Agent skill

Reality Check

Audit claims that work is done or shipped against the diff or repo.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passed

Install Reality Check

skills CLI

$ npx skills add boshu2/agentops --skill reality-check -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install boshu2/agentops reality-check --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/boshu2/agentops.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/reality-check .claude/skills/reality-check && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "reality-check" agent skill from https://github.com/boshu2/agentops/tree/main/skills/reality-check into .claude/skills/reality-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "reality-check", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/boshu2/agentops/tree/main/skills/reality-check

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add boshu2/agentops --skill reality-check -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install boshu2/agentops reality-check --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/boshu2/agentops.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/reality-check .agents/skills/reality-check && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "reality-check" agent skill from https://github.com/boshu2/agentops/tree/main/skills/reality-check into .agents/skills/reality-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "reality-check", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add boshu2/agentops --skill reality-check -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install boshu2/agentops reality-check --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/boshu2/agentops.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/reality-check .cursor/skills/reality-check && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "reality-check" agent skill from https://github.com/boshu2/agentops/tree/main/skills/reality-check into .cursor/skills/reality-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "reality-check", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/boshu2/agentops.git --path skills/reality-check

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add boshu2/agentops --skill reality-check -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install boshu2/agentops reality-check --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/boshu2/agentops.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/reality-check .gemini/skills/reality-check && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "reality-check" agent skill from https://github.com/boshu2/agentops/tree/main/skills/reality-check into .gemini/skills/reality-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "reality-check", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install boshu2/agentops reality-check

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add boshu2/agentops --skill reality-check -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/boshu2/agentops.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/reality-check .github/skills/reality-check && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "reality-check" agent skill from https://github.com/boshu2/agentops/tree/main/skills/reality-check into .github/skills/reality-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "reality-check", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add boshu2/agentops --skill reality-check -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install boshu2/agentops reality-check --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/boshu2/agentops.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/reality-check .opencode/skills/reality-check && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "reality-check" agent skill from https://github.com/boshu2/agentops/tree/main/skills/reality-check into .opencode/skills/reality-check/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "reality-check", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: reality-check
GitHub stars: 448
Used in: 1 other repo
Token cost: ~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length: 564 words
Files: 6 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo: 31
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Audit claims that work is done or shipped against the diff or repo.

Works in 4 steps: Read the exact claim and its source, and… → Inspect the relevant files, command… → When asked about a plan, compare… → …
: asked whether something really got done
SKILL.md covers Claim comparison, Establish the requested outcome, Goal measurement and Native status, plus 1 more section
Runs Shell scripts from its folder

What it does

Reality Check is an agent skill from boshu2/agentops. Audit claims that work is done or shipped against the diff or repo. Use when: asked whether something really got done, even if it looks obvious.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/goals.md`, `references/status.md` and `schemas/reality-check-report.v1.schema.json`).

The repository describes itself as: DevOps discipline for AI coding agents: shape the work, track it as a graph, and get each change judged by a context that didn't write it. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

: asked whether something really got done
Even if it looks obvious

Example prompts

“/reality-check”

Requirements

A Bash shell

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Read the exact claim and its source, and split it into its separate items.
Inspect the relevant files, command outcomes and artifacts, separating
When asked about a plan, compare proposed scope with the original goal;
Return the ledger with checked and not-checked scope. Keep native tracker,

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8704853. 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
Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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

Reality Check loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 564 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~1.8k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from boshu2/agentops at commit 8704853, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© boshu2). 564 words, ~1,311 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/reality-check/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: reality-check
description: Audit claims that work is done or shipped against the diff or repo. Use when: asked whether something really got done, even if it looks obvious.
practices: design-by-contract, evidence-based-engineering
hexagonal_role: domain
consumes: caller-question, native-source-evidence
produces: reality-check-report.v1, goal-measurement-report, native-status-snapshot
skill_api_version: 1
user-invocable: true
metadata.tier: judgment
metadata.capabilities: compare_claim_to_evidence, measure_declared_goals, report_native_status
metadata.effects: write_advisory_gap_report, write_goal_snapshot, write_requested_rendered_spec
metadata.canonical_status: canonical

Reality Check

Compare an expected state with observable evidence, measure declared goals, or report native status. Select the requested question; a snapshot needs no invented completion claim. Return facts and gaps without selecting work. Neighbours: advice on a plan or change is Review; an acceptance verdict on a finished change is Validate.

Claim comparison

Enumerate every stated claim, including work that was never started, and give each its own disposition: confirmed (cite the evidence), gap (cite what is missing or contradicts it) or unverifiable (name the evidence that would settle it). The named failure mode is auditing only what the diff touched: a claimed item with no trace in the evidence is a gap, not something to leave out of the report.

Read the exact claim and its source, and split it into its separate items.
Inspect the relevant files, command outcomes and artifacts, separating confirmed behavior, concrete gaps, incomplete evidence and changed assumptions. Credit only what the evidence shows: a reported run without its output, behavior left to a default or another component, and a test that exercises code without asserting the claimed outcome are unverifiable, not confirmed. Name the missing evidence instead of resolving an untestable claim by assertion.
When asked about a plan, compare proposed scope with the original goal; additions that lack authority are scope escalation the report cannot approve. Repeated measurements reuse the same question and criteria; a changed question starts a different comparison.
Return the ledger with checked and not-checked scope. Keep native tracker, Git, runtime, deterministic-check and semantic-judgment facts distinct.

text

Claim: <the claim as stated, and where it came from>
| # | Stated item | Disposition | Evidence, or what would settle it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | <item> | confirmed / gap / unverifiable | <file:line, command output, artifact> |
Checked: <what was inspected>. Not checked: <what was not>.

The ledger reports evidence; it carries no verdict, readiness call or PASS.

A quick answer is inline. A selected durable gap report uses reality-check-report.v1: write reality-check-report.json under the caller's chosen destination, default .agents/scratch/reality-check/<run-id>/, and check it with this skill's scripts/validate-output.sh <report.json>. Record the claim, evidence-backed finding kinds and the per-item dispositions in coverage. The format permits no verdict, readiness or PASS field; observations are not independent semantic judgment.

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Establish the requested outcome

A request to check a stated claim (done, shipped, fixed, every item complete) against the evidence selects the claim comparison above without another question; so do explicit requests to measure declared goals or report native status. A bare readiness question with no claim and no settled purpose is ambiguous: ask once whether the caller wants advisory findings or an acceptance judgment, and wait. A claim audit is not acceptance and cannot substitute for Validate's fresh, author-distinct judgment. If acceptance is wanted, hand off and report a missing fresh reviewer as a gap, never as validation that occurred. Shared routing and handoff detail: advice or acceptance.

Goal measurement

Running ao goals against the declared goals source, its derived snapshots and what to return are in goals. Do not add, remove, prioritize, migrate or repair goals, or turn a measurement gap into assigned work.

Native status

Reading the evidence store with ao status, and what a snapshot cannot show, are in status. A recent artifact timestamp proves evidence recency, not an active worker.

Boundary

Return the selected report or snapshot. This skill neither changes native state nor issues semantic PASS, repairs records, schedules or retries work. The documented goal snapshots and requested report/spec writes are its only output side effects. A native caller pursuing an authorized outcome uses these facts and continues its work; the reporting mode does not decide completion for it.

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts, references) in skills/reality-check of boshu2/agentops.

SKILL.md
references/goals.md
references/status.md
schemas/reality-check-report.v1.schema.json
scripts/validate-output.sh
scripts/validate.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8704853

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in boshu2/agentops, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Reality Check

What does Reality Check do?

Audit claims that work is done or shipped against the diff or repo. Reality Check is an agent skill from boshu2/agentops. Audit claims that work is done or shipped against the diff or repo.

When should I use Reality Check?

Reality Check fits situations like: : asked whether something really got done; even if it looks obvious.

How do I install Reality Check in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add boshu2/agentops --skill reality-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/reality-check in boshu2/agentops) into .claude/skills/reality-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Reality Check in Codex?

Run `npx skills add boshu2/agentops --skill reality-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/reality-check in boshu2/agentops) into .agents/skills/reality-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Reality Check 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 boshu2/agentops --skill reality-check -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/reality-check, .gemini/skills/reality-check, .github/skills/reality-check and .opencode/skills/reality-check in your project.

What does Reality Check need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Reality Check needs a shell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Reality Check access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Reality Check 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Reality Check use?

Reality Check is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Reality Check use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 530 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Reality Check?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Reality Check: Dos Verify Done Claims (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Claims (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars), Ship (millionco/react-doctor, 15k stars) and Ship (simstudioai/sim, 30k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Reality Check?

boshu2 (a GitHub user) maintains it in boshu2/agentops, which has 448 GitHub stars. The repository holds 31 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: boshu2/agentops on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Reality Check

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Reality Check

Claim comparison

Establish the requested outcome

Goal measurement

Native status

Boundary

Files

Used in 1 other repository

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