Anti Patterns

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name: knowledge-synthesis-anti-patterns
description: 'Sub-skill of knowledge-synthesis: Anti-Patterns.'
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# Anti-Patterns

## Anti-Patterns


**Do not:**
- List results source by source ("From ~~chat: ... From ~~email: ... From ~~cloud storage: ...")
- Include irrelevant results just because they matched a keyword
- Bury the answer under methodology explanation
- Present conflicting info without flagging the conflict
- Omit source attribution
- Present uncertain information with the same confidence as well-supported facts
- Summarize so aggressively that useful detail is lost

**Do:**
- Lead with the answer
- Group by topic, not by source
- Flag confidence levels when appropriate
- Surface conflicts explicitly
- Attribute all claims to sources
- Offer to go deeper when result sets are large