Verification
This Verification skill checks claims against reliable sources, ensuring accuracy and reducing misinformation – a crucial tool for critical thinking.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add verification npx -- -y @trustedskills/verification
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"verification": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/verification"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill provides a mechanism to verify information against external sources. It can check facts, validate claims, and confirm details presented in text or other data. The agent uses this capability to ensure accuracy and reliability of its outputs, reducing the risk of propagating misinformation.
When to use it
- Fact-checking research: Before presenting findings from online research, verify key statistics and dates.
- Validating user input: Confirm details provided by a user before acting upon them (e.g., verifying an address).
- Confirming email addresses or phone numbers: Ensure the validity of contact information during registration processes.
- Cross-referencing claims in reports: When generating summaries, verify important assertions against original documents.
Key capabilities
- Fact checking
- Claim validation
- Data confirmation
- External source verification
Example prompts
- "Verify the population of Tokyo."
- "Is it true that the Earth is flat?"
- "Check if this email address, '[email protected]', is valid."
Tips & gotchas
The accuracy of the verification depends on the availability and reliability of external data sources. Results should always be critically evaluated; this skill provides a check but doesn't guarantee absolute truth.
Tags
TrustedSkills Verification
Unlike other registries that point to live repositories, TrustedSkills pins every skill to a verified commit hash. This protects you from malicious updates — what you install today is exactly what was reviewed and verified.
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