Trust But Verify
This skill automatically checks generated content against trusted sources to ensure accuracy and mitigate potential misinformation – a vital safeguard for reliable outputs.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add trust-but-verify npx -- -y @trustedskills/trust-but-verify
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"trust-but-verify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/trust-but-verify"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The trust-but-verify skill allows an AI agent to critically evaluate its own outputs and identify potential errors or inconsistencies. It can re-examine previous steps, cross-reference information from different sources, and generate alternative solutions for comparison. This helps improve the reliability and accuracy of the agent's responses.
When to use it
- Complex Reasoning Tasks: When an AI is performing multi-step reasoning that requires high accuracy.
- Generating Code: To verify code snippets for syntax errors or logical flaws before execution.
- Summarizing Documents: To ensure the summary accurately reflects the original content and doesn’t introduce inaccuracies.
- Decision Making: When making important decisions, to explore alternative options and assess risks.
Key capabilities
- Self-evaluation of outputs
- Cross-referencing information
- Generating alternative solutions
- Re-examination of previous steps
Example prompts
- "Trust but verify my reasoning for this conclusion."
- "Can you generate an alternate solution and compare it to the current one?"
- "Review your previous steps to ensure accuracy."
Tips & gotchas
This skill is most effective when used proactively. It's beneficial to explicitly instruct the agent to "trust but verify" its work, rather than relying on it to do so automatically in all situations.
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Security Audits
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | Pass |
| Socket | Pass |
| Snyk | Pass |
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