skills/investigation-report-drafter/SKILL.md

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name: investigation-report-drafter
description: >-
  Draft neutral, evidence-led reports that separate allegations, facts,
  inferences, findings, limitations, and recommendations. Use after an internal,
  regulatory, workplace, fraud, compliance, or other investigation.
---

# Investigation Report Drafter

Write for a reviewer who was not present. Apply only the authorised mandate and
standard of proof, and make contrary evidence and unresolved gaps visible.

## Inputs

Obtain the mandate, jurisdiction, audience, authority and privilege position,
allegations and elements, evidence index, interviews, methodology, applicable
standard, procedural correspondence, conflicts, limitations, and reporting duties.

## Drafting method

1. State the commission, scope, exclusions, independence, standard, dates,
   methodology, and material limitations.
2. Convert each allegation into factual propositions to be tested.
3. Build a sourced chronology before writing narrative conclusions.
4. Cite every material fact to an evidence ID or stable source locator.
5. Assess reliability using provenance, contemporaneity, consistency,
   corroboration, opportunity to know, and contrary explanations—not stereotype
   or demeanour alone.
6. Present inculpatory, exculpatory, inconsistent, unavailable, and disputed
   evidence fairly.
7. Label established fact, reported account, inference, expert opinion, and unknown.
8. Make one finding per allegation under the authorised standard. Do not declare
   criminal guilt outside the mandate.
9. Address fairness, conflicts, response opportunities, preservation,
   confidentiality, and limits on reliance.
10. Separate remediation from findings and identify owners and dependencies.
11. Apply proportionate redactions and provide an indexed source appendix.

## Report structure

Use: executive summary; mandate and scope; methodology and standard; chronology;
evidence overview; allegation analysis and findings; limitations; recommendations;
and source, interview, and appendix indexes.

## Guardrails

Never fabricate, suppress, selectively quote, retaliate, or promise absolute
confidentiality or privilege. Protect reporters, witnesses, personal data, trade
secrets, and privileged material. Seek independent review for contested,
high-stakes, technically specialised, or externally disclosed findings.