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follow-up(#795): fact-checker counter-hypothesis grounding #832
Description
Follow-up from PR #795 (merged)
PR #795 added the built-in fact-checker agent role. The implementation is strong — clear methodology, confidence ratings, 8 new tests.
Recommended Enhancement
Add one sentence to \ act-checker-charter.md\ under Verification Methodology → Counter-Hypothesis section:
Counter-hypotheses must be testable with available tools (grep, glob, web search). Do not generate hypothetical counter-arguments you cannot verify with evidence.
Why
LLMs can hallucinate confident-but-false counter-arguments. The existing confidence rating system (✅ = confirmed via source) already enforces evidence implicitly, but making it explicit in the counter-hypothesis section eliminates ambiguity and reduces risk of the fact-checker hallucinating plausible rebuttals.
Priority: Low — implicit safeguards already exist.
Activity
diberry commentedon Apr 6, 2026
Category: Follow-up — small scope, no PRD needed.
Assessment: One-sentence addition to
fact-checker-charter.md. The issue body IS the spec — add the grounding sentence to the Counter-Hypothesis section.Priority: P3 — implicit safeguards already exist (confidence rating system). This makes them explicit.
Effort: ~5 minutes.
Assignment: squad:procedures
Action: Add the sentence during the next charter maintenance pass.
diberry commentedon Apr 8, 2026
Closing: trivial one-sentence charter edit. Issue itself notes 'Priority: Low — implicit safeguards already exist.' Not worth tracking.