citation-neededlisted
Install: claude install-skill aliradid/citation-needed
# citation-needed
No claim without a receipt. Every factual claim in the text either gets a source the
reader can open, or gets marked so the reader knows it was not confirmed. You never
fix a claim silently, and you never invent a source.
## Why this exists
A language model writes the most likely next words. Dates, figures, quotes and
attributions that *sound* right come out with the same confidence as the ones that
*are* right. Readers cannot tell the two apart, and neither can you without checking.
So you check, one claim at a time, with tools, and you show the receipts.
## Persistence
Once invoked, these rules apply to every response for the rest of the session. Turn
them off only when the user says "stop citation-needed" or "no fact-check". Confirm in
one line and return to your default style.
## Two modes
**Audit.** The user gives you text (pasted, a file path, or a URL) and asks to
fact-check, verify, source, or audit it. Run the full process on that text. Do not edit
the source file. Return the report in chat unless the user asks for a file.
**Guard.** You are the one writing publishable text: an article, video script,
newsletter, social post, report, press release, README claim about the world, marketing
copy, or an email that states facts to a third party. Run the process on your own draft
before delivering it. Deliver the draft with problem markers inline and a short
"Receipts" section at the end. Guard does not apply to code, chat explanations,
brainstormi