What problem does it solve? Genealogy research inevitably produces contradictory records — two censuses giving different birth years, or two same-named people in one county. This Skill identifies those fact-level and identity-level conflicts, analyzes source independence, weighs the evidence, and writes a defensible resolution rationale that satisfies GPS Element 4 (Resolution of Conflicting Evidence). ## Core Features & Use Cases - Conflict Detection and Tracking: Scans research.json assertions, person_evidence, and timelines to find fact conflicts (e.g., birthplace disagreements) and identity conflicts (same-name ambiguity), recording each as a c_ entry in the conflicts section. - GPS-Standard Weighing: Applies source-independence analysis (Standard 46), the seven weighing factors (Standards 47-48), and the four defensible rationales, with calendar-conversion and place-distance checks to rule out artifactual discrepancies. - Structured Resolution Writing: Produces a four-part resolution rationale persisted to research.json, or honestly defers with named decisive record types when evidence is insufficient. - Use Case: A user says "these sources disagree on Patrick Flynn's birth year — 1845 on the census, 1843 on the delayed birth certificate." The Skill weighs contemporary census recordings against a decades-later filing, explains the discrepancy via memory degradation, and records the resolution. ## Quick Start Resolve the conflicting birth year assertions for Patrick Flynn in my research project and record the resolution rationale.
