Beware of Hallucinated Quotes & Citations (AI Skill)

Overview

One of the most insidious failure modes of Large Language Models is the generation of plausible but completely fabricated quotations. Models will effortlessly attribute memorable, eloquent aphorisms to historical figures (Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Steve Jobs) or invent non-existent book titles, chapters, and academic paper DOIs.

This skill details the Attribution & Quotation Grounding Protocol: rules and prompts to force verbatim fidelity and prevent embarrassing attribution errors.

Why AI Fakes Quotations