How to use Source Verification in your AI agent

What you'll get

This skill helps you verify information, check if sources are credible, and fact-check claims using professional journalism techniques. Perfect for anyone who needs to confirm what's true before sharing, publishing, or making decisions based on information. You get structured frameworks for checking social media accounts, reverse-searching images, verifying documents, and building evidence trails.

Step 1 — Get the skill source URL

The Source Verification skill lives at:

Step 2 — Add it to your AI agent

Copy one of these prompts and paste it into your AI tool. The agent will fetch and install the skill for you.

Add the agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/source-verification to my project.

Install this agent skill: https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/source-verification

Add this skill to .codex/skills/: https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/source-verification

Add the skill at https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/source-verification to my .gemini/skills/ directory.

Install this agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/source-verification

Add this skill: https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/source-verification

Step 3 — Try these prompts

Once the skill is installed, ask your AI things like:

• Evaluating whether a source or claim is trustworthy before using it
• Fact-check information from social media or unfamiliar sources
• Investigating whether an image or video is authentic or recycled
• Building a research file that shows how you verified your information

What this skill does

• Evaluates source credibility using journalism checklists and the SIFT method
• Analyzes social media accounts for authenticity, bot behavior, and red flags
• Guides reverse image searches to find original sources and detect manipulated photos
• Verifies documents by checking metadata, formatting consistency, and provenance
• Creates documented verification trails showing how you confirmed or debunked claims