Agent skill

Fact Check Pass

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Run a claim-by-claim fact-check pass on a draft article, script, or report before publication.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Fact Check Pass

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill fact-check-pass -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills fact-check-pass --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/fact-check-pass .claude/skills/fact-check-pass && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
fact-check-pass
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~844 tokens
SKILL.md length
381 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Run a claim-by-claim fact-check pass on a draft article, script, or report before publication.

  • Asked to fact-check a piece
  • SKILL.md covers Working from a brief, Required Inputs, Output Format and Quality Checks, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Verify claims before publishing

What it does

Fact Check Pass is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Run a claim-by-claim fact-check pass on a draft article, script, or report before publication. Use when asked to fact-check a piece, verify claims before publishing, or do editorial verification. Produces a claim inventory (every checkable assertion pulled out), a verification status and source for each (confirmed / needs sourcing / unverifiable / wrong), the fixes, and a flag on the high-risk claims (numbers, quotes, names, legal/defamatory statements) that must not go out unverified.

Its SKILL.md is about 840 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Fact-checking and source verification. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to fact-check a piece
  • Verify claims before publishing
  • Do editorial verification

Example prompts

  • “/fact-check-pass”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Fact Check Pass loads about 844 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 127 tokens; SKILL.md has 381 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~127
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~844

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 381 words, ~844 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/fact-check-pass/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
fact-check-pass
description
Run a claim-by-claim fact-check pass on a draft article, script, or report before publication. Use when asked to fact-check a piece, verify claims before publishing, or do editorial verification. Produces a claim inventory (every checkable assertion pulled out), a verification status and source for each (confirmed / needs sourcing / unverifiable / wrong), the fixes, and a flag on the high-risk claims (numbers, quotes, names, legal/defamatory statements) that must not go out unverified.

Fact-Check Pass Skill

Everything in a published piece is a claim someone can be wrong about — a date, a number, a quote, an implication. This skill does what a good fact-checker does: it pulls every checkable assertion out of the prose, verifies each against a source, and stops the high-risk ones (stats, quotes, anything defamatory) from going out on a "probably right."

Working from a brief

Given the draft, produce the claim inventory and status — check what you can against the provided/known sources, and for anything you can't verify, mark it clearly rather than guessing. Never assert a fact is confirmed without a basis.

Required Inputs

Ask for (if not provided, else infer and label):

  • The draft (article, script, report)
  • Available sources — the reporter's notes, documents, links, transcripts
  • Risk level / venue — where it publishes and how litigious/high-stakes the subject is

Output Format

Claim inventory

Every checkable assertion extracted:

#Claim (as written)TypeStatusSource / basisFix
  • Type: number/stat · quote · name/title · date · causal/implied · characterization.
  • Status: ✅ confirmed · 🟡 needs sourcing · ⚠️ unverifiable · 🔴 wrong/misleading.
High-risk flags

The claims that must not publish unverified — statistics, direct quotes and their attribution, named individuals (especially any allegation), superlatives ("first," "only," "largest"), and anything potentially defamatory. Each with what's needed to clear it.

Fixes

For every 🔴/⚠️: the correction, a hedge to the supportable version, or "cut it." For 🟡: the source to obtain.

Show full SKILL.md (158 more words)Show less
Sign-off

What's still open before this can publish, and a note that quotes should be confirmed with the speaker/transcript and legal review sought for anything defamatory.

Quality Checks

  • Every checkable claim is inventoried, not just the obvious ones
  • Each claim has a status and a named source/basis (or is marked unverifiable)
  • Numbers, quotes, names, and superlatives are treated as high-risk and flagged
  • Potentially defamatory statements are flagged for verification and legal review
  • Nothing is marked confirmed without an actual basis
  • Every problem claim has a concrete fix (correct / hedge / cut)

Anti-Patterns

  • Reading for tone instead of extracting discrete claims
  • Marking something "confirmed" on memory or vibes
  • Letting a round number or a paraphrased quote through unchecked
  • Missing implied/causal claims because they're not stated as facts
  • Waving through a defamatory line without verification or legal input
  • Rewriting the prose instead of flagging and sourcing the facts

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Fact-check a piece."
  • "Verify claims before publishing."
  • "Do editorial verification."

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/fact-check-pass of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Article Fact Checkerdigoal/blog8.6k—~939Automated safety check: PassGPL-2.0
Deep Research Agent TeamImbad0202/academic-research-skills51k—~13kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Docs Grounding Verifiermicrosoft/apm4k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Fact Check Pass

What does Fact Check Pass do?

Run a claim-by-claim fact-check pass on a draft article, script, or report before publication. Fact Check Pass is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Run a claim-by-claim fact-check pass on a draft article, script, or report before publication.

When should I use Fact Check Pass?

Fact Check Pass fits situations like: asked to fact-check a piece; verify claims before publishing; do editorial verification.

How do I install Fact Check Pass in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill fact-check-pass -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/fact-check-pass in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/fact-check-pass in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Fact Check Pass in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill fact-check-pass -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/fact-check-pass in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/fact-check-pass in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Fact Check Pass in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill fact-check-pass -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/fact-check-pass, .gemini/skills/fact-check-pass, .github/skills/fact-check-pass and .opencode/skills/fact-check-pass in your project.

What does Fact Check Pass need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Fact Check Pass is instructions for the agent only.

Does Fact Check Pass access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Fact Check Pass safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Fact Check Pass use?

Fact Check Pass is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Fact Check Pass use?

About 844 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Fact Check Pass?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Fact Check Pass: Perplexity Web Search (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars), Citation Verification Guide (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars), Article Fact Checker (digoal/blog, 8.6k stars) and Deep Research Agent Team (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Fact Check Pass?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.