Clarity gate

Clarity Gate v2.1

Purpose: Pre-ingestion verification system that enforces epistemic quality before documents enter RAG knowledge bases. Produces Clarity-Gated Documents (CGD) compliant with the Clarity Gate Format Specification v2.1.

Core Question: "If another LLM reads this document, will it mistake assumptions for facts?"

Core Principle: "Detection finds what is; enforcement ensures what should be. In practice: find the missing uncertainty markers before they become confident hallucinations."

Detailed Guide

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Critical Limitation

Clarity Gate verifies FORM, not TRUTH.

This skill checks whether claims are properly marked as uncertain—it cannot verify if claims are actually true.

Risk: An LLM can hallucinate facts INTO a document, then "pass" Clarity Gate by adding source markers to false claims.

Solution: HITL (Human-In-The-Loop) verification is MANDATORY before declaring PASS.

When to Use

• Before ingesting documents into RAG systems
• Before sharing documents with other AI systems
• After writing specifications, state docs, or methodology descriptions
• When a document contains projections, estimates, or hypotheses
• Before publishing claims that haven't been validated
• When handing off documentation between LLM sessions

What This Skill Does NOT Do

• Does not classify document types (use Stream Coding for that)
• Does not restructure documents
• Does not add deep links or references
• Does not evaluate writing quality
• Does not check factual accuracy autonomously (requires HITL)