Verify Options

Forcing function — when the main agent has just listed options for the user to pick from, invoke this skill. Step 0 audits the option list AS A WHOLE for bailout signature ("hack / real work / give up" composition, cost-inflated legitimate path, scope-cut options, hack-as-equal-option, emotional-collapse precursor, single-direct-path dressed as multi-option, reader-side suppression as an option) — if any signal fires, the skill routes to `/bailout` protocol instead of characterizing exit ramps. If Step 0 passes, Steps 1–4 characterize each option honestly under the 8-row protocol and collapse rule-violating / bailout / reader-side-suppression options into one-line FORBIDDEN entries that may not be discussed again in the session. Catches "rules violations masked as options" and "bailout artifacts masked as engineering choices". Invoke when the user types `/verify-options` after seeing a list of options, or when the main agent catches itself about to ask "which option do you want" with options of mixed quality.

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/verify-options
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/verify-options/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/verify-options/SKILL.md

@misc{verify-options-2026,
  author    = {gweslab},
  title     = {Verify Options [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/verify-options/}
}