epistemic-classification

epistemic-classification is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Abilityai/cornelius. It costs 40 tokens per session (1,370 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A classification guide for labeling claims as research findings, established theories, testable hypotheses, or speculative connections.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when extracting information from research or combining ideas across sources so each claim is described with the right level of certainty.
Why use it?
It helps readers tell the difference between evidence, accepted models, possible explanations, and original interpretation.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/abilityai/cornelius/epistemic-classification
Any agent
npx skills add Abilityai/cornelius --skill epistemic-classification
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Abilityai/cornelius

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 40 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,370 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00040 $0.01370
Opus 5 $0.00020 $0.00685
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00274
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00137

Measured 5d ago against content hash 508aad175b57, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

epistemic-classification 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 5d 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.

.claude/skills/epistemic-classification/SKILL.md · 141 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 141 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Epistemic Classification Framework

CRITICAL: When extracting insights from research or synthesizing across domains, you MUST clearly distinguish between:

Classification Levels

1. Confirmed Research Findings

Empirically validated, peer-reviewed, replicated

  • Tag: #research-finding or #empirical-evidence
  • Language: "Research shows...", "Studies confirm...", "Evidence demonstrates..."
  • Requirement: Source citation with publication year and journal

2. Theoretical Frameworks

Established models with strong theoretical backing

  • Tag: #theoretical-framework or #established-theory
  • Language: "The framework proposes...", "Theory suggests...", "Model predicts..."
  • Note: Level of acceptance in field

3. Working Hypotheses

Testable propositions not yet validated

  • Tag: #hypothesis or #testable-hypothesis
  • Language: "A possible mechanism...", "This suggests...", "One hypothesis..."
  • Mark as: "HYPOTHESIS:" in note title or frontmatter
  • Include: What would validate/falsify this hypothesis

4. Speculative Synthesis

Original connections or interpretations

  • Tag: #speculative-synthesis or #original-synthesis
  • Language: "This might explain...", "A potential connection...", "Speculatively..."
  • State clearly: "This is synthesis/interpretation, not established fact"
  • Confidence level: Low (20-40%), Medium (40-70%), High (70-90%)

5. Research Gaps

Identified missing connections in literature

  • Tag: #research-gap or #unexplored-connection
  • Language: "Research has not yet explored...", "Gap identified..."
  • Note: Why this gap matters

Mandatory Labeling for Hypotheses

When creating notes containing hypotheses or speculative synthesis:

---
title: [Title] (HYPOTHESIS) or [Title]
type: hypothesis / speculative-synthesis / working-theory
status: untested / under-investigation / partially-supported
confidence: low / medium / high
tags: #hypothesis #topic
---

**STATUS: HYPOTHESIS - NOT CONFIRMED BY RESEARCH**

[Content of hypothesis]

## Testable Predictions
[What would validate this]

## Current Evidence
[Supporting indirect evidence]

## Research Needed
[What studies would test this]

Read the full file on GitHub · 141 lines

Changes

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.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 141 lines · 40 tokens per session scan A 508aad175b57

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epistemic-classification is a skill published in the GitHub repository Abilityai/cornelius (105 stars, last pushed 11d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 40 tokens to every session and 1,370 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-30.

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