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Agent skill

Verify Before Irreversible Action

by aiming-lab in aiming-lab/MetaClaw

Use this skill before taking any action that is hard to reverse — deleting files, overwriting data, sending messages, pushing to remote, modifying production systems.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Verify Before Irreversible Action

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiming-lab/MetaClaw --skill verify-before-irreversible-action -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiming-lab/MetaClaw verify-before-irreversible-action --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiming-lab/MetaClaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/memory_data/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action .claude/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
verify-before-irreversible-action
GitHub stars
3.5k
Token cost
~232 tokens
SKILL.md length
82 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
36
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Use this skill before taking any action that is hard to reverse — deleting files, overwriting data, sending messages, pushing to remote, modifying production systems.

  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project
  • Calls git

What it does

Verify Before Irreversible Action is an agent skill from aiming-lab/MetaClaw. Use this skill before taking any action that is hard to reverse — deleting files, overwriting data, sending messages, pushing to remote, modifying production systems. Always pause, state what you are about to do, and confirm before executing.

Its SKILL.md is about 230 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering. The repository describes itself as: 🦞 Just talk to your agent — it learns and EVOLVES 🧬. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/verify-before-irreversible-action”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 922caf3. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Verify Before Irreversible Action loads about 232 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 82 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~232

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from aiming-lab/MetaClaw at commit 922caf3, republished under its MIT licence (© aiming-lab). 82 words, ~232 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
verify-before-irreversible-action
description
Use this skill before taking any action that is hard to reverse — deleting files, overwriting data, sending messages, pushing to remote, modifying production systems. Always pause, state what you are about to do, and confirm before executing.
category
general

Verify Before Irreversible Action

Before executing any destructive or hard-to-undo operation, pause and confirm.

Checklist:

  • State explicitly what you are about to do and why.
  • Identify what cannot be undone if this goes wrong.
  • Ask the user to confirm if the action is significant.
  • Prefer dry-run or preview modes when available (git diff, --dry-run, staging environments).

Examples of irreversible actions: rm -rf, git push --force, DROP TABLE, sending an email, publishing a post.

Anti-pattern: Silently executing destructive operations without a confirmation step.

© aiming-lab, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in memory_data/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action of aiming-lab/MetaClaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 922caf3

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Categories

Questions about Verify Before Irreversible Action

What does Verify Before Irreversible Action do?

Use this skill before taking any action that is hard to reverse — deleting files, overwriting data, sending messages, pushing to remote, modifying production systems. Verify Before Irreversible Action is an agent skill from aiming-lab/MetaClaw. Use this skill before taking any action that is hard to reverse — deleting files, overwriting data, sending messages, pushing to remote, modifying production systems.

When should I use Verify Before Irreversible Action?

Verify Before Irreversible Action fits situations like: AI & LLM Engineering work in your project.

How do I install Verify Before Irreversible Action in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiming-lab/MetaClaw --skill verify-before-irreversible-action -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (memory_data/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action in aiming-lab/MetaClaw) into .claude/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Verify Before Irreversible Action in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiming-lab/MetaClaw --skill verify-before-irreversible-action -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (memory_data/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action in aiming-lab/MetaClaw) into .agents/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Verify Before Irreversible Action in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiming-lab/MetaClaw --skill verify-before-irreversible-action -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action, .gemini/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action, .github/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action and .opencode/skills/verify-before-irreversible-action in your project.

What does Verify Before Irreversible Action need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Verify Before Irreversible Action needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Verify Before Irreversible Action access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Verify Before Irreversible Action safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Verify Before Irreversible Action use?

Verify Before Irreversible Action is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Verify Before Irreversible Action use?

About 232 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 928 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Verify Before Irreversible Action?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Verify Before Irreversible Action: Agent Builder (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Add Uint Support (pytorch/pytorch, 104k stars), LLM Benchmarking with lm-evaluation-harness (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars) and Segment Anything Model Guide (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Verify Before Irreversible Action?

aiming-lab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiming-lab/MetaClaw, which has 3,459 GitHub stars. The repository holds 36 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 7, 2026.

Source: aiming-lab/MetaClaw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.