SKILL.md
Fact-Checking Skill
Verify factual claims in manuscript against ingested sources.
Usage
/fact-check --section section_123
/fact-check --chapter 3
/fact-check --claim "SOE training lasted six weeks"How It Works
- Extract Claims: Identify factual statements
- Source Lookup: Find relevant sources in database
- Verification: Compare claim to source content
- Reliability Check: Assess source quality
- Report: Flag unsupported or conflicting claims
Claim Categories
Verifiable
- Dates and timelines
- Statistics and numbers
- Historical events
- Technical specifications
- Geographic information
- Names and titles
Subjective
- Opinions and interpretations
- Character motivations (fiction)
- Artistic choices
Verification Levels
✅ Verified: 2+ high-reliability sources agree ⚠️ Partially Verified: 1 source, or medium reliability ❌ Unverified: No source support ⚡ Conflicting: Sources disagree
Example Report
FACT-CHECK REPORT - Section 3.2
✅ "SOE training center at Beaulieu"
Sources: [High] SOE Official History
[High] Beaulieu Archives
⚠️ "Training lasted six weeks"
Sources: [Medium] Memoir - Agent testimony
Note: Duration varied by agent specialty
❌ "All agents carried cyanide capsules"
Sources: None found
Recommendation: Research or remove/hedge claim
⚡ "Over 400 agents deployed to France"
Conflicting: [High] Official records say 393
[Medium] Historian estimates 420+
Recommendation: Cite range or specific sourceIntegration
Runs automatically during /bookstrap-edit-path Can be run manually on specific sections