# dossier

Builds a dossier on a company, person or nonprofit that tests your hypothesis instead of summarising public facts. Useful before a meeting, a hire or a deal.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 28733
- Author: Alireza Rezvani
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/research/dossier
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/dossier

## What it does

The plugin makes you state your hypothesis up front — what you already believe about the entity and want to confirm or disprove. Skip that and you get a Wikipedia-style summary. With it, the dossier runs the test: at least 30% of the search budget goes to disconfirming queries rather than supporting ones.

Output is an editable Word document: a verdict on the hypothesis (supported, partially supported, disproven, inconclusive), identity facts, a 12-month activity timeline, network and reputation signals, red flags, 3–5 conversation hooks tied to specific findings, and a source-provenance audit log. Every flag carries a primary, secondary or tertiary tag, and the source matrix changes depending on whether the subject is a person, a company, a nonprofit or a government org.

Under the hood there is a persona agent, a slash command and a skill with Python scripts: `citation_tracker.py` counts supporting against disconfirming sources, `disconfirming_evidence_balance.py` enforces the disconfirming share, `source_tier_classifier.py` maps a URL to a tier. You need `WebSearch` and `WebFetch`, `bash_tool` with `curl` for the free APIs (SEC EDGAR, GitHub, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer), and the Node.js `docx` library to build the file. Paid BYOK MCPs (LinkedIn, Crunchbase, Apollo, Pitchbook, SimilarWeb) widen coverage and show up in the audit log when used, but the plugin runs without them. No `docx` installed means no Word file at the end.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install dossier@claude-code-skills
```

## When to use it
- test a belief about a company before a pitch instead of reading a generic profile
- surface red flags on a counterparty before signing
- prepare conversation hooks for a specific person
- see whether your sources skew toward confirming evidence
- pull records on a nonprofit or government org from open registries

## Example prompts
- /cs-dossier Acme Corp — my hypothesis is they're splitting procurement across a second vendor. Validate or disprove it and give me 3 conversation hooks.
- Run a dossier on this founder before I hire: check whether the past year of public activity matches what they claim.
- Competitor research on three players in this market — I want red flags and a 12-month activity timeline.

## Source text · dossier · MIT

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# dossier

Decision-grade entity research. Produces a **hypothesis-tested dossier** on a specific company, person, nonprofit, or government org — built around hypothesis-testing rather than encyclopedic summary.

## Non-generic by design

The skill refuses to be "tell me about Microsoft". Every invocation forces the user to expose their hypothesis upfront (Q4 — **mandatory**), so the dossier **tests** it rather than confirms it.

| ❌ Generic ask | ✅ Decision-grade ask |
|---|---|
| "Tell me about Microsoft." | "I'm pitching Microsoft Tuesday. My hypothesis is they're consolidating AI spend on Foundry. Validate or disprove, and give me 3 conversation hooks tied to what you find." |

The forcing Q4 is the non-generic anchor. Without it, the skill produces a Wikipedia summary.

## Sibling skill relationship

Part of the **research pack** (sibling of `pulse`, `litreview`, `grants`). Shares Agent Integrity Rules (1 q/sec, source discipline, three-count tracking, retry-once-after-3s, stop-after-3-consecutive-failures).

**Different from siblings:**
- **Hypothesis-testing discipline** — ≥30% of search budget allocated to **disconfirming** evidence
- **Source-tier discipline** — every flag tagged primary / secondary / tertiary
- **Subject-type routing** — different source matrix for person / company / nonprofit / gov
- **Verdict** in Executive Summary: SUPPORTED / PARTIALLY SUPPORTED / DISPROVEN / INCONCLUSIVE
- Uses WebSearch + WebFetch + free APIs (not Consensus)

## Source spec

`megaprompts/12-dossier-megaprompt.md` (maintainer-local draft spec — gitignored, not in the public repo) (PR #657).

## Plugin layout

```
research/dossier/
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── README.md
├── agents/cs-dossier.md             ← hypothesis-testing persona; Q4 enforcer
├── commands/cs-dossier.md           ← /cs-dossier <entity>
└── skills/dossier/
    ├── SKILL.md
    ├── references/
    │   ├── hypothesis_testing_discipline.md   ← why disconfirming; ≥30% rule (7+ sources)
    │   ├── subject_type_source_matrix.md      ← person/company/nonprofit/gov sources (7+ sources)
    │   └── conversation_hook_quality.md       ← finding-tied vs generic (7+ sources)
    └── scripts/
        ├── citation_tracker.py                ← supporting/disconfirming + source-tier counts
        ├── disconfirming_evidence_balance.py  ← enforces ≥30% disconfirming queries
        └── source_tier_classifier.py          ← URL → primary/secondary/tertiary
```

## Dependencies

- **`WebSearch`** + **`WebFetch`** — required (news, public web)
- **`bash_tool` + `curl`** — required for free APIs (SEC EDGAR, GitHub, ProPublica)
- **Node.js `docx` library** — required for DOCX generation
- **Optional BYOK MCPs** — LinkedIn, Crunchbase, Apollo, Pitchbook, SimilarWeb (surfaced in audit log when used)

## License

MIT.
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© Alireza Rezvani · MIT · https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/research/dossier

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