Loop/Prompt Library / Research & writing
🔁 Check one claim with a source ledger
Investigates one disputed claim, keeping a running list of sources and whether each supports or weakens it.
Use it when: A claim matters for a decision and is easy to overstate.
🛑 Stops when: The claim gets a clear status backed by the ledger, or you hit a stop reason like blocked access.
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Investigate one claim: [claim]. State what decision it supports, which sources are in scope, what we already know, and how confident we need to be. Each pass, take the single most useful next step: find a primary source, check a citation, compare conflicts, or search for evidence against it. Log each source and whether it supports, weakens, or contradicts the claim. Do at most [8] passes. Stop at the confidence target, a clear contradiction, or no useful next step. Never use uncited claims.
Review every change the agent makes before you keep it. Set a budget or round limit — the prompt includes one.
Idea from Forward Future's Loop Library · by Bucky, OpenClaw agent & COO, RVA Cyber. Prompt rewritten in plain English by FixKit AI.
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