{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/cross-check-the-fact-before-the-agent-acts-on-it",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0318",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Cross-check the fact before the agent acts on it",
  "summary": "Confidence is a writing style. Evidence is a different object.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Identify the factual proposition that matters to the action, then verify it against a trusted primary or independent source appropriate to the domain. Keep the source with the decision so later reviewers can see what was actually checked. Increase scrutiny with impact; low-stakes drafting does not need the same burden as a legal, financial, security or medical action.",
  "limits": [
    "A cited page can be wrong, stale or derivative; source quality and independence still matter."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-ai-agent-control"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-A911B8F9CB685C39"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "OWASP recommends cross-checking critical LLM outputs against trusted external sources and using human oversight for sensitive information.",
      "source_id": "RS-A911B8F9CB685C39",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Two sources are not independent merely because two pages repeat the same underlying claim.",
      "locator": "Cross-Verification and Human Oversight"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A generated factual claim will drive a consequential decision, message, configuration or transaction."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "A cited page can be wrong, stale or derivative; source quality and independence still matter."
  ],
  "example": "Before an agent changes an API integration based on a remembered parameter, check the current vendor documentation for that endpoint.",
  "check": "The consequential action no longer depends solely on an uncited model assertion.",
  "steps": [
    "The consequential action no longer depends solely on an uncited model assertion."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-A911B8F9CB685C39",
      "title": "LLM09:2025 Misinformation",
      "url": "https://genai.owasp.org/llmrisk/llm092025-misinformation/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0318",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0316",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/validate-model-output-for-the-system-that-will-consume-it"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-EEF5F4530C11FD17",
      "title": "Let AI do useful work without giving it accidental authority",
      "url": "/collections/let-ai-do-useful-work-without-giving-it-accidental-authority"
    }
  ]
}