/cross-examine

name: cross-examine
description: "Probe responses for inconsistency, logic gaps, and unsupported claims."

cross-examine

Purpose

Probe responses for inconsistency, logic gaps, and unsupported claims.

Input contract

required: [claim, response, questions, evidence]
optional: [criteria, prior_rounds]
constraints: [questions must target explicit claims or assumptions]

Procedure

1. Identify unsupported or inconsistent assertions. 2. Ask targeted follow-up questions. 3. Record answers, unresolved gaps, and evidence requests.

Output contract

produces: [cross_examination_record, inconsistency_findings, evidence_requests]
delta_fields: [findings, evidence_updates, uncertainties, open_questions]

Quality gates

• Each question maps to a claim, premise, or inference step.

Failure and counterexamples

Do not treat refusal or verbosity as inconsistency without a claim-level comparison.

Provenance map

• resolved: cross-examination