ADR Verify

Companion to adr-index. After import, reads the persisted graph and surfaces integrity issues:

• Dangling refs — edge points at an ADR ID that doesn't exist in adr-patterns. Common cause: the referenced ADR is in a sibling repo or got deleted.
• Supersede cycles — ADR-A supersedes ADR-B and ADR-B supersedes ADR-A (or longer cycles). Always data corruption.
• Status mismatches — an ADR is the source of a supersedes edge but its own status isn't Superseded. Usually a missed status update during a successor ADR's promotion.

What this skill cannot catch: an adr-patterns row for an ADR that was deleted from disk and has zero edges referencing it or from it — invisible to every check above (issue #2666). If the reported ADR count looks higher than what's actually on disk, run adr-reindex, not adr-verify again.

When to use

• Right after adr-index to confirm the graph is healthy
• In CI as a fail-closed gate (VERIFY_STRICT=1 exits 1 on any issue)
• Before publishing an ADR-related release

Steps

bash
node plugins/ruflo-adr/scripts/verify.mjs

Optional env:

• VERIFY_FORMAT=json — JSON instead of markdown
• VERIFY_STRICT=1 — exit 1 on ANY issue (default: only on cycles)

Exit codes

| Code | Meaning | |---|---| | 0 | Graph healthy (or dangling refs / status mismatches present in non-strict mode) | | 1 | Supersede cycle detected, OR strict mode + any issue present |

Cross-references

• adr-index — populates the data this skill verifies
• scripts/import.mjs — has its own dry-run validation; this skill is the read-back companion
• adr-reindex — reconciles a deleted ADR that adr-verify cannot detect