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npx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill knowledge-synthesis
Combines search results from multiple sources into coherent, deduplicated answers with source attribution. Handles confidence scoring based on freshness and authority, and summarizes large result sets effectively.
npx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill knowledge-synthesis
The last mile of enterprise search. Takes raw results from multiple sources and produces a coherent, trustworthy answer.
Transform this:
Into this:
The same information often appears in multiple places. Identify and merge duplicates:
Signals that results are about the same thing:
How to merge:
When the same information exists in multiple sources, prefer:
Keep as separate items when:
Every claim in the synthesized answer must be attributable to a source.
Inline for direct references:
Source list at the end for completeness:
Not all results are equally trustworthy. Assess confidence based on:
| Recency | Confidence impact |
|---|---|
| Today / yesterday | High confidence for current state |
| This week | Good confidence |
| This month | Moderate — things may have changed |
| Older than a month | Lower confidence — flag as potentially outdated |
For status queries, heavily weight freshness. For policy/factual queries, freshness matters less.
| Source type | Authority level |
|---|---|
| Official wiki / knowledge base | Highest — curated, maintained |
| Shared documents (final versions) | High — intentionally published |
| Email announcements | High — formal communication |
| Meeting notes | Moderate-high — may be incomplete |
| Chat messages (thread conclusions) | Moderate — informal but real-time |
| Chat messages (mid-thread) | Lower — may not reflect final position |
| Draft documents | Low — not finalized |
| Task comments | Contextual — depends on commenter |
When confidence is high (multiple fresh, authoritative sources agree):
When confidence is moderate (single source or somewhat dated):
When confidence is low (old data, informal source, or conflicting signals):
When sources disagree:
Always surface conflicts rather than silently picking one version.
Present each result with context. No summarization needed — give the user everything:
Group by theme and summarize each group:
Provide a high-level synthesis with the option to drill down:
Do not:
Do: