Agent skill

knowledge-synthesis-freshness

Sub-skill of knowledge-synthesis: Freshness (+3).

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SKILL.md

Freshness (+3)

Freshness

Recency Confidence impact
Today / yesterday High confidence for current state
This week Good confidence
This month Moderate — things may have changed
Older than a month Lower confidence — flag as potentially outdated

For status queries, heavily weight freshness. For policy/factual queries, freshness matters less.

Authority

Source type Authority level
Official wiki / knowledge base Highest — curated, maintained
Shared documents (final versions) High — intentionally published
Email announcements High — formal communication
Meeting notes Moderate-high — may be incomplete
Chat messages (thread conclusions) Moderate — informal but real-time
Chat messages (mid-thread) Lower — may not reflect final position
Draft documents Low — not finalized
Task comments Contextual — depends on commenter

Expressing Confidence

When confidence is high (multiple fresh, authoritative sources agree):

The team decided to use REST for the API redesign. [direct statement]

When confidence is moderate (single source or somewhat dated):

Based on the discussion in #engineering last month, the team was leaning
toward REST for the API redesign. This may have evolved since then.

When confidence is low (old data, informal source, or conflicting signals):

I found a reference to an API migration discussion from three months ago
in ~~chat, but I couldn't find a formal decision document. The information
may be outdated. You might want to check with the team for current status.

Conflicting Information

When sources disagree:

I found conflicting information about the API approach:
- The ~~chat discussion on Jan 10 suggested GraphQL
- But Sarah's email on Jan 15 confirmed REST
- The design doc (updated Jan 15) reflects REST

The most recent sources indicate REST was the final decision,
but the earlier ~~chat discussion explored GraphQL first.

Always surface conflicts rather than silently picking one version.

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