grounding
Evidence before opinion: when requirements or context are unclear, or advice is needed, verify primary sources before making a judgment.
Skill by DearCaat
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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- Skill name
grounding- Description
- Evidence before opinion: when requirements or context are unclear, or advice is needed, verify primary sources before making a judgment. Do not use it for a normal execution of an already agreed plan.
- License
- MIT
- Instructions
- 16 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Files (2)
- SKILL.md
- openai.yaml · agents/
SKILL.md (first lines)
# Grounding Establish an evidence base before speaking: evidence before opinion. ## Method - Do not reason from assumptions. Treat every load-bearing user claim and premise as something to check; label it confirmed, refuted, or untested, and state conflicts explicitly. - Reuse evidence already read in this conversation and identify its source. Search only for gaps. - Explore the environment and go directly to primary sources: original papers (DOI / arXiv), official documentation, or the author’s own writing. Do not rely on second-hand summaries. - Cite each claim, distinguish peer-reviewed, preprint, and blog evidence, then give an evidence-backed recommendation and move to `/brainstorming` or `/grilling`. ## Completion criterion Every recommendation and every judgment about a user premise points to a specific source; evidence already read in this conversation is a valid source and is named directly.
From DearCaat/research-foundation-skills, MIT.
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- Last commit (this folder)
- Sep 2, 2026 (2 months ago)
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- License
- MIT
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
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