synthesis-implementation-integrity
Synthesis Implementation Integrity
The most dangerous moment in software development is when you believe you're done. That belief shuts down scrutiny exactly when scrutiny matters most.
This skill is an adversarial self-review protocol. It challenges you — human or AI agent — to systematically prove your implementation is complete rather than assuming it is. The discipline: look for evidence that the work is WRONG, not confirmation that it's right. Confirmation bias is the default mode; this protocol overrides it.
"Tests pass" is not proof of correctness. Tests create their own world — fresh databases, mocked dependencies, controlled inputs. Production is a different world with persistent state, real external services, cached assets, and environment configurations that no test suite reproduces. The gap between "tests pass" and "production works" is where the worst failures live, because everyone has stopped looking.
This protocol exists to keep looking.
When to Invoke
Run this protocol:
- After completing any non-trivial implementation — before declaring it done
- After adding a field, column, or property that flows through multiple system layers
- After implementing the same pattern across multiple components — the last one gets the least attention
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