# Verify Edit Changes

> verify-edit-changes

- Skill: `claudiawong522/verify-edit-changes` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add claudiawong522/verify-edit-changes`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/claudiawong522/verify-edit-changes/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/verify-edit-changes

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# verify-edit-changes

Make incremental edits to a file and verify the changes were applied correctly.

# Verify Edit Changes

This skill helps you make edits to a file and confirm they were successful by reading back the file contents.

## When to use
- You need to modify a file and verify the changes took effect
- You're making multiple related edits and want to confirm the final state
- You want to ensure file edits are persisted correctly before moving on

## Workflow steps

1. **First edit**: Make your initial modification to the target file
2. **Second edit**: Apply an additional change or refinement to the same file
3. **Verify**: Read the file to confirm both edits were applied correctly

## Example usage

```
/verify-edit-changes
```

Then provide the file path and describe your edits. The skill will:
1. Apply your first edit
2. Apply your second edit  
3. Read back the file to show the current state

## Tips

- Use this when making related changes that build on each other
- The read step serves as a checkpoint to catch any issues immediately
- If the final read doesn't match expectations, you can quickly adjust and re-verify
- This pattern is especially useful for configuration files or code that requires precise changes