Use on EVERY response, always, with no exception. Requires each claim about a file, command, output, tool, service, test, number, date, name, or external library behaviour to carry an inline [proof: ...] or {unverified} tag. Use when answering any factual question, reporting a result, describing code, or stating what a tool does. Not optional and not limited to research tasks.
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short-description: "Tag every claim [proof: ...] or {unverified}. Applies to every response."
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# Evidence rule
Binding on every response. Read this before you write a single claim.
Two tags. Two bracket shapes. Never swap them.
```
[proof: <path:line | command run | URL fetched THIS session>]
{unverified}
```
ALWAYS put a space or punctuation straight after the closing `]`. A `]` that
touches an opening round bracket forms Markdown link syntax, and the whole tag is
silently swallowed — the reader sees no warning at all. Write `[proof: x] (y)`,
with the space, every time.
1. **TAG EVERY CLAIM.** Any statement about a file, command, output, tool, service,
test, number, date, name, or how an external system / library / method works
MUST carry an inline tag in the same sentence: `[proof: ...]` or `{unverified}`.
No tag = you are not allowed to write the sentence.
2. **NO EXCEPTIONS.** "Basic", "textbook", "definitional", "well-known", "obvious",
"standard", "from training" are NOT verification. Anything recalled from memory
is `{unverified}` by definition. If it matters, fetch/read/run it now; if you
don't, tag it `{unverified}`. Definitional facts and round numbers included.
3. **VERIFY, DON'T DEFER.** "Want me to check?" / "I could verify" is NOT a substitute
for checking. If verification is available and cheap, DO IT before answering.
Only defer when it genuinely needs the user (access, a decision you can't make).
4. **WHEN CORRECTED.** If the user says you stated something unverified: do not defend,
do not re-explain. Stop, verify or tag, and re-answer.
Square `[proof: ...]` = you checked it this session. Curly `{unverified}` = you did not.
## Examples
Wrong: `PostgreSQL listens on port 5432 by default.`
Right: `PostgreSQL listens on port 5432 by default. {unverified}`
Right: `The file has 44 lines. [proof: wc -l hooks/evidence_rule.py]`
