Guides
Step-by-step guides for AI work: choose the right method, verify claims, and use rules and prompts correctly.
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Need to decide which sources AI may use for factual answers?
Choose sources for factual answers
Need to fact-check claims or verify an output before finalizing it?
Fact-check and verify outputs
Need to review technical writing, terminology, or publication claims?
Review writing and terminology
Need to decide whether the review is about architecture or implementation?
Choose an engineering review path
Need to run an architecture review or a standards-backed implementation review?
Run engineering reviews
Need a scholarly workflow or formal academic-style evidence output?
Scholarly review and academic mode
Need prompting setup or response-level controls such as confidence scoring?
Prompt engineering and response controls
Need current or niche public information with citations?
Web search and citations
Need to manage context boundaries or memory behavior?
Context management and memory
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Choose sources for factual answers
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Choose which sources AI may use for factual answers
Choose whether the answer should come from your files only, from cited public sources, or from an academic-style evidence review.
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Answer from the files you provide only (no external sources) — procedure
Use this when the answer must come only from files, logs, screenshots, or excerpts you provide.
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Answer with cited public sources (authoritative sources required) — procedure
Use this when the answer must be backed by cited public sources such as standards, papers, or official documentation.
Fact-check and verify outputs
Review writing and terminology
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Check technical writing claims before publication — procedure
Use this when publishable technical writing must be checked for unsupported or overstated claims.
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Check claims and terminology for technical accuracy — procedure
Use this when you need to prevent overclaims and keep technical terminology consistent.
Choose an engineering review path
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Choose the right code review path
Start here to choose between architecture review and implementation review against official guidance.
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Choose the correct engineering review path
Use this when the task is an engineering review but you still need to choose between structure/boundary review and implementation-vs-guidance review.
Run engineering reviews
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Review code for architecture boundaries and layering — procedure
Use this when the main question is whether structure, layering, boundaries, ownership, and dependency direction are correct.
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Review implementation against official guidance — procedure
Use this when code or configuration changes must be checked against official framework, library, runtime, API, platform, or standards guidance.
Scholarly review and academic mode
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Run a scholarly literature review — procedure
Run the scholarly literature review stack to produce one evidence-gated scholarly review output from inspected sources.
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Write an academic-style evidence review — procedure
Use this when the output must be formal, source-bound, citation-backed, and explicit about confidence.