The Problem With Credentials
Traditional verification fails because documentation proves compliance, not capability.
Documented ≠Demonstrated
Credentials prove someone took a test. Not that they can do the job. Audits prove compliance. Chaos proves capability.
Gaming the System
When metrics can be gamed without demonstrating capability, credentials become meaningless signals.
Supply-Side Focus
Tools built for issuers don't serve verifiers. The bottleneck is downstream—who checks, not who issues.
Anti-Goodhart Verification
When the metric is the capability, the only way to pass is to demonstrate the skill.
Verification = Demonstration
GitHub Skills verifies git commands by requiring the actual command. The only way to "game" it is to demonstrate the skill.
Stage 1-5 Assessment
Beyond pass/fail. See cognitive maturity—from operational (Stage 1) to self-transforming (Stage 5). Know who can grow.
Behavioral Evidence
Trust comes from seeing, not listing. We show you what they did, not what they claim.