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Citation Hygiene
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-19
🔷 SkillSpec L3
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Keep citations honest in business documents — every load-bearing claim sourced, links that actually contain the claim, the as-of dates that keep numbers honest, and the internal-vs-external sourcing rules for decks and memos. Use when asked check the sourcing in this deck, add citations to this doc, our slide says 'studies show' — which studies, or set citation norms for the team. Produces the claim-by-claim audit, the fixes (source found, claim softened, or cut), the citation format for the venue, and the team norm card.
What to give it
▸The document — and its stakes/venue (the board deck's bar differs from the team memo's; both have one)
▸Which claims are load-bearing — the ones decisions or credibility rest on; hygiene triages (sourcing every sentence is academia cosplay — sourcing none is the current problem)
▸The available sources — where the numbers came from (the analyst's model? a report? memory?) — "memory" is an honest answer that routes to softening
▸Internal-data provenance — for internal numbers: which system, what query, as of when — internal claims need internal citations too ("revenue dashboard, July 15" beats "our data shows")
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Load-bearing claims were triaged from connective prose
✓Every attached source was opened and verified to contain the claim
✓Every number carries its date (and internal numbers their system)
✓Unsourceable claims were softened or cut, never left bare
✓The format matches the venue and stays light
⚠️ What it refuses to do
Do not cite everything — academia cosplay buries the load-bearing sources in noise
Do not link topics — the link contains the claim or it's decoration
Do not ship undated numbers — they're scheduled falsehoods
Do not let "studies show" survive without the studies — it's the tell the whole audit exists for
Do not defend unsourceable claims by intensity — soften, attribute, or cut; the room's skeptic is faster than you
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
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