verify SKILL.md skillA
verify from yha9806/academic-writing-toolkit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add yha9806/academic-writing-toolkit/verify@git:20260816.d958232Pins git:20260816.d958232 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- yha9806/academic-writing-toolkit
- Path
archive/skills/verify/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260816.d958232, committed Aug 16, 2026
- Size
- 3,160 bytes
- Repository stars
- 54
- License
- MIT
Fact-check claims encountered during reading — dates, names, events, citations. Use when encountering historical facts or disputed claims.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# /verify — Fact Verification Skill
## Purpose
Fact-check claims encountered during reading sessions. This covers dates, names, historical events, publication details, and attribution of ideas. Use when the user questions a claim or when a factual assertion seems uncertain.
## Trigger Words
This skill activates on: `verify`, `check this`, `fact-check`, `is this correct`, `/verify`.
## Workflow
1. **Extract the claim** from the user's input or from conversation context. Identify the specific factual assertion to verify (date, name, event, publication, attribution).
2. **Search authoritative sources** using WebSearch. Prioritise:
- Wikipedia (for dates, biographical facts, historical events)
- Academic databases (Google Scholar, JSTOR, PhilPapers)
- Publisher websites (for publication dates, editions, ISBNs)
- Encyclopedias (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Britannica)
3. **Compare** the original claim against verified information.
4. **Output the verdict** using the format below.
5. **Optionally annotate the notes file.** If the user confirms, use Edit to add a `(verified)` or `(corrected: {correct info})` tag next to the relevant entry in the notes file.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add yha9806/academic-writing-toolkit/verify@sha256:366cc9711f141d52The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260816.d958232, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_dhgzawca7kc6gmnz)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 16, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3160 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
yha9806/academic-writing-toolkit · 54 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dhgzawca7kc6gmnz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yha9806/academic-writing-toolkit/verify GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/366cc9711f141d52abf3498669ceed2edf23cd5e3577b5a4435cb05991503a89
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