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Research Fact Checker

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akbarfarooq2006·vlatest·other

This skill verifies information claims by cross-referencing sources, ensuring accuracy and combating misinformation in your responses.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add akbarfarooq/aidd_30_days_challenges --skill research-fact-checker -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

akbarfarooq2006

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned akbarfarooq2006/aidd_30_days_challenges at ed27303348.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
ed27303348
Manifest
day-9-and-10/.claude/skills/research-fact-checker/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 158 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
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About this skill

What it does

This skill verifies the accuracy of information retrieved from online sources. It can cross-reference claims against multiple reputable websites and identify potential inaccuracies or biases. The skill aims to provide a confidence score for factual statements, helping users assess the reliability of research findings.

When to use it

  • Validating news articles: Check if sensational headlines or controversial claims are supported by evidence from reliable sources.
  • Researching complex topics: Ensure that information gathered from various websites is consistent and accurate before drawing conclusions.
  • Evaluating online courses/tutorials: Verify the factual correctness of content presented in educational materials.
  • Writing reports or presentations: Bolster credibility by confirming data points with independent sources.

Key capabilities

  • Cross-references claims against multiple sources
  • Identifies potential inaccuracies
  • Assesses bias within information
  • Provides a confidence score for factual statements

Example prompts

  • "Fact-check the claim: 'The Earth is flat.'"
  • "Verify this statement: 'Eating chocolate improves memory' and provide supporting evidence."
  • "Assess the accuracy of the following paragraph about climate change: [Insert Paragraph Here]"

Tips & gotchas

This skill relies on publicly available information. It may struggle with claims that are highly obscure or lack readily verifiable sources. Always critically evaluate the results provided by the fact-checker and consult multiple independent sources for complete verification.