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source-credibility-analyzer

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Assess credibility, bias, and reliability of sources with explicit criteria and confidence ceilings.

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

Purpose

  • Evaluate sources before using them in research outputs.
  • Make constraints and evidence explicit to avoid unvetted citations.
  • Keep structure-first documentation aligned with skill-forge standards.

Trigger Conditions

  • Positive: screening papers/articles/web data for reliability; comparing conflicting sources.
  • Negative: general synthesis (use general-research-workflow) or idea generation without sourcing.

Guardrails

  • Constraint buckets: HARD (recency, peer-review, provenance), SOFT (domain experts, diversity), INFERRED (author incentives) with sources.
  • Two-pass evaluation: factual/provenance checks → epistemic/impact assessment.
  • Confidence ceilings: observation 0.95 for verifiable facts; inference 0.70 for bias assessments.

Inputs

  • Source metadata (authors, venue, date, links).
  • Research context and required quality thresholds.

Workflow

  1. Scope & Constraints: Record quality criteria and constraint buckets; confirm INFERRED motivations/risks.
  2. Provenance Check: Validate authorship, venue, recency, and originality.
  3. Content Check: Inspect methodology, data quality, reproducibility, and alignment to question.
  4. Bias & Risk Assessment: Identify conflicts of interest, cherry-picking, or missing context.
  5. Score & Recommend: Rate credibility with rationale and ceiling; recommend use/avoid/follow-up; store notes in references/examples.

Validation & Quality Gates

  • Evidence recorded for scores; conflicting indicators highlighted.
  • Constraints respected; red flags noted.
  • Confidence ceilings attached to each rating.

Response Template

**Source & Context**
- ...

**Assessment**
- Provenance: ...
- Methodology: ...
- Bias/Risks: ...

**Rating**
- Credibility score + rationale + confidence ceiling.
- Recommendation: use / cautious / avoid.

Confidence: 0.82 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - based on evaluated criteria and evidence.

Confidence: 0.82 (ceiling: inference 0.70) - reflects completed checks with documented evidence.