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Oscola Verify

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Oscola Verify skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Oscola Verify is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: legal-compliance · Last updated: 2026-07-31

Verify citations in a legal draft — court level, reporter, neutral citation, pinpoints, and whether each authority was actually retrieved. Catches court-level misattribution, which is the error most likely to survive proofreading and destroy a paper in a viva. Use this on any paper, response paper, memo, or footnote set before submission, and whenever the user asks to check, verify, or clean up citations or footnotes. Do NOT use to generate new citations.

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From the source SKILL.md

The error this exists to catch is not a missing full stop. It is a High Court decision cited as Supreme Court authority, a case cited for a proposition it does not contain, or a pinpoint to a paragraph that says something else. Those survive proofreading because the citation looks right, and they are the ones that collapse under questioning.

What this skill does

Oscola Verify is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the legal-compliance sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/oscola-verify/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Oscola Verify Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 174,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/oscola-verify
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/oscola-verify/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/oscola-verify/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/oscola-verify/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/oscola-verify/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\oscola-verify\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Oscola Verify Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/oscola-verify/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Oscola Verify skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Oscola Verify skill?

Use Oscola Verify when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the legal compliance area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Oscola Verify" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Oscola Verify skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Oscola Verify is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/Poisoneddiety/claude-skills-for-humanities/blob/HEAD/skills/oscola-verify/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: Poisoneddiety

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

Poisoneddiety. (2026). Oscola Verify [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/oscola-verify/

BibTeX

@misc{oscola-verify-2026,
  author    = {Poisoneddiety},
  title     = {Oscola Verify [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/oscola-verify/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-08-02 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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