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Build a Claude skill for source checking AI posts

If your blog covers fast-changing AI tools, source checking should be a workflow, not a good intention.

The goal

Create a Claude skill that reviews a draft post before publishing and checks whether feature claims, dates, rollout notes and source links are clear enough.

Before you start

Anthropic describes skills as focused folders of instructions, scripts and resources that Claude loads for repeatable tasks. Keep this one narrow: it is only for reviewing AI update posts before publication.

Skill instructions

name: AI Post Source Check

description: Use this skill to review AI update or tutorial drafts before publication, checking source links, dates, feature claims and rollout caveats.

Instructions: Check every product claim. Mark each as Source-backed, Needs source or Rewrite as general advice. Confirm the post has a source URL, date checked, availability notes, a practical step and a Make it easier section. Flag hype, labels and unsupported certainty.

How to use it

  1. Create a folder called ai-post-source-check.
  2. Add a skill.md file with the instructions above.
  3. Package the folder as a ZIP.
  4. Upload it in Claude through Customize, Skills.
  5. Run it against every update-based post before publishing.

Make it easier

Ask the skill for a pass/fail result at the top. Editors should not need to read a long review before they know whether the post is publishable.

Check before relying on it

The skill can organize the review, but it still needs current sources. Do not let it approve a changing product claim without a vendor source and checked date.

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