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source-drafting

Drafts documents from source materials with claim-level source mapping and verification.

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Search Tags:#writing#fact-checking#drafting#source verification#Documentation#claims#Research
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/nicknisi/dotfiles --skill source-drafting
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: source-drafting
Source: https://github.com/nicknisi/dotfiles/tree/main/home/.claude/skills/source-drafting
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/nicknisi/dotfiles --skill source-drafting

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Drafting reports, posts, or presentations from source materials often leads to unverified claims, invented statistics, and lost traceability between statements and their origins. This Skill enforces a disciplined read-first workflow that keeps every factual claim tied to a source.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Read-First Drafting: Requires all source documents to be fully read before any writing begins.
  • Source Map Appendix: Tracks every claim, metric, name, and date back to its originating document and section.
  • Agent Verification: Spawns a verification agent that re-reads sources and checks every claim, marking unverifiable ones as [UNVERIFIED].
  • Use Case: When writing a strategy document from five research reports, the Skill produces a clean draft, a source map appendix, and a separate list of removed unverified claims for your review.

Quick Start

Draft a report from the attached source documents and include a source map verifying every claim.

Frequently Asked Questions about source-drafting

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I draft a document from multiple source materials without errors?▼

Read all source documents fully before writing, then track every factual claim in a source map linking it to its document and section. This Skill enforces that read-first workflow and appends the source map to the draft.

How to verify claims in an AI-drafted report against sources?▼

Spawn a verification agent that re-reads each source and checks every claim in the source map. Any claim that cannot be confirmed is marked [UNVERIFIED] and moved to a separate list for your decision.

Can AI drafting invent statistics or quotes?▼

Yes, models can generate plausible-sounding but fabricated details. This Skill explicitly prohibits inventing statistics, percentages, quotes, or details not present in the sources, even if they seem directionally correct.

What types of documents is source-based drafting suited for?▼

It targets substantive documents such as strategy docs, external-facing reports, review comments, posts, and presentations. Casual or low-stakes writing may not need the full verification step.

What happens to claims that cannot be verified?▼

Unverified claims are removed from the clean draft and presented in a separate list. You decide whether to add them back with proper sourcing rather than having them silently included.

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