Add pattern #34: hallucinated data, fake citations, and fabricated links#159
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…links Adds a "Factuality and Sourcing" section with pattern blader#34, a fact-check pass as the first step of the process, and a sourcing report in the deliverable. A fabricated statistic, fake citation, or dead link is itself a sign of AI writing, and unlike the other 33 patterns it survives a pure style edit untouched: polishing the prose around it makes it read *more* credible, not less. So the skill should catch it rather than rewrite around it. The rule is verify-and-cite when you can, flag [unverified - needs source] when you can't, and never invent a source. Follows AGENTS.md: bumps SKILL.md to 2.9.0, updates the README pattern count (33 -> 34), adds the README table row, and adds a Version History entry. Pattern numbering left stable. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What this adds
A new Factuality and Sourcing section with pattern #34 — Hallucinated Data, Fake Citations, and Fabricated Links, plus:
Why
Fabricated data is itself a sign of AI writing, but unlike the other 33 patterns it is invisible to a style edit: a made-up statistic, a citation to a study that does not exist, or a plausible-but-dead URL passes straight through the humanizer untouched, and polishing the surrounding prose makes it read more credible, not less. As it stands, the skill can make a hallucination look more trustworthy.
Pattern #34 closes that gap with four rules: don't assume, verify when you can, cite what you keep, and when you cannot verify, flag
[unverified - needs source]or cut it, never invent a source.Scope / design notes
allowed-toolsunchanged, happy to addWebSearch/WebFetchif you would prefer verification be first-class.AGENTS.md) followed:SKILL.mdbumped to2.9.0, README pattern count33to34, new README table row, Version History entry, pattern numbering left stable.Same Wikipedia "Signs of AI writing" lineage as the rest of the skill, since fabricated references are a documented AI-cleanup signal.
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