research-integrity-forensics

research-integrity-forensics

This skill is the skeptical integrity lane. It is for spotting red flags before they get baked into a manuscript, review, or recommendation.

When to use

• A draft or evidence set feels too clean, too certain, or too convenient.
• The user wants a trust audit before submission or synthesis.

Workflow

1. Look for unsupported claims, citation mismatch, and recycled wording patterns.
2. Check whether figures, tables, or reported numbers are internally consistent.
3. Compare the strength of claims to the actual design and data.
4. Flag anomalies with severity and what would verify or falsify them.
5. Separate integrity concerns from ordinary writing weakness.

Configuration and access

• Use only lawful source copies and visible metadata.
• Persist issue ledgers, not accusations.

Output standard

• Rank findings by severity and actionability.
• For each finding, say what evidence triggered it and what would resolve it.

Guardrails

• Do not accuse without evidence.
• Do not flatten minor sloppiness into misconduct.