FIRST failure in execution order → candidate FPF.
-3. Check if the FPF's source file appears in other failures' import chains.
-4. If yes → FPF is the root cause, other failures are cascades.
-5. If no → failures are independent (multiple root causes).
-```
-
-## Step 4: First Point of Failure (FPF) Detection
-
-The FPF is the most valuable finding — fix it first, and cascading failures resolve automatically.
-
-```
-Example:
-  12 test files fail.
-  11 of them import from `utils/auth.ts`.
-  The first failure is in `utils/auth.test.ts` at line 42.
-  Error: `generateToken is not exported from './auth'`
-
-  FPF: utils/auth.ts:42 — missing export
-  Cascade: 11 other test files fail because they can't import generateToken
-  Fix: Add `export { generateToken }` to utils/auth.ts
-  Expected resolution: 12 of 12 failures (100%)
-```
 
-**FPF Confidence Levels:**
+## 🔁 Multi-Pass Execution Protocol
 
-| Confidence | Criteria                                                 |
-| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
-| **HIGH**   | Same source file in >50% of failure stack traces         |
-| **MEDIUM** | Same error type across multiple test files               |
-| **LOW**    | Failures appear independent, multiple root causes likely |
+| Pass | Phase | Core Action | Adaptive Depth |
+|:---|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Pass 1** | **Understand** | Deconstruct the user's explicit objective, implicit requirements, and platform constraints. | Fast / Standard / Deep |
+| **Pass 2** | **Plan** | Decompose task into smallest logical steps; map dependencies, affected files, and tool calls. | Standard / Deep |
+| **Pass 3** | **Execute** | Implement solution with production-grade craft, zero placeholders, and strict typing. | All Modes |
+| **Pass 4** | **Verify** | Run linters, unit tests, or compiler checks to validate structural correctness. | All Modes |
+| **Pass 5** | **Attack & Falsify** | Perform adversarial search for edge-case failures, counterexamples, race conditions, and traps. | Standard / Deep |
+| **Pass 6** | **Harden** | Eliminate discovered friction, optimize performance, and harden error boundaries. | Standard / Deep |
+| **Pass 7** | **Quality Gate** | Enforce Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) with concrete terminal proof before finalizing. | All Modes |
 
-## Step 5: Fix Recommendations
 
-For each cluster, provide actionable fixes:
-
-| Fix Type              | Example                                         | How to Verify                         |
-| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
-| **Missing Export**    | `export { fn }` added to module                 | Re-run failing tests                  |
-| **Type Mismatch**     | Function signature changed, callers need update | Check callers with `grep_search`      |
-| **Stale Mock**        | Mock doesn't match new interface                | Compare mock to actual implementation |
-| **Env Variable**      | `.env.test` missing `DATABASE_URL`              | Check `.env.example` vs `.env.test`   |
-| **Snapshot Update**   | Intentional UI change                           | Run with `--updateSnapshot` flag      |
-| **Race Condition**    | Tests share global state                        | Add isolation or `beforeEach` reset   |
-| **Dependency Update** | Package API changed after upgrade               | Check changelog of updated package    |
-
-### Fix Priority Formula
-
-```
-Priority = (Tests_Resolved × 10) + (Confidence_Score × 5) - (Estimated_Fix_Time_Minutes)
-
-Fix in this order:
-1. Highest priority score first
-2. If tied, prefer HIGH confidence
-3. If still tied, prefer fewer files to change
-```
-
-## Report Format
-
-```
-━━━ Test Result Analysis ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
-
-Runner:    [Jest / Vitest / pytest / Go / auto-detected]
-Total:     48 tests across 12 files
-Result:    36 passed | 12 failed | 0 skipped
-Duration:  4.2s
-Coverage:  78% statements (if available)
-
-━━━ First Point of Failure ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
-
-📍 utils/auth.test.ts → line 42
-   Error:  `generateToken` is not exported from `./auth`
-   Type:   ImportError
-   Impact: Cascades to 11 other test files
-
-   This is the root cause. Fix this first.
-
-━━━ Failure Clusters ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
-
-Cluster 1: Missing Export  (11 tests, HIGH confidence)
-  Root:       utils/auth.ts:42
-  Cascade:    auth.test.ts, users.test.ts, sessions.test.ts, ...
-  Fix:        Add `export { generateToken }` to auth.ts
-  Resolution: 11 of 12 failures (92%)
-  Priority:   ★★★★★ (115 pts)
-
-Cluster 2: Stale Mock  (1 test, MEDIUM confidence)
-  Root:       api/users.test.ts:98
-  Error:      Expected { name, email, role } but received { name, email }
-  Fix:        Add `role: "user"` to mock at line 15
-  Resolution: 1 of 12 failures (8%)
-  Priority:   ★★☆☆☆ (20 pts)
-
-━━━ Fix Plan ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
-
-Step 1: Fix utils/auth.ts export
-        → Expected: 11 failures resolved
-        → Time: ~2 minutes
-        → Run: npx jest utils/auth.test.ts (verify FPF fix)
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Technical Architecture & Reference Recipes
 
-Step 2: Update mock in api/users.test.ts:15
-        → Expected: 1 failure resolved
-        → Time: ~1 minute
+## When to Activate
+
+- After a test run with multiple failures.
+- When the user says "tests are failing", "analyze test results", "what broke?", or "test failed".
+- During CI/CD pipeline debugging.
+- When `test_runner.js` or any test command exits with failures.
+- When paired with `systematic-debugging` for deep root-cause investigation.
+
+## Analysis Pipeline
+
+```
+Test output (terminal or log file)
+    │
+    ▼
+Runner detection — identify test framework from output format
+    │
+    ▼
+Failure extraction — parse each FAIL block into structured data
+    │
+    ▼
+Clustering — group failures by root module, error type, shared dependency
+    │
+    ▼
+FPF detection — find the First Point of Failure
+    │
+    ▼
+Dependency graph — map cascade relationships
+    │
+    ▼
+Fix recommendations — ordered by impact (most failures resolved first)
+    │
+    ▼
+Report — structured output with confidence levels
+```
+
+## Step 1: Runner Detection
+
+Auto-detect the test framework from output patterns:
+
+| Framework   | Detection Pattern                                 | Failure Marker                |
+| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
+| Jest        | `PASS`/`FAIL` with file paths, `●` for test names | `FAIL src/...`                |
+| Vitest      | `✓`/`×` markers, `FAIL` blocks                    | `❯ FAIL` or `× test name`     |
+| pytest      | `PASSED`/`FAILED` with `::` separator             | `FAILED tests/...::test_name` |
+| Go test     | `ok`/`FAIL` with package paths                    | `--- FAIL: TestName`          |
+| Mocha       | `passing`/`failing` counts, indented suites       | `N failing` section           |
+| JUnit (XML) | `<testsuite>` XML structure                       | `<failure>` elements          |
+| RSpec       | `.F` markers, `Failures:` section                 | `Failure/Error:`              |
+| Cargo test  | `test result: FAILED`                             | `---- test_name stdout ----`  |
+
+## Step 2: Failure Extraction
+
+For each failure, extract a structured record:
+
+```
+{
+  test_name:    "should return 401 for unauthenticated requests"
+  test_file:    "src/api/auth.test.ts"
+  test_line:    42
+  error_type:   "AssertionError"
+  expected:     "401"
+  received:     "200"
+  stack_trace:  ["auth.test.ts:42", "auth.middleware.ts:18", "express/router.ts:..."]
+  source_files: ["auth.middleware.ts:18"]  // files from YOUR codebase in the stack
+}
+```
+
+## Step 3: Failure Clustering
+
+Group failures into clusters based on shared characteristics:
+
+### Cluster Types
+
+| Cluster Type        | How to Detect                                         | Typical Root Cause                       |
+| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| **Shared Module**   | Multiple tests import from the same file that changed | Missing export, type change, API change  |
+| **Same Error Type** | All failures throw `TypeError` or `ConnectionError`   | Broken dependency, env issue             |
+| **Shared Fixture**  | Tests using same `beforeEach`/setup fail together     | Fixture setup failure cascading          |
+| **Import Chain**    | Failures follow the import graph                      | Dependency that fails to resolve         |
+| **Environment**     | All tests fail with connection/config errors          | Missing env var, DB not running          |
+| **Timing**          | Tests pass individually, fail together                | Race condition, shared state             |
+| **Snapshot**        | Multiple `toMatchSnapshot` failures                   | Intentional UI change (update snapshots) |
+
+### Cascade Detection Algorithm
+
+```
+1. Sort failures by file path and execution order.
+2. Find the FIRST failure in execution order → candidate FPF.
+3. Check if the FPF's source file appears in other failures' import chains.
+4. If yes → FPF is the root cause, other failures are cascades.
+5. If no → failures are independent (multiple root causes).
+```
+
+## Step 4: First Point of Failure (FPF) Detection
+
+The FPF is the most valuable finding — fix it first, and cascading failures resolve automatically.
+
+```
+Example:
+  12 test files fail.
+  11 of them import from `utils/auth.ts`.
+  The first failure is in `utils/auth.test.ts` at line 42.
+  Error: `generateToken is not exported from './auth'`
+
+  FPF: utils/auth.ts:42 — missing export
+  Cascade: 11 other test files fail because they can't import generateToken
+  Fix: Add `export { generateToken }` to utils/auth.ts
+  Expected resolution: 12 of 12 failures (100%)
+```
+
+**FPF Confidence Levels:**
+
+| Confidence | Criteria                                                 |
+| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **HIGH**   | Same source file in >50% of failure stack traces         |
+| **MEDIUM** | Same error type across multiple test files               |
+| **LOW**    | Failures appear independent, multiple root causes likely |
+
+## Step 5: Fix Recommendations
+
+For each cluster, provide actionable fixes:
+
+| Fix Type              | Example                                         | How to Verify                         |
+| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
+| **Missing Export**    | `export { fn }` added to module                 | Re-run failing tests                  |
+| **Type Mismatch**     | Function signature changed, callers need update | Check callers with `grep_search`      |
+| **Stale Mock**        | Mock doesn't match new interface                | Compare mock to actual implementation |
+| **Env Variable**      | `.env.test` missing `DATABASE_URL`              | Check `.env.example` vs `.env.test`   |
+| **Snapshot Update**   | Intentional UI change                           | Run with `--updateSnapshot` flag      |
+| **Race Condition**    | Tests share global state                        | Add isolation or `beforeEach` reset   |
+| **Dependency Update** | Package API changed after upgrade               | Check changelog of updated package    |
+
+### Fix Priority Formula
+
+```
+Priority = (Tests_Resolved × 10) + (Confidence_Score × 5) - (Estimated_Fix_Time_Minutes)
+
+Fix in this order:
+1. Highest priority score first
+2. If tied, prefer HIGH confidence
+3. If still tied, prefer fewer files to change
+```
+
+## Report Format
+
+```
+━━━ Test Result Analysis ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+Runner:    [Jest / Vitest / pytest / Go / auto-detected]
+Total:     48 tests across 12 files
+Result:    36 passed | 12 failed | 0 skipped
+Duration:  4.2s
+Coverage:  78% statements (if available)
+
+━━━ First Point of Failure ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+📍 utils/auth.test.ts → line 42
+   Error:  `generateToken` is not exported from `./auth`
+   Type:   ImportError
+   Impact: Cascades to 11 other test files
+
+   This is the root cause. Fix this first.
+
+━━━ Failure Clusters ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+Cluster 1: Missing Export  (11 tests, HIGH confidence)
+  Root:       utils/auth.ts:42
+  Cascade:    auth.test.ts, users.test.ts, sessions.test.ts, ...
+  Fix:        Add `export { generateToken }` to auth.ts
+  Resolution: 11 of 12 failures (92%)
+  Priority:   ★★★★★ (115 pts)
+
+Cluster 2: Stale Mock  (1 test, MEDIUM confidence)
+  Root:       api/users.test.ts:98
+  Error:      Expected { name, email, role } but received { name, email }
+  Fix:        Add `role: "user"` to mock at line 15
+  Resolution: 1 of 12 failures (8%)
+  Priority:   ★★☆☆☆ (20 pts)
+
+━━━ Fix Plan ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+Step 1: Fix utils/auth.ts export
+        → Expected: 11 failures resolved
+        → Time: ~2 minutes
+        → Run: npx jest utils/auth.test.ts (verify FPF fix)
+
+Step 2: Update mock in api/users.test.ts:15
+        → Expected: 1 failure resolved
+        → Time: ~1 minute
+
+Step 3: Re-run full suite
+        → Expected: all 12 failures resolved (0 remaining)
+
+━━━ Warnings ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+⚠️ No test coverage report detected. Consider adding --coverage flag.
+⚠️ 3 test files have no assertions (test names end in `.todo`).
+```
+
+## Edge Cases
+
+### All Tests Fail
+
+```
+If 100% of tests fail → likely environment issue, not code:
+  1. Check if dev server / database is running
+  2. Check .env.test for missing variables
+  3. Check node_modules exists (run npm install)
+  4. Check for breaking dependency upgrade in recent commits
+```
+
+### Flaky Tests
+
+```
+If same test passes on retry → flaky:
+  1. Check for shared mutable state between tests
+  2. Check for time-dependent assertions
+  3. Check for unresolved promises / async leaks
+  4. Check for network-dependent tests without mocks
+```
+
+### Only Snapshot Tests Fail
+
+```
+If only snapshot tests fail → likely intentional UI change:
+  1. Review snapshot diffs
+  2. If changes are expected: run with --updateSnapshot
+  3. If changes are unexpected: check for unintended CSS/component changes
+```
+
+## Cross-Skill Integration
+
+| Paired Skill           | Integration Point                                        |
+| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `systematic-debugging` | Escalate when FPF is unclear → 4-phase debug methodology |
+| `testing-patterns`     | Reference when recommending test structure improvements  |
+| `workflow-optimizer`   | Flag inefficient test-debug-retest loops                 |
+
+## Anti-Hallucination Guard
+
+- **Only analyze test output that was actually produced** — never generate fake test results.
+- **Never invent file paths or line numbers** — only reference what appears in the stack trace.
+- **Verify source files exist** before suggesting fixes — use `view_file` or `find_by_name`.
+- **Mark uncertainty**: `// UNCERTAIN: log format not fully recognized, manual review recommended`.
+- **Never guess at assertion values** — quote exactly what "Expected" and "Received" say in the output.
+- **Don't assume test runner** — auto-detect from output format, don't assume Jest.
 
-Step 3: Re-run full suite
-        → Expected: all 12 failures resolved (0 remaining)
+## 🚨 Edge-Case & Failure Mode Matrix
 
-━━━ Warnings ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+| Scenario | Risk | Production Mitigation |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Empty or Null Inputs** | Unhandled exception or unexpected rendering collapse | Enforce fallback guards, optional chaining, and explicit empty state handlers |
+| **Network Timeout / Latency** | Hanging operations or duplicate side-effects | Implement bounded abort controllers, exponential backoff, and idempotency keys |
+| **Concurrency / Race Conditions** | Stale state overwrite or inconsistent data mutations | Use atomic transactions, mutex locking, or cancel-on-resubmit controls |
+| **Invalid Schema / Malformed Payload** | Downstream runtime errors or security injection | Validate boundary payloads with Zod/Pydantic schemas prior to execution |
+| **Resource / Memory Saturation** | OOM errors, frame drops, or memory leaks | Clean up listeners, cancel active timers, and enforce pagination/virtualization |
 
-⚠️ No test coverage report detected. Consider adding --coverage flag.
-⚠️ 3 test files have no assertions (test names end in `.todo`).
-```
 
-## Edge Cases
+## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps Table
 
-### All Tests Fail
+| Anti-Pattern | What AI Commonly Does Wrong | What Is Actually Correct |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Testing Implementation Details** | Asserting on private component state or internal helper functions | Assert on observable user behaviors, DOM roles, and network outcomes |
+| **Flaky Async Assertion** | Using arbitrary setTimeout delays before asserting on asynchronous state | Use waitFor or condition-based queries that poll with timeout bounds |
+| **Shared Mutable State** | Reusing database records across concurrent test runners | Isolate test databases per worker or execute in rolled-back transactions |
 
-```
-If 100% of tests fail → likely environment issue, not code:
-  1. Check if dev server / database is running
-  2. Check .env.test for missing variables
-  3. Check node_modules exists (run npm install)
-  4. Check for breaking dependency upgrade in recent commits
-```
 
-### Flaky Tests
+## 🏛️ Tribunal Verification & Guardrails
 
-```
-If same test passes on retry → flaky:
-  1. Check for shared mutable state between tests
-  2. Check for time-dependent assertions
-  3. Check for unresolved promises / async leaks
-  4. Check for network-dependent tests without mocks
-```
+**Active Reviewers:** `test-engineer` · `qa-automation-engineer` · `logic-reviewer`
+**Slash Command:** `/review` or `/tribunal-full`
 
-### Only Snapshot Tests Fail
+### 🔬 Evidence Standard (Tri-State Verification)
+Every finding, audit statement, or completion claim must classify its factual certainty:
+- **`[OBSERVED]`**: Directly confirmed in the codebase or verified via executed terminal command.
+- **`[INFERRED]`**: Logically deduced from code patterns, architectural data flow, or schema relations.
+- **`[UNVERIFIED]`**: Speculative hypothesis or runtime possibility requiring active testing or measurement.
 
+### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit Checklist
 ```
-If only snapshot tests fail → likely intentional UI change:
-  1. Review snapshot diffs
-  2. If changes are expected: run with --updateSnapshot
-  3. If changes are unexpected: check for unintended CSS/component changes
+✅ Do tests follow behavioral GIVEN/WHEN/THEN specifications?
+✅ Are happy path, failure paths, and boundary conditions (0, null, max, unicode) covered?
+✅ Are test mocks isolated and reset between successive test cases?
+✅ Do E2E locators rely on stable ARIA attributes instead of brittle CSS selectors?
+✅ Did I verify test suite passes deterministically without flaky race conditions?
 ```
 
-## Cross-Skill Integration
-
-| Paired Skill           | Integration Point                                        |
-| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `systematic-debugging` | Escalate when FPF is unclear → 4-phase debug methodology |
-| `testing-patterns`     | Reference when recommending test structure improvements  |
-| `workflow-optimizer`   | Flag inefficient test-debug-retest loops                 |
-
-## Anti-Hallucination Guard
-
-- **Only analyze test output that was actually produced** — never generate fake test results.
-- **Never invent file paths or line numbers** — only reference what appears in the stack trace.
-- **Verify source files exist** before suggesting fixes — use `view_file` or `find_by_name`.
-- **Mark uncertainty**: `// UNCERTAIN: log format not fully recognized, manual review recommended`.
-- **Never guess at assertion values** — quote exactly what "Expected" and "Received" say in the output.
-- **Don't assume test runner** — auto-detect from output format, don't assume Jest.
+### 🛑 Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) Protocol
+**CRITICAL:** You must follow a strict "evidence-based closeout" state machine.
+- ❌ **Forbidden:** Declaring a task complete because the output "looks correct."
+- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing test suites, compiler success, or equivalent operational proof) that your output works as intended.