Content Verification Skill

Provides an integrated workflow for ensuring content reliability.

Workflow Overview

┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────┐
│  Step 1     │    │  Step 2     │    │  Step 3     │
│  Scan       │ → │  Verify     │ → │  Reference  │
│             │    │             │    │             │
└─────────────┘    └─────────────┘    └─────────────┘

See detailed guides:

• scan.md - Identify statements requiring verification
• verify.md - Verify facts with external sources
• reference.md - Manage references and citations

Quick Start

Run Full Workflow

User: Verify the content of this document

Run Specific Steps

User: Identify statements that need fact-checking in this article
User: Fact-check this numerical data
User: Organize the reference list

Step 1: Scan

Analyze the entire text to identify statements requiring verification.

Check Categories

Output Format

## Verification Targets

### Priority: High
| # | Statement | Type | Verification Needed |
|---|-----------|------|---------------------|
| 1 | "..." | Numerical | Verify source |

See scan.md for details.

Step 2: Verify

Verify identified statements using reliable external sources.

Verification Process

1. Identify sources: Gather candidates via web search
2. Retrieve actual content: Use WebFetch or curl to confirm
3. Judge: Check consistency, accuracy, context, currency

Important: Don't Trust AI Search Results Blindly

# When WebFetch is blocked
curl -s -L "https://example.com/page" | head -200

# Check Wayback Machine for archived versions
curl -s "https://archive.org/wayback/available?url=example.com/page"

Verdict Criteria

See verify.md for details.

Step 3: Reference

After verification, manage references according to project specifications.

Tasks

1. Check project specifications: Citation style, placement
2. Add to reference list: Register confirmed sources
3. Add cross-references: Footnotes/inline/numbered references

Citation Format Examples

<!-- Footnote style -->
Japan's population is approximately 120 million[^1].
[^1]: Statistics Bureau of Japan "Population Estimates" 2024

<!-- Inline style -->
Japan's population is approximately 120 million (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2024).

See reference.md for details.

Verifying Existing References

When the document already has references, also check:

Checklist

• Links are alive (no 404 errors)
• Cited content matches the source
• Citations are used in proper context
• Source information is current

Handling Broken Links

# Check status code
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "https://example.com/page"

# Get alternative URL from Wayback Machine
curl -s "https://archive.org/wayback/available?url=example.com/page"

Usage Examples

User: Verify the content of README.md and organize references

User: Check if the citations in this paper are correct

User: Verify the items identified in Issue #45

Output Report Format

# Content Verification Report

## Target File
- path/to/document.md

## Verification Summary
| Items | ✅ Accurate | ⚠️ Needs Revision | ❌ Incorrect | ❓ Unverifiable |
|-------|-------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
| 10    | 7           | 2                 | 0            | 1               |

## Detailed Results
[Verification results for each item...]

## Reference Management Status
- [ ] Reference list updated
- [ ] Cross-references added in text
- [ ] Links verified