# Verify Edit

> verify-edit

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

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# verify-edit

Read a file, make edits to it, then verify the changes by reading it again.

# Verify Edit

This skill helps you make confident edits to files by following a read-edit-verify pattern.

## What it does
1. **Read** the original file to understand its current content
2. **Edit** the file to make your desired changes
3. **Read** the file again to verify the edits were applied correctly

## When to use this
- When you need to ensure edits were applied exactly as intended
- When making critical changes that require verification
- When working with files where correctness is important
- When you want to catch any issues immediately after editing

## Steps
1. Specify the file path you want to work with
2. Claude will read the file and show you the content
3. Provide the edits or modifications you want to make
4. Claude will apply the edits
5. Claude will read the file again to confirm the changes match your expectations

## Tips
- Be specific about what you want changed so edits are precise
- Review the final read output carefully to ensure all changes are correct
- This pattern is especially useful for code files, configuration files, and documents where accuracy matters
- If the verification shows unexpected results, you can immediately request additional edits