msd-core/get-shit-done/workflows/verify-work.md

Validate built features through conversational testing with persistent state. Creates UAT.md that tracks test progress, survives /clear, and feeds gaps into /gsd:plan-phase --gaps.

User tests, Claude records. One test at a time. Plain text responses.

**Show expected, ask if reality matches.**

Claude presents what SHOULD happen. User confirms or describes what's different.

• "yes" / "y" / "next" / empty → pass
• Anything else → logged as issue, severity inferred

No Pass/Fail buttons. No severity questions. Just: "Here's what should happen. Does it?"

@~/.claude/get-shit-done/templates/UAT.md **First: Check for active UAT sessions**

find .planning/phases -name "*-UAT.md" -type f 2>/dev/null | head -5

If active sessions exist AND no $ARGUMENTS provided:

Read each file's frontmatter (status, phase) and Current Test section.

Display inline:

## Active UAT Sessions

| # | Phase | Status | Current Test | Progress |
|---|-------|--------|--------------|----------|
| 1 | 04-comments | testing | 3. Reply to Comment | 2/6 |
| 2 | 05-auth | testing | 1. Login Form | 0/4 |

Reply with a number to resume, or provide a phase number to start new.

Wait for user response.

• If user replies with number (1, 2) → Load that file, go to resume_from_file
• If user replies with phase number → Treat as new session, go to create_uat_file

If active sessions exist AND $ARGUMENTS provided:

Check if session exists for that phase. If yes, offer to resume or restart. If no, continue to create_uat_file.

If no active sessions AND no $ARGUMENTS:

No active UAT sessions.

Provide a phase number to start testing (e.g., /gsd:verify-work 4)

If no active sessions AND $ARGUMENTS provided:

Continue to create_uat_file.

**Find what to test:**

Parse $ARGUMENTS as phase number (e.g., "4") or plan number (e.g., "04-02").

# Find phase directory
PHASE_DIR=$(ls -d .planning/phases/${PHASE_ARG}* 2>/dev/null | head -1)

# Find SUMMARY files
ls "$PHASE_DIR"/*-SUMMARY.md 2>/dev/null

Read each SUMMARY.md to extract testable deliverables.

**Extract testable deliverables from SUMMARY.md:**

Parse for:

1. Accomplishments - Features/functionality added
2. User-facing changes - UI, workflows, interactions

Focus on USER-OBSERVABLE outcomes, not implementation details.

For each deliverable, create a test:

• name: Brief test name
• expected: What the user should see/experience (specific, observable)

Examples:

• Accomplishment: "Added comment threading with infinite nesting" → Test: "Reply to a Comment" → Expected: "Clicking Reply opens inline composer below comment. Submitting shows reply nested under parent with visual indentation."

Skip internal/non-observable items (refactors, type changes, etc.).

**Create UAT file with all tests:**

mkdir -p "$PHASE_DIR"

Build test list from extracted deliverables.

Create file:

---
status: testing
phase: XX-name
source: [list of SUMMARY.md files]
started: [ISO timestamp]
updated: [ISO timestamp]
---

## Current Test
<!-- OVERWRITE each test - shows where we are -->

number: 1
name: [first test name]
expected: |
  [what user should observe]
awaiting: user response

## Tests

### 1. [Test Name]
expected: [observable behavior]
result: [pending]

### 2. [Test Name]
expected: [observable behavior]
result: [pending]

...

## Summary

total: [N]
passed: 0
issues: 0
pending: [N]
skipped: 0

## Gaps

[none yet]

Write to .planning/phases/XX-name/{phase}-UAT.md

Proceed to present_test.

**Present current test to user:**

Read Current Test section from UAT file.

Display:

## Test {number}: {name}

**Expected:** {expected}

Does this match what you see?

Wait for user response (plain text, no AskUserQuestion).

**Process user response and update file:**

If response indicates pass:

• Empty response, "yes", "y", "ok", "pass", "next", "approved", "✓"

Update Tests section:

### {N}. {name}
expected: {expected}
result: pass

If response indicates skip:

• "skip", "can't test", "n/a"

Update Tests section:

### {N}. {name}
expected: {expected}
result: skipped
reason: [user's reason if provided]

If response is anything else:

• Treat as issue description

Infer severity from description:

• Contains: crash, error, exception, fails, broken, unusable → blocker
• Contains: doesn't work, wrong, missing, can't → major
• Contains: slow, weird, off, minor, small → minor
• Contains: color, font, spacing, alignment, visual → cosmetic
• Default if unclear: major

Update Tests section:

### {N}. {name}
expected: {expected}
result: issue
reported: "{verbatim user response}"
severity: {inferred}

Append to Gaps section (structured YAML for plan-phase --gaps):

- truth: "{expected behavior from test}"
  status: failed
  reason: "User reported: {verbatim user response}"
  severity: {inferred}
  test: {N}
  artifacts: []  # Filled by diagnosis
  missing: []    # Filled by diagnosis

After any response:

Update Summary counts. Update frontmatter.updated timestamp.

If more tests remain → Update Current Test, go to present_test If no more tests → Go to complete_session

**Resume testing from UAT file:**

Read the full UAT file.

Find first test with result: [pending].

Announce:

Resuming: Phase {phase} UAT
Progress: {passed + issues + skipped}/{total}
Issues found so far: {issues count}

Continuing from Test {N}...

Update Current Test section with the pending test. Proceed to present_test.

**Complete testing and commit:**

Update frontmatter:

• status: complete
• updated: [now]

Clear Current Test section:

## Current Test

[testing complete]

Commit the UAT file:

git add ".planning/phases/XX-name/{phase}-UAT.md"
git commit -m "test({phase}): complete UAT - {passed} passed, {issues} issues"

Present summary:

## UAT Complete: Phase {phase}

| Result | Count |
|--------|-------|
| Passed | {N}   |
| Issues | {N}   |
| Skipped| {N}   |

[If issues > 0:]
### Issues Found

[List from Issues section]

If issues > 0: Proceed to diagnose_issues

If issues == 0:

All tests passed. Ready to continue.

- `/gsd:plan-phase {next}` — Plan next phase
- `/gsd:execute-phase {next}` — Execute next phase

**Diagnose root causes before planning fixes:**

---

{N} issues found. Diagnosing root causes...

Spawning parallel debug agents to investigate each issue.

• Load diagnose-issues workflow
• Follow @~/.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/diagnose-issues.md
• Spawn parallel debug agents for each issue
• Collect root causes
• Update UAT.md with root causes
• Proceed to offer_gap_closure

Diagnosis runs automatically - no user prompt. Parallel agents investigate simultaneously, so overhead is minimal and fixes are more accurate.

**Offer next steps after diagnosis:**

---

## Diagnosis Complete

| Gap | Root Cause |
|-----|------------|
| {truth 1} | {root_cause} |
| {truth 2} | {root_cause} |
...

Next steps:
- `/gsd:plan-phase {phase} --gaps` — Create fix plans from diagnosed gaps
- `/gsd:verify-work {phase}` — Re-test after fixes

<update_rules> Batched writes for efficiency:

Keep results in memory. Write to file only when:

1. Issue found — Preserve the problem immediately
2. Session complete — Final write before commit
3. Checkpoint — Every 5 passed tests (safety net)

Section	Rule	When Written
Frontmatter.status	OVERWRITE	Start, complete
Frontmatter.updated	OVERWRITE	On any file write
Current Test	OVERWRITE	On any file write
Tests.{N}.result	OVERWRITE	On any file write
Summary	OVERWRITE	On any file write
Gaps	APPEND	When issue found

On context reset: File shows last checkpoint. Resume from there. </update_rules>

<severity_inference> Infer severity from user's natural language:

User says	Infer
"crashes", "error", "exception", "fails completely"	blocker
"doesn't work", "nothing happens", "wrong behavior"	major
"works but...", "slow", "weird", "minor issue"	minor
"color", "spacing", "alignment", "looks off"	cosmetic

Default to major if unclear. User can correct if needed.

Never ask "how severe is this?" - just infer and move on. </severity_inference>

<success_criteria>

• UAT file created with all tests from SUMMARY.md
• Tests presented one at a time with expected behavior
• User responses processed as pass/issue/skip
• Severity inferred from description (never asked)
• Batched writes: on issue, every 5 passes, or completion
• Committed on completion
• Clear next steps based on results (plan-phase --gaps if issues) </success_criteria>