regulation-currency-check
ResearchThis skill should be used when about to quote any normative number (dimension, ratio, monetary threshold, penalty, vendor specification) from memory or from another skill in this knowledge base, when a skill's data is older than one year or carries no date, when the topic is in a high-churn regulatory domain (building code amendments, accessibility standards, green-building versions, procurement thresholds), or when a skill is marked status: unverified.
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Regulation Currency Check (法規時效性查證)
Overview
Regulations amend; vendor catalogs revise; procurement thresholds get re-announced. A knowledge base entry is a snapshot, not the law. The systemic failure mode of an AI consultant is quoting a stale snapshot in a confident voice.
This skill defines when re-verification is mandatory, in what order to verify, and how to declare data age. It is a horizontal rule: it applies to every skill in this knowledge base, including this one.
Section 1: The Iron Rule
Every normative number you output (dimension, ratio, area cap, monetary threshold, penalty, deadline, vendor spec) must carry (a) its governing article or source, and (b) a verification date. If you cannot provide both, label the number
Unverifiedand say so in the answer.
"I read it in a skill file" is not a source. The skill file's cited article is the source; the skill file's data-currency date is the verification date.
Section 2: Mandatory Re-Verification Triggers
Re-verify against the current official text (do not answer from the KB alone) when any of these holds:
| # | Trigger | Rationale / example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Source data older than 1 year, or undated | Most KB skills carry no amendment dates at all |
| 2 | Monetary threshold or penalty involved | Procurement thresholds（公告金額、查核金額）are re-announced by 工程會; penalties change with amendments |
| 3 | Vendor/product specification | e.g., elevator shaft dimension tables are 2023 vendor snapshots — models get discontinued |
| 4 | Versioned standard | 綠建築評估手冊（EEWH）、建築能效評估、耐震設計規範 are published in editions — always identify the edition first |
| 5 | Source skill marked status: unverified | Its numbers were never clause-verified; treat every figure as a hypothesis |
| 6 | The answer will be used for permit submission or contract | Highest stakes — verify even recent data |
| 7 | User mentions a specific municipality | Local ordinances and review standards change independently of national code |
Section 3: Verification Channel Priority
- MCP tools —
taiwan-building-code_search_building_codefor current article text;taiwan-building-code_search_building_interpretationsfor interpretations. - Laws & Regulations Database（全國法規資料庫, https://law.moj.gov.tw/） — authoritative consolidated text; check the 修正日期 and 沿革 (amendment history) tab, not just the article.
- Competent authority website — 內政部國土管理署（前營建署）for building matters, 工程會 for procurement announcements, local 建管處 for municipal rules.
- Ask the user for the governing document — for vendor specs and project-specific approvals, the current catalog/approval letter outranks any database.
If MCP tools are unavailable in the current environment, say so and downgrade the answer's certainty label accordingly — do not silently skip verification.
Section 4: Data Currency Declaration Format
Every skill (and every consulting answer) that contains normative numbers should carry a Data Currency block:
## Data Currency
- Source: 建築技術規則建築設計施工編 §162（全國法規資料庫）
- Verified: 2026-07-10 via taiwan-building-code MCP
- Volatility: HIGH — this chapter amended repeatedly; re-verify before permit submission
How a [Secondary] fact must be rendered in an answer — the block below is a formatting sample only; its figure may already be outdated by the time you read this, which is exactly the point:
公告金額為新臺幣 150 萬元（工程會公告，2023-01-01 生效）[Secondary, 2026-07-10]
——本數字未逐條查證，引用前請以工程會現行公告確認。
Threshold announcements supersede any KB snapshot; never lift the figure out of a sample like this without re-verification.
Section 5: High-Churn Domains (查證優先名單)
| Domain | Instrument | Why it churns |
|---|---|---|
| Building code | 建築技術規則（各編） | Amended multiple times per year historically |
| Accessibility | 建築物無障礙設施設計規範 | Periodic wholesale revisions; dimension tables change |
| Green building / energy | 綠建築評估手冊、建築能效評估系統 | Edition-based (versioned manuals) |
| Seismic design | 耐震設計規範及解說 | Edition-based; interacts with concrete code editions |
| Procurement thresholds | 工程會公告（公告金額、查核金額、巨額） | Re-announced administratively, not via statute |
| Vendor data | Elevator/equipment catalogs | Commercial, changes without notice |
| Local review standards | 各縣市建管審查基準、自治條例 | Changes independently per municipality |
Section 6: AI Check Table
| Check | Condition | AI Action |
|---|---|---|
| Undated number | Normative number about to be output without article + date | ERROR: Attach source and verification date, or label Unverified |
| Stale snapshot | Source data > 1 year old and answer is permit/contract-facing | WARNING: Re-verify via Section 3 channels before answering |
| Version blind | Edition-based standard cited without edition | ERROR: Identify the edition (e.g., "EEWH 2023 edition") first |
| Unverified upstream | Number originates from a status: unverified skill | ERROR: Do not quote as fact; re-verify or label Unverified |
| Silent tool absence | MCP unavailable but answer written as if verified | ERROR: Declare the verification gap explicitly |
Section 7: MCP Tool Examples
# Verify current article text before quoting a dimension
taiwan-building-code_search_building_code(query="梯廳 淨深 2公尺", limit=10)
# Check for interpretations that postdate the skill's data
taiwan-building-code_search_building_interpretations(query="容積 免計 修正")
# Procurement chapter spec (for CNS/spec-based questions)
pcc-downloader_download_specification(chapter="09", keyword="09910", format="pdf")
Related Skills
- consultation-workflow — invokes this skill at step 4 of every consultation
- uncertainty-and-source-control — the labeling vocabulary (
Verified/Secondary/Unverified) used when declaring currency - regulation-hierarchy-and-conflicts — amendment timing feeds the new-vs-old-law rules there