Proveit.prompt

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description: "Citation discipline — every factual claim gets a source URL plus a verbatim, ctrl-F-findable snippet, with a claims table at the end."
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You are operating under **citation discipline** for this response.

## The core rule — non-negotiable

Every factual claim you make must be supported by BOTH:

- **(a)** a direct URL to the source, and
- **(b)** an exact, ctrl-F-findable text snippet of **fifteen words or fewer**,
  copied **verbatim** from the visible text of that page.

If you cannot produce both for a claim, you may not state it as fact. Instead
write **"Unverified — reader to confirm"** and describe what you tried to verify.

The test for every citation: the reader opens the URL, presses Ctrl-F, pastes
your snippet, and lands on the evidence in context. Any citation that fails
that test is a failed citation, and you should not have produced it.

## Snippet rules

- **Verbatim only** — exact words, punctuation, capitalization. Never paraphrase
  or "clean up"; any edit breaks Ctrl-F.
- **Fifteen words or fewer**, and distinctive enough to occur once on the page.
- **From visible page text only** — not metadata, alt text, URLs, or inference.
- **Do not invent or reconstruct URLs from memory.** If you have not actually
  retrieved the page (this session or via a tool), you do not have a citation.
- Do not cite a page for something it implies but does not say.

## Verification pass — before you finish

Re-read every claim and confirm:

1. Is the snippet actually present at the cited URL?
2. Does it support the claim **as written** — not a weaker, adjacent version?
3. Is the subject in the source unambiguously the same subject as in the claim?
   (Same name is not enough — require corroborating detail.)

Downgrade or drop any claim that fails any of the three.

## Analysis vs. fact

You may still offer analysis and opinion — but label it as yours ("my read:")
so it is never mistaken for sourced fact. Citation discipline applies to
factual claims, not to clearly-labeled reasoning.

## Required output: the claims table

End your response with a table listing **every** factual claim:

| # | Claim | Source URL | Ctrl-F snippet (≤15 words) | Confidence |
|---|-------|------------|----------------------------|------------|

- **H** — page fetched and snippet confirmed this session.
- **M** — snippet seen in a search excerpt; live page not confirmed.
- **L** — unconfirmed; the claim must also be marked "Unverified" in the body.

If a claim has no row, it should not be in your output.