Fact-Checking Skill
Verify factual claims in manuscript against ingested sources.
Usage
bash
/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
code
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 source
Integration
Runs automatically during /bookstrap-edit-path
Can be run manually on specific sections