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build-evidence-map

Auditable decision maps that preserve support, counterevidence, qualifications, and unknowns.

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Best for

Researchers synthesizing disputed evidence

What you get

Frame one decision + Map bounded evidence

Main limitation

Validation proves graph integrity, not source quality or inference correctness.

First risk

Sensitive excerpts in portable artifacts. Evidence maps embed source locators and checkable excerpts that may expose confidential material. Minimize quotations, classify the artifact, and review it before sharing.

EVIDENCE FRESHNESS

Three checks, kept separate

A recent source check is not a runtime test or security audit.

Upstream sourceChecked 2026-08-20

Pinned revision · 318066d2

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SkillSignal profileEditorial metadata

Updated 2026-08-20

Runtime & securityNot independently verified

Source review does not certify behavior or safety.

30-SECOND BRIEF

What it does—and when it fits

Build Evidence Map is a GitHub Awesome Copilot workflow for contested technical choices and consequential decisions. It preserves supporting, contradicting, qualifying, and missing evidence as a validated graph with bounded source regions instead of flattening disagreement into prose.

INSTALL BY AGENT

Choose your Agent

Paths come from official Agent docs or the universal installer behind skills.sh. Compatibility still follows this Skill's record.

Native

This Skill's current record explicitly names this Agent. Still inspect scripts, permissions, and external dependencies first.

Project scope.agents/skills/build-evidence-map/
Personal scope~/.copilot/skills/build-evidence-map/

Use project scope for team sharing and personal scope across repositories. The installer defaults to project scope; add -g for personal scope.

Install command (project scope)npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill build-evidence-map --agent github-copilot
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Copilot also accepts .github/skills and .claude/skills at project scope. Preview untrusted Skills before enabling scripts.

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TYPICAL WORKFLOW

A practical workflow

01

Frame one decision

Write a falsifiable question and a provisional position.

02

Map bounded evidence

Attach exact locators and typed relationships to claims and unknowns.

03

Validate fail-closed

Run the bundled validator and report whether source verification occurred.

THE TRADEOFFS

Advantages and tradeoffs

Notable strengths

  1. Counterevidence and uncertainty remain visible in the decision artifact.
  2. Deterministic graph validation checks traceability without claiming truth.

Limitations

  1. Validation proves graph integrity, not source quality or inference correctness.
  2. Source snapshot verification requires explicit network permission and optional tooling.

COMPARE THE TRADEOFF

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BEST FIT

Who it is for

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Researchers synthesizing disputed evidence

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Decision owners who need counterarguments and unknowns preserved

BEFORE YOU USE IT

Risks to review before use

High

Sensitive excerpts in portable artifacts

Evidence maps embed source locators and checkable excerpts that may expose confidential material. Minimize quotations, classify the artifact, and review it before sharing.

SECURITY

What the permission profile means

  • Record only the minimum source region needed to support a claim.
  • Do not describe a valid map as a proven-true decision.

Not a security certification. External ratings are attributed references. SkillSignal has not independently executed or security-reviewed this Skill.

INSIDE THE PACKAGE

Indexed files

SKILL.mdUpstream package contentSource-linked
references/Upstream package contentSource-linked
scripts/validate.mjsUpstream package contentSource-linked

TAGS

evidencedecision-makingresearch

Original SkillSignal editorial profile grounded in GitHub Awesome Copilot commit 318066d2, checked 2026-08-20; not independently executed or security-certified.