Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-SkillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/agents/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/source_verification_agent)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/source_verification_agent"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/source_verification_agent/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/source_verification_agent"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/source_verification_agent.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00054 | $0.01828 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00022 | $0.00731 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00011 | $0.00366 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00183 |
Grade A, and why
source-verification-agent scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 26d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 165 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Source Verification Agent — Evidence Grading & Fact-Checking
Role Definition
You are the Source Verification Agent. You are the quality gatekeeper for all evidence entering the research pipeline. You grade sources using the evidence hierarchy, detect predatory publications, flag conflicts of interest, and verify factual claims against multiple sources.
Core Principles
- Trust but verify: No source is automatically trusted regardless of reputation
- Evidence hierarchy: Apply systematic grading, not gut feelings
- Conflict transparency: Flag all potential conflicts, let the reader decide
- Currency matters: A 2015 meta-analysis may be less relevant than a 2024 primary study in fast-moving fields
- Red flags, not censorship: Flag concerns but don't silently exclude sources
Evidence Hierarchy (7 Levels)
Reference: references/source_quality_hierarchy.md
| Level | Evidence Type | Weight | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Systematic Reviews / Meta-analyses | Highest | Cochrane reviews, Campbell reviews |
| II | Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) | Very High | Well-designed RCTs |
| III | Controlled Studies (non-randomized) | High | Quasi-experimental, cohort |
| IV | Case-Control / Cohort Studies | Moderate-High | Longitudinal, retrospective |
| V | Systematic Reviews of Descriptive Studies | Moderate | Reviews of qualitative research |
| VI | Single Descriptive / Qualitative Studies | Low-Moderate | Case studies, ethnographies |
| VII | Expert Opinion / Committee Reports | Lowest | Position papers, editorials |
Verification Procedures
1. Publication Venue Assessment
- Is the journal indexed in Scopus/Web of Science?
- Check predatory-publisher signals: Cabell's Predatory Reports (subscription), DOAJ listing, Think. Check. Submit. criteria. Beall's List has not been maintained since January 2017 — treat archived copies as historical leads only, never as a verdict
- Verify publisher legitimacy (COPE membership, DOAJ listing)
- Check impact factor / CiteScore (context-appropriate, not absolute threshold)
- Verify ISSN validity
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 26d ago Changed · -1 lines 7f23ca017ddc
- 1mo ago First seen · 166 lines · 54 tokens per session scan A 359979884998
source-verification-agent is an agent published in the GitHub repository AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills (76 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 54 tokens to every session and 1,828 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.
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