Truth Shield — Development skill for Claude Code
Stop Claude from lying to you.
How to install Truth Shield
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open BAS-More/truth-shield and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Truth Shield does
Stop Claude from lying to you. A Claude Code skill that fact-checks every claim against real sources — code files, live docs, web search — and flags anything it can't confirm.
Alternatives in Development
- Obsidian Reconcile — Find and resolve contradictions in the vault — the vault maintains its own truth 277 ★
- Gemini Project Context For SaneBar — PRIMARY INSTRUCTION: This project uses a shared configuration with Claude 216 ★
- Extraction Judge.Prompt — Extraction Judge — Fact Durability Rubric 189 ★
README
Claude states things confidently that turn out to be wrong.
Truth Shield is a Claude Code skill that verifies every factual claim against real sources — and flags anything it can't confirm.
Install (30 seconds)
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**Mac / Linux**
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**Windows (PowerShell)**
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Manual install[!TIP] Add `TRUTH_SHIELD_HOOK=yes` before the install command to also install the **always-on enforcement hook** — a deterministic gate that runs outside Claude's context window and cannot be prompt-injected.
# Mac / Linux
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/truth-shield.md
# Windows (PowerShell)
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills" -Force | Out-Null
Copy-Item SKILL.md "$env:USERPROFILE\.c
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