| name | verify-claims |
| description | Cross-reference draft script claims against verified fact databases and flag numerical, date, or relational contradictions with severity. Use when the Research & Fact-Check agent must audit a draft before it advances to editorial review. High-stakes claims about real people/events warrant a cross-model second opinion (spec §11.3). |
| metadata | {"agent":"research-factcheck","source":"Project Atlas Agent Skills Manifest §4","layer":"L5-content-verify"} |
verify-claims
Audit a draft for factual contradictions before publish.
When to use
- A draft script/blog exists and must pass fact-checking before
submit-editorial-review.
Function signature (manifest contract)
def verify_claims(draft_text: str) -> dict:
"""
Returns:
{
"verified_claims_count": int,
"flagged_contradictions": [
{"claim": str, "contradiction": str, "severity": "HIGH"|"LOW"}
],
"pass_validation": bool
}
"""
Inputs / Outputs
- Input:
draft_text.
- Output: verification report (see signature).
pass_validation=false blocks publish.
Cross-model validation (spec §11.3)
For claims that name a real person/culture or where confidence is low, escalate to a
different provider (Gemini) for a second opinion — conditional, ~5–10% sampling, not every call.
Implementation
Call the hermes-bridge MCP tool run_judgment_agent(insight_type="verify-claims", query=<ask>, context={"draft_text": draft_text}). Hits Hermes's POST /v1/agents/verify-claims (new hermes/agents/verify-claims/), same self-correcting LLM loop / mock-fallback pattern. Caveat: this checks claims against the model's training-data knowledge, not a live verified-fact database -- treat flags as input for a human fact-checker, not a final verdict.
Backend dependency
- Reading the graph/citation store (Railway) gathered by
gather-citations is still stubbed until the Postgres/AGE backbone is wired -- the claim-checking call itself works today against the model's own knowledge, it just isn't cross-referenced against gather-citations's stored output yet.
Model
Primary deepseek-direct/deepseek-chat; conditional cross-check gemini-direct/gemini-2.5-flash.
