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Did any prophet announce the mission of a future prophet, providing signs by which he would be known to be a prophet?
Did any prophet confirm that any prior prophets were in fact true prophets?
If the mission of a prophet was announced by a prior prophet, what are the references of this claim in the Torah and other holy books?
Eliyahu is told by Hashem to anoint Elisha to be his successor as a prophet (Kings 1:19:16).
Yesha'ayahu (8:2) prophesied of two future prophets: Zechariah ben Yevarchiyahu and Uriah Hakohen. Zechariah lived centuries later, in the beginning of the Second Temple era, but Uriah might have already been alive at the time - his prophecy was brought in the Book of Micha 3:12, according to the Talmud in Makot 24b and Micha lived around the time of Yesha'ayahu and may have even been his student (he paraphrases him a number of times).
Yirmiyahu (26:17-24) mentions two past prophets: Micha (of the Book of Micha) and Uriyahu ben Shma'ayahu.
Malachi (3:23) foretells the return of Eliyahu. During this time, Eliyahu will reconcile parents with children and children with parents.
Rambam (Yesodei Hatorah 10:5) writes:
נָבִיא שֶׁהֵעִיד לוֹ נָבִיא אַחֵר שֶׁהוּא נָבִיא הֲרֵי הוּא בְּחֶזְקַת נָבִיא וְאֵין זֶה הַשֵּׁנִי צָרִיךְ חֲקִירָה. שֶׁהֲרֵי משֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ הֵעִיד לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ וְהֶאֱמִינוּ בּוֹ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל קֹדֶם שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה אוֹת. וְכֵן לְדוֹרוֹת.
When a prophet proclaims that another individual is [also] a prophet, we accept the latter as a prophet without requiring [any further] investigation. Thus, after Moses, our teacher, proclaimed that Joshua [was a prophet], all the Jews believed in him before he performed any wonders. The same holds true for subsequent generations.
So there's an example of a prophet announcing the mission of a future one, and without providing any signs.
