Agent skill

Adr Verify

by ruvnet in ruvnet/ruflo

Read back adr-patterns + adr-edges namespaces, surface dangling refs / supersede cycles / status mismatches; exit 1 on cycles

MITAuto-check: notesDevelopment

Install Adr Verify

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill adr-verify -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo adr-verify --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/ruvnet/ruflo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ruflo-adr/skills/adr-verify .claude/skills/adr-verify && 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
adr-verify
GitHub stars
74k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~500 tokens
SKILL.md length
234 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
264
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Read back adr-patterns + adr-edges namespaces, surface dangling refs / supersede cycles / status mismatches; exit 1 on cycles

  • Tasks that involve Architecture decision records
  • SKILL.md covers When to use, Steps, Exit codes and Cross-references
  • Calls node

What it does

Adr Verify is an agent skill from ruvnet/ruflo. Read back adr-patterns + adr-edges namespaces, surface dangling refs / supersede cycles / status mismatches; exit 1 on cycles

Its SKILL.md is about 500 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 Development, covering Architecture decision records. The repository describes itself as: 🌊 The original agent harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory…. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Architecture decision records

Example prompts

  • “/adr-verify”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_list, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_retrieve

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6051f67. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_list
    • mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_retrieve

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node

    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

Adr Verify loads about 500 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 234 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~34
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~500

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_list, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_retrieve

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 ruvnet/ruflo at commit 6051f67, republished under its MIT licence (© ruvnet). 234 words, ~500 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/adr-verify/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
adr-verify
description
Read back adr-patterns + adr-edges namespaces, surface dangling refs / supersede cycles / status mismatches; exit 1 on cycles
allowed-tools
Bash, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_list, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_retrieve

ADR Verify

Companion to adr-index. After import, reads the persisted graph and surfaces integrity issues:

  • Dangling refs — edge points at an ADR ID that doesn't exist in adr-patterns. Common cause: the referenced ADR is in a sibling repo or got deleted.
  • Supersede cycles — ADR-A supersedes ADR-B and ADR-B supersedes ADR-A (or longer cycles). Always data corruption.
  • Status mismatches — an ADR is the source of a supersedes edge but its own status isn't Superseded. Usually a missed status update during a successor ADR's promotion.

What this skill cannot catch: an adr-patterns row for an ADR that was deleted from disk and has zero edges referencing it or from it — invisible to every check above (issue #2666). If the reported ADR count looks higher than what's actually on disk, run adr-reindex, not adr-verify again.

When to use

  • Right after adr-index to confirm the graph is healthy
  • In CI as a fail-closed gate (VERIFY_STRICT=1 exits 1 on any issue)
  • Before publishing an ADR-related release

Steps

bash
node plugins/ruflo-adr/scripts/verify.mjs

Optional env:

  • VERIFY_FORMAT=json — JSON instead of markdown
  • VERIFY_STRICT=1 — exit 1 on ANY issue (default: only on cycles)

Exit codes

CodeMeaning
0Graph healthy (or dangling refs / status mismatches present in non-strict mode)
1Supersede cycle detected, OR strict mode + any issue present

Cross-references

  • adr-index — populates the data this skill verifies
  • scripts/import.mjs — has its own dry-run validation; this skill is the read-back companion
  • adr-reindex — reconciles a deleted ADR that adr-verify cannot detect

© ruvnet, 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 plugins/ruflo-adr/skills/adr-verify of ruvnet/ruflo.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6051f67

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in ruvnet/ruflo, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Categories

Questions about Adr Verify

What does Adr Verify do?

Read back adr-patterns + adr-edges namespaces, surface dangling refs / supersede cycles / status mismatches; exit 1 on cycles. Adr Verify is an agent skill from ruvnet/ruflo.

When should I use Adr Verify?

Adr Verify fits situations like: tasks that involve Architecture decision records.

How do I install Adr Verify in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill adr-verify -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ruflo-adr/skills/adr-verify in ruvnet/ruflo) into .claude/skills/adr-verify in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Adr Verify in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill adr-verify -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ruflo-adr/skills/adr-verify in ruvnet/ruflo) into .agents/skills/adr-verify in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Adr Verify 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 ruvnet/ruflo --skill adr-verify -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/adr-verify, .gemini/skills/adr-verify, .github/skills/adr-verify and .opencode/skills/adr-verify in your project.

What does Adr Verify need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Adr Verify needs the command-line tools its instructions call (node). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_list, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__memory_retrieve.

Does Adr Verify 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 Adr Verify safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Adr Verify use?

Adr Verify 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 Adr Verify use?

About 500 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Adr Verify?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Adr Verify: PR Design Doc (OpenHands/OpenHands, 90k stars), Cto Advisor (Ibrahim-3d/orchestrator-supaconductor, 380 stars), Improve Codebase Architecture (ywwynm/EverythingDone, 144 stars) and Domain Modeling (brim-borium/spotify_sdk, 166 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Adr Verify?

ruvnet (a GitHub user) maintains it in ruvnet/ruflo, which has 74,089 GitHub stars. The repository holds 264 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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