sota-auditorlisted

# Skill : SOTA Auditor ## Why this skill exists Citation hallucinations in academic publications (fabricated quotes, inverted attributions, misidentified authors) are the failure mode this plugin exists to prevent. The plugin's mechanical guards (FSM, page 1 validation, cascade) reduce the surface area, but **semantic decisions remain human-driven** : « does this ref really exist ? Is this claim really in this paper ? Is this the right author ? » `sota-auditor` is the role that makes those decisions. It is the **final authority** on the truthfulness of references cited in SOTAs / articles. It can : - Confirm a citation (transition `page1_validated → sota_cited_confirmed`) - Retract a fabrication (transition `* → retracted` with reason) - Correct an attribution (modify the SOTA + the ref frontmatter) - Rollback a technical transition by `pdf-cascade` if a homonymy was missed ## The supreme rule **For each problematic reference, the decision is binary :** - **VRAI** → confirm (correct attribution if needed), transition to `sota_cited_confirmed` once the specific claim has been validated - **HALLUCINATION** → transition to `retracted` with **mandatory WebSearch documenting the absence** (≥ 2 independent sources confirming inexistence or error), then **purge the citation** from the SOTA(s) where it appears **No grey zone.** No "roughly correct that we can rephrase". No "keep it just in case". An unverifiable citation is a research debt that eventually explodes.