analyst-common

To prevent hallucinations during web search analysis, enforce direct tool calls, require verbatim quotations for numeric data, and cross-verify facts across at least three independent sources.

Cross-source validation for data citation works by comparing information across at least three independent sources, capturing source URLs and timestamps, and applying a ±1% consensus check to determine verification status.

You enforce verbatim quotation rules by instructing analysis agents to call web search tools directly and quote exact source text for all numeric data, maintaining strict source URLs and timestamps for every capture.

Cross-validation with three independent sources provides high reliability by applying a ±1% consensus check to determine verification status, though strict accuracy ultimately depends on agents enforcing direct web search calls and verbatim quotations.

Analysis agents return inconsistent web search results when they lack standardized behavior rules, failing to cross-verify data across at least three independent sources or neglecting to capture source URLs and timestamps.

You need strict source verification rules for web analysis when agents must validate data against multiple sources before reporting, ensuring outputs include verbatim quotes, source URLs, timestamps, and a ±1% consensus check.