# verify-claims

Checks factual statements in a draft through an independent verification pass. Use it for citations, figures, dataset claims, and research references.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1671
- Author: pedrohcgs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/verify-claims/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/verify-claims

## What it does

This skill reviews a file or text block and extracts claims that can be checked against sources. It covers citation-to-claim matches, numerical statements, negative literature claims, named entities, and dataset details. Citation checks assess whether the cited work supports the statement attributed to it.

The workflow has four stages: pre-flight checks, claim extraction, question generation, and reconciliation through the `claim-verifier` agent. That agent starts in a fresh context and receives the claims table, verification questions, and source pointers without seeing the draft itself. The report groups outcomes as `PASS`, `PARTIAL`, or `FAIL`, with `HIGH-WARN`, `MED-WARN`, `LOW-WARN`, and `EXPLAINED` verdict tiers.

The draft must be readable, at least one source pointer must be available, and `.claude/agents/claim-verifier.md` must exist. If any of these checks fails, the run stops before verification. `--no-fail-closed` turns high-severity failures into ordinary warnings, so it changes how unresolved claims are reported.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill verify-claims -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/verify-claims/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/verify-claims/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill verify-claims -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/verify-claims/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill verify-claims -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/verify-claims/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow verify-claims
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/verify-claims/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill verify-claims -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --path .claude/skills/verify-claims
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/verify-claims/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill verify-claims -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/verify-claims/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check whether a paper supports the claim attached to its citation
- find numerical statements that conflict with a source
- separate supported claims from claims that cannot be verified
- review dataset, author, and publication references
- produce a verdict for each extracted claim

## Example prompts
- Run `/verify-claims draft.md` and check the factual claims against the available sources.
- Use `/verify-claims paper.md --source references.md` to verify citations and reported numbers.
- Run `/verify-claims notes.md --no-fail-closed` when high-severity results should be reported as warnings.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: verify-claims
description: Run Chain-of-Verification (CoVe) on a draft or a block of text with factual claims. Spawns the `claim-verifier` agent in a fresh context (never a conversation fork) so it never sees the draft — then reports which claims are supported, contradicted, or unverifiable. Use when user says "verify these citations", "check the claims in X", "did I hallucinate anything", "fact-check this draft", "run CoVe on this", or after any text generation that asserts facts about papers, datasets, or numerical results. NOT for style/grammar review (use `/proofread`) or substance review (use `/review-paper`).
argument-hint: "[file-or-text-path] [--source <path-or-url>] [--no-fail-closed]"
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Grep", "Glob", "Agent", "Task", "Write"]
disallowed-tools: ["Edit", "MultiEdit"]
---

# /verify-claims — Chain-of-Verification on a Draft

Fact-check a draft using the **Post-Flight Verification protocol** ([`.claude/rules/post-flight-verification.md`](../../rules/post-flight-verification.md)).

**Input:** `$ARGUMENTS` — path to a file containing the draft (markdown, .qmd, .tex, .md) or a shorthand pointer. Optional flags:

- `--source <path-or-url>` — one or more source-material pointers (repeat for multiple). If omitted, the skill infers from context (e.g., papers referenced, cited arXiv URLs).
- `--no-fail-closed` — downgrade FAIL outcomes to warnings without regeneration. Use sparingly.

## When to pick this skill

- **`/verify-claims`** (this skill) — ad-hoc fact-checking on any draft or text block the user hands you. One-shot, user-invoked.
- **Other skills that auto-run Post-Flight internally** (`/lit-review`, `/research-ideation`, `/respond-to-referees`, `/review-paper --peer`) — no need to call this separately; they already run it.
- **`/proofread`** — grammar, typos, overflow. Different lens.
- **`/review-paper`** (default mode) — full manuscript review, not just claim verification.
- **`/validate-bib`** — checks citations *exist* and are well-formed (structural + DOI). This skill checks they *hold* (the cited paper supports the attributed claim). Complementary — run both before submission.

## How it works

Implements the 4-step CoVe loop from Dhuliawala et al. 2023 ([arXiv:2309.11495](https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.11495)), with architectural enforcement of the fresh-context independence trick.

### Phase 0 — Pre-Flight

Confirm:
- Draft file exists and is readable
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