document-analysis-summary

Document Analysis Summary

What This Skill Does

Produces a structured summary of a leaked, official, or obtained document, extracting key claims, notable gaps, internal contradictions, and the most newsworthy elements.

When To Use This Skill

• You have received a document through a FOIA response, a leak, or court discovery and need to triage its contents quickly
• You want to understand what a document does and does not say before briefing an editor
• You need to identify follow-up questions and missing records suggested by the document's content
• You are assessing whether a document corroborates, contradicts, or is irrelevant to a claim already made by a source

What You Need To Provide

Required: The full text or a detailed summary of the document; the document type (internal memo, contract, audit report, email chain, etc.); the story or investigation context Optional: Specific claims or allegations you are trying to verify or challenge; names or entities you want to cross-reference within the document; the document's provenance (how it was obtained)

How the Assistant Approaches This

1. Reads the document for factual content: identifies the who, what, when, where, and any stated conclusions or recommendations
2. Identifies what the document does not address — omissions that are significant given its stated purpose, gaps in dates or data, missing signatories, or redacted sections
3. Flags internal contradictions — statements in different sections that conflict, discrepancies between stated figures and attached data, or language that appears to have been revised
4. Ranks newsworthy elements by significance: what is new information, what confirms known facts, and what contradicts official statements
5. Closes with a "Next Step" note: which follow-up document request to file first (based on the most significant finding or gap), and whether foia-request-writer or investigation-timeline-builder should be run to support the next reporting phase

Output Format

Structured summary, 400–700 words. Sections: Document Overview (type, date, author/origin, stated purpose), Key Findings (bulleted), Notable Omissions (bulleted), Internal Contradictions (bulleted, if any), Newsworthy Elements by Priority (ranked 1–5), Suggested Follow-up Documents or Questions. Neutral, factual register — no editorial framing. Output ends with a "Next Step" note: which follow-up document request to file first and whether to run foia-request-writer or investigation-timeline-builder next.