Seek Verdict

What it does

When your agent uses it

• User wants independent Codex verification of a review finding — dismiss (false positive check)
• Confirm (does this issue exist?)
• Clarify (whats the impact?)

Example prompts

• “/seek-verdict”

Requirements

• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(node:*), Bash(git:*), Read, Grep, Glob, Write

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a4d4bc1. 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(node:*)
  • Bash(git:*)
  • Read
  • Grep
  • Glob
  • Write

  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

Seek Verdict loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 146 tokens; SKILL.md has 399 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~146

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.5k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~4.2k

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

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 sd0xdev/sd0x-harness at commit a4d4bc1, republished under its MIT licence (© sd0xdev). 399 words, ~1,516 tokens.

name

seek-verdict

description

Independent second-opinion verification for any finding. Use when: Claude or user wants independent Codex verification of a review finding — dismiss (false positive check), confirm (does this issue exist?), or clarify (what's the impact?). Triggers: dismiss verification, seek verdict, verify dismiss, false positive check, second opinion, confirm finding, clarify impact. Not for: general code review (use codex-code-review), architecture debates (use codex-brainstorm). Output: [DISMISS_VERDICT] or [SEEK_VERDICT] audit trail with verdict, confidence, and evidence refs.

allowed-tools

Bash(node:*), Bash(git:*), Read, Grep, Glob, Write

sequenceDiagram
    participant C as Claude
    participant S as seek-verdict
    participant X as Codex (fresh thread)

    C->>S: Finding + intent + severity
    Note over S: Phase A: Candidate Packaging
    S->>S: Extract finding_packet<br/>(no Claude conclusions)
    S->>X: Phase B: Blind Independent Verdict
    Note over X: Independent research<br/>git status / grep / cat
    X-->>S: verdict + confidence + evidence
    Note over S: Phase C: Policy Mapping (intent x severity)
    alt intent=dismiss + P2/Nit
        S-->>C: DISMISS_VERIFIED / FIX_REQUIRED (automated)
    else intent=dismiss + P0/P1
        S-->>C: DISMISS_CANDIDATE + Need Human (human gate)
    else intent=confirm/clarify
        S-->>C: [SEEK_VERDICT] informational result
    end

[DISMISS_VERDICT] key=<file|canonical_issue> | severity=<P0-Nit> | verdict=<DISMISS_VERIFIED|DISMISS_CANDIDATE|FIX_REQUIRED|NEED_HUMAN> | confidence=<0..1> | codex_thread=<id> | evidence=<brief> | timestamp=<ISO8601> | intent=dismiss | authorization=<automated|human-required|human-confirmed>

[SEEK_VERDICT] key=<file|canonical_issue> | severity=<P0-Nit> | intent=<confirm|clarify> | verdict=<CONFIRMED|DISPUTED|HIGH_IMPACT|LOW_IMPACT|UNCERTAIN> | confidence=<0..1> | codex_thread=<id> | evidence=<brief> | timestamp=<ISO8601>

© sd0xdev, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/seek-verdict of sd0xdev/sd0x-harness.

• SKILL.md
• references/policy-mapping.md
• references/verdict-prompt.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a4d4bc1