currency-audit

# Currency Audit > Full assessment: external freshness + internal consistency + semantic accuracy. Stamp only when all pass. brain-qa.cjs checks the **date** mechanically (the `lastReviewed` field). This skill defines the **full review** that earns that date. A re-stamp means both "content matches external reality" AND "content is internally consistent." --- ## Critical Thinking Discipline Every audit item must pass through critical thinking — not just mechanical verification. Apply these disciplines throughout: | Discipline | Application to Currency Audit | |---|---| | **Alternative hypotheses** | "This API exists" isn't enough — is the *usage* correct? Could the documented pattern be outdated even if the API isn't? | | **Missing data** | What's NOT in the file that should be? Missing caveats, undocumented prerequisites, absent error handling? | | **Evidence quality** | Is the file's advice based on official docs, or a single blog post from 2021? | | **Self-report skepticism** | "Best practice" claims — verified against what source? "Works on current versions" — actually tested? | | **Bias detection** | Anchoring on the file's current content. Challenge: would you write this the same way from scratch today? | | **Falsifiability** | What would prove this advice wrong? If nothing could, the claim may be unfalsifiable hand-waving | | **Materiality gate** | If this item were stale, would it cause real harm? Prioritize fixes that affect decisions over cosmetic accuracy | *...