fact-check
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Fact-check manuscript claims against their cited sources in a per-source Markdown knowledge base. Use to audit claim support, overclaiming, direction, scope, and misattribution after source intake is complete.
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npx skills add scdenney/open-science-skills --skill fact-check -a claude-code
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