Verify Counts

by ldayton

Verify Counts is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by ldayton in Dippy.

243 stars21 forkson ldayton/DippyAdded 2026/09/02+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/06/12

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bashclaude-codeclihookpermissionspython

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Install Verify Counts

Copy Verify Counts into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/ldayton/Dippy/tree/main/.claude/skills/verify-counts ~/.claude/skills/verify-counts

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/ldayton/Dippy.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/verify-counts/SKILL.md in ldayton/Dippy
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/verify-counts
Collection: One of 5 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1418 skills

What Verify Counts does

Verify Counts checks numerical claims in documentation against current values in code and tests. Use it when README or reference docs mention counts that may drift over time.

Verify Counts is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Verify Counts comes from a repository tagged bash, claude-code, cli, hook and permissions.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Verify all count assertions in documentation against actual values.

Claims to Verify

Location	Claim	Verification
`README.md:14`	14,000+ tests	Dippy + Parable combined
`../Dippy.wiki/Reference/Security-Model.md:79`	Over 200 read-only commands	SIMPLE_SAFE count
`../Dippy.wiki/Reference/Security-Model.md:94`	Over 80 tools	CLI handler count
`../Dippy.wiki/Reference/Handler-Model.md:210`	80+ handlers	CLI handler count

Verification Commands

Dippy tests:

uv run pytest --collect-only -q 2>/dev/null | tail -1

Parable tests: Check table in /Users/lily/source/Parable/tests/README.md

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Verify Counts

What else does ldayton publish alongside Verify Counts?
Verify Counts is one of 5 skills that DirSkills catalogs from ldayton/Dippy, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Add Command, Check Coverage and Debug. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Verify Counts does, and is maintained by ldayton in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the ldayton/Dippy page.
How does Verify Counts compare to other Quality skills?
Verify Counts ranks #1321 by stars among the 1418 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Verify Counts against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.