pyramid-source-integrity

Pyramid Source Integrity

Purpose

Check factual content without taking over the writing or storyline. pyramid-principle-core and the format skills own structure and expression.

Use the light check by default. Use strict trace mode only when the task needs an audit-ready claim packet, a closed source set, conflicting sources, a high-risk decision, or separate verification around a smaller drafting model.

Light Check

Run three distinct operations when the artifact materially depends on facts or data:

1. Check: Clear each factual claim and derived value before drafting.
2. Write: Give the structural skill only the cleared claims and necessary evidence limits.
3. Recheck: Compare every factual or evaluative clause, headline, table entry, and number with the cleared claims. Include claims carried by verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Correct or remove any mismatch.

Keep the check internal unless the user requests a fact-check report or an unresolved evidence gap prevents reliable writing.

For each factual claim or derived value, record only what the writer needs:

• the exact claim;
• its type: supplied fact, derived value, inference, recommendation, or opinion;
• a specific source and exact locator;
• High, Medium, Low, or Unverified confidence and a short reason; and
• any population, period, geography, unit, denominator, qualifier, or causal limit that the wording must preserve.

Do not create a separate permitted use field. Confidence already determines the drafting action:

Confidence	Drafting action
High	State directly without strengthening the source.
Medium	Attribute the source or state the limitation.
Low	Keep out of central support; use only as a limitation or verification lead.
Unverified	Exclude as fact and name the missing evidence when the gap matters.

Confidence describes support for the exact claim. It is not a probability or a guarantee. Never invent a numerical confidence score. A user-supplied source that was not independently checked cannot exceed Medium.