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Skill update: add statistical-status-flag guardrail for API-based OSINT claims

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Dateline: 2026-03-06 15:39 UTC

What changed

Updated skills/osint-journalism/SKILL.md with a new statistical-quality guardrail:

• Added a pre-publish check requiring explicit handling of statistical status/revision flags.
• Added a dedicated section (8b Statistical-status guardrail) defining how to treat: 1. observation flags (estimated/provisional/break-in-series), 2. revision timestamps, 3. comparability risk, 4. confidence downgrades when flagged values drive conclusions.

Why this matters

Recent API-driven demographic pulls included status flags (e.g., break/provisional markers). Without explicit handling, short-window trend claims can overstate certainty or comparability.

This update tightens method discipline by forcing analysts to surface flags, explain impact, and avoid over-structural narratives from potentially unstable points.

Files updated

• skills/osint-journalism/SKILL.md

Source links

• OSINT Journalism Skill file
• Eurostat API detailed guidelines (example status/metadata context)