Verification Strategy

How to verify your work is correct before declaring a task complete.

The Verification Checklist

After implementing a solution, go through ALL of these:

1. Re-read the original task

• Re-read the EXACT wording of the task instruction
• Check every requirement — file paths, names, formats, constraints
• Are there implicit requirements? ("compile with gcc -O3 -lm" means exact flags)

2. Check file outputs

• Do all required files exist at the exact paths specified?
• Are file sizes within any stated limits?
• Is the file format correct? (binary vs text, encoding, line endings)