blog-factcheck

blog-factcheck is a Web research & fact-checking skill for AI agents, published by AgriciDaniel in the claude-blog repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates blog-factcheck D (66/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Verify statistics and claims in blog posts by fetching cited source URLs and checking if the claimed data actually appears on the page. Extracts all statistical claims (numbers, percentages, named sources), fetches each cited URL via WebFetch, and scores match confidence (exact match 1.0, paraphrase 0.7-0.9, not found 0.0). Flags uncited claims as UNVERIFIED. Use when user says "fact check", "verify statistics", "check sources", "validate claims", "factcheck", "source verification".

Grade
D
Quality
66 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
1,389

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Our review

Architecture
84 / 100
Maturity
Basic: a single SKILL.md
Security scan
No issues found
License
MIT
Adoption
Adopted by 5 other repositories, in 2 collections
Scope
Portable: works in any project. Generic claim extraction and source verification for blog posts

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