Claim Verification
Purpose
Verify claims before presenting them as facts.
When to Use
Use in final answers, reports, reviews, and architecture decisions.
Inputs
Source files, command outputs, docs, test results, assumptions.
Steps
- Split statements into facts and assumptions.
- Verify facts against source material.
- Mark assumptions clearly.
- Remove unsupported certainty.
Gates
Important claims are verified or labeled as inference.
Evidence
References to files, checks, or explicit assumptions.
Anti-Patterns
Confident summaries based on memory.
Related
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