citation-hygiene
Keep citations honest in business documents — every load-bearing claim sourced, links that actually contain the claim, the as-of dates that keep numbers honest, and the internal-vs-external sourcing rules for decks and memos. Use when asked check the sourcing in this deck, add citations to this doc, our slide says 'studies show' — which studies, or set citation norms for the team. Produces the claim-by-claim audit, the fixes (source found, claim softened, or cut), the citation format for the venue, and the team norm card.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill citation-hygiene --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Citation Hygiene Skill Business documents run on unsourced confidence: "studies show," "industry-standard," the market-size number nobody can trace, the chart with no as-of date. Each unsourced load-bearing claim is a small loan against credibility — called in the moment a skeptic asks "says who?" in front of the room. Citation hygiene is not academia: it's the practical discipline that every claim someone might *challenge or act on* carries its source, the link actually contains the claim (the classic drive-by cite doesn't), numbers wear their dates, and claims that can't be sourced get softened or cut *before* the meeting does it for you. ## What This Skill Produces - **The claim audit** — the doc's load-bearing claims listed, each: sourced / sourceable / soften / cut - **The fixes** — sources attached (verified to contain the claim — the [source-triangulation](../source-triangulation/SKILL.md) quick check), softenings drafted, the cut list - **The venue format** — how citations look here: footnotes for memos, the source line for slides, links for docs - **The norm card** — the team's three citation rules, postable ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The docum
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: The Hygiene Rules
- Output Format
- The Audit
- The Fixes Applied
- The Venue Format
- The Norm Card (post this)
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the citation-hygiene skill do?
Keep citations honest in business documents — every load-bearing claim sourced, links that actually contain the claim, the as-of dates that keep numbers honest, and the internal-vs-external sourcing rules for decks and memos. Use when asked check the sourcing in this deck, add citations to this doc, our slide says 'studies show' — which studies, or set citation norms for the team. Produces the claim-by-claim audit, the fixes (source found, claim softened, or cut), the citation format for the venue, and the team norm card.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill citation-hygiene --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.