fact-check

name	fact-check
description	Fact-check content across the ImpactMojo platform — blog posts, courses, labs, games, and book summaries. Use when the user says "fact check", "check facts", "verify content", "review for errors", or on a regular content audit schedule.

Fact-Check Content Audit

Systematically review ImpactMojo content for factual accuracy. Run this regularly (monthly recommended) or before major launches.

Scope

Review content in this priority order:

1. Blog posts (blog/*.html) — highest risk, public-facing thought leadership
2. Flagship courses (courses/*/index.html, courses/*/lexicon.html) — educational content must be accurate
3. 101 courses (101-courses/*.html) — foundational course decks
4. Book summaries (BookSummaries/*-companion.html) — attributed claims and citations
5. Labs (Labs/*-lab.html) — methodology descriptions and worked examples
6. Games (Games/*.html) — scenario text and factual framing

Steps

1. Gather content files

   echo "=== Content inventory ==="
   echo "Blog posts: $(ls blog/*.html 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
   echo "Flagship courses: $(ls courses/*/index.html 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
   echo "Lexicons: $(ls courses/*/lexicon.html courses/*/media-lexicon.html 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
   echo "101 courses: $(ls 101-courses/*.html 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
   echo "Book summaries: $(ls BookSummaries/*-companion.html 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
   echo "Labs: $(ls Labs/*-lab.html 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
   echo "Games: $(ls Games/*.html 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
   

2. Check for known recurring errors Run these automated checks first to catch common issues:

   # Research Rundown should be "bimonthly", not "weekly"
   grep -rn "Research Rundown.*weekly\|weekly.*Research Rundown" blog/ courses/ --include="*.html"
   
   # Logframe origin — should NOT say USAID "developed" or "created" the logframe
   # (USAID formalised it; it originated from defense sector systems analysis)
   grep -rn "developed by USAID\|created by USAID\|USAID developed\|USAID created" blog/ courses/ --include="*.html" | grep -i logframe
   
   # Psychological safety — should NOT say "coined by" Edmondson
   # (Schein & Bennis originated it 1965; Edmondson popularised it)
   grep -rn "coined by.*Edmondson\|Edmondson.*coined" blog/ courses/ --include="*.html"
   
   # Benjamin Franklin "Tell me and I forget" — disputed attribution
   grep -rn "Benjamin Franklin" blog/ courses/ --include="*.html"
   
   # MIT OCW — should not imply thousands of courses were available in 2001
   grep -rn "OpenCourseWare.*2001.*thousands\|2001.*OpenCourseWare.*thousands" blog/ courses/ --include="*.html"
   

3. Review content by category For each content type, use parallel subagents to read article content (skip CSS/JS boilerplate) and flag:

   Hard errors (must fix):

   • Wrong dates (treaty signed, policy enacted, organisation founded)
   • Wrong attributions (quote or concept credited to wrong person)
   • Wrong statistics (population figures, percentages, counts)
   • Wrong organisation/policy names
   • Wrong methodology descriptions (formulas, definitions)
   • Outdated facts presented as current (e.g., stale population counts)

   Soft issues (flag for review):

   • Unverifiable quotes attributed to specific people
   • Approximate statistics without source caveats
   • Simplifications that could mislead (e.g., "X invented Y" when X popularised Y)
   • Outdated but technically-not-wrong figures ("over 400 million" when real number is 600 million)

4. Cross-check internal consistency

   # Check that the same fact isn't stated differently in different places
   # Example: OECD DAC criteria dates
   grep -rn "OECD DAC.*199[0-9]\|DAC criteria.*199[0-9]" blog/ courses/ --include="*.html"
   
   # Example: Sphere Standards dates
   grep -rn "Sphere.*20[0-9][0-9]\|Sphere Standards.*first" blog/ courses/ --include="*.html"
   
   # Example: Paris Declaration date
   grep -rn "Paris Declaration.*20[0-9][0-9]" blog/ courses/ --include="*.html"
   

5. Fix errors

   • Fix all hard errors immediately
   • For soft issues, add appropriate hedging language ("widely attributed to", "approximately", "as of [year]")
   • Document what was changed and why

6. Cross-link audit While reviewing, also check:

   • Blog posts should have 4-7 in-text cross-links to sibling posts and ImpactMojo labs/tools
   • Course pages should link to relevant blog posts, labs, and games
   • First mention only, relative paths, no self-links

7. Update known-errors registry After fixing, add new patterns to the automated checks in Step 2 above so they're caught in future runs. Edit this skill file to add new grep patterns.

8. Commit and report

   git add -A
   git commit -m "Fact-check audit: fix [N] errors across [content types]"
   git push
   

   Report to user:

   • Number of hard errors found and fixed
   • Number of soft issues flagged
   • Files modified
   • Any items needing human judgment

Known Correct Facts (Reference)

Keep this section updated as a quick-reference for frequently checked claims:

Claim	Correct Fact	Source
Logframe origin	Defense sector systems analysis (PPBS); formalised by USAID via Practical Concepts Inc., 1969	Rosenberg (1969)
OECD DAC evaluation criteria	First published 1991; updated 2019 (added coherence)	OECD
Sphere Standards	First edition 2000	Sphere Association
Paris Declaration	2005	OECD
Accra Agenda for Action	2008	OECD
HAP established	2003	HAP International
Psychological safety	Schein & Bennis (1965); popularised by Edmondson (1999)	Administrative Science Quarterly
"Tell me and I forget..."	Disputed — often misattributed to Franklin/Confucius; cf. Xunzi	Quote Investigator
MIT OCW	Announced 2001, pilot launched 2002 (~50 courses), grew to 2,400+	MIT OCW
Research Rundown frequency	Bimonthly (once every two months)	Internal
Nepal local governments	753 local levels per 2015 constitution	Constitution of Nepal
India scheduled languages	22 (Eighth Schedule)	Constitution of India
Cohen's d conventions	0.2 small, 0.5 medium, 0.8 large	Cohen (1988)
Belmont Report principles	Respect for persons, beneficence, justice (1979)	HHS
UNESCO OER Recommendation	Adopted November 2019	UNESCO