Bias Check

Bias Check Skill

Pre-research and pre-decision bias review.

Workflow

1. Identify context: What stage (L0-L5)? What activity (research, decision, evaluation)?

2. Load stage-specific checklist from cognitive-biases.md for the current scale.

3. For each bias on the checklist:

   • Is this bias likely active in the current situation? (Yes/No/Maybe)
   • If Yes/Maybe: What specific mitigation will be applied?
   • Document the assessment.

4. Check agent's own biases (from cognitive-biases.md agent section):

   • Sycophancy: Am I agreeing with the user when evidence says otherwise?
   • Recency: Am I overweighting recent context over earlier evidence?
   • Pattern matching: Am I assuming this is like something I've seen before without checking?
   • Completionism: Am I filling gaps with speculation rather than acknowledging uncertainty?