# Edit Read Verify

> edit-read-verify

- Skill: `claudiawong522/edit-read-verify` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add claudiawong522/edit-read-verify`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/claudiawong522/edit-read-verify/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: claudiawong522 (https://skillmd.com/u/claudiawong522)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/claudiawong522/edit-read-verify

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# edit-read-verify

Make an edit to a file, read it back to verify the changes, then make a follow-up edit based on the verification.

# Edit, Read, and Verify Pattern

This workflow is useful when you need to make iterative edits to a file with verification between steps.

## When to use this skill
- Making corrections to code or text that require validation
- Applying a change and then making a dependent follow-up edit
- Ensuring edits were applied correctly before proceeding with additional changes
- Working through multi-step file modifications where each step depends on the previous one

## Steps
1. **Make initial edit** - Edit the file with your first set of changes
2. **Read and verify** - Read the file back to confirm the changes were applied correctly
3. **Make follow-up edit** - Based on what you verified in step 2, make any necessary corrections or additional changes

## Tips
- This pattern helps catch mistakes early in the editing process
- The read step acts as a checkpoint to ensure changes persist as expected
- Use descriptive variable names and clear comments to make verification easier
- Consider if multiple verification cycles are needed for complex changes
- This is more efficient than making multiple isolated edits without checking intermediate results