Overview
Draft and validate accreditation self-study sections (criterion ID, narrative, evidence reference) for audit.
This skill is designed for higher-education and professional accreditation work where you must answer a criterion-based standard and show how your evidence supports the narrative (institutional, programmatic, or unit-level reviews).
When to use this skill
Use this skill when you are:
- Drafting new self-study sections from rough notes, interview summaries, or evidence folders and want a clean, criterion-by-criterion narrative with linked exhibits.
- Normalizing contributions from multiple authors (program leads, department chairs, QA office) into a consistent structure before a site visit.
- Checking completeness before submission to your accreditor (initial accreditation, reaffirmation, mid-cycle review, focused visit, or follow-up report).
- Auditing existing sections to confirm that each criterion has a clear ID, narrative response, and at least one reference to evidence, exhibits, or attachments.
Typical users include institutional research and effectiveness teams, accreditation leads, program directors, and quality/compliance officers.
Getting Started
Add your self-study section draft to the workspace and activate the skill. Run the validator to ensure criterion ID, narrative, and at least one evidence reference are present.
Tools
- validate_self_study_section — Checks for criterion ID, narrative response, and at least one evidence reference (exhibit, attachment, document) per criterion.
Example conversation
You: Draft the self-study section for Standard 3.2 (faculty qualifications). We have CVs and a table of faculty credentials as evidence.
Agent: I’ve created
self_study/3_2_faculty.mdwith criterion 3.2, narrative, and references to “Exhibit 3.2-A (CVs)” and “Table 3.2-1 (credentials).” Running the validator.Agent: OK: criterion ID, narrative, evidence references present.
You: Add a reference to the faculty handbook.
Agent: Added “See Faculty Handbook, Section 2” to the evidence list.
Output excerpt
Example when evidence is missing:
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Accreditation Self-Study Section Validation
File: self_study/section.md
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OK: criterion ID present
OK: narrative present
Evidence: No evidence reference found — add at least one reference to evidence/exhibit/attachment.
Action: Add criterion ID, narrative, and at least one evidence reference per criterion.