{"slug": "pip-install-self-audit-a-zero-dependency-cli-for-ai-output-quality", "title": "pip install self-audit: A Zero-Dependency CLI for AI Output Quality", "summary": "A developer built self-audit, a zero-dependency CLI tool that checks AI-generated text for completeness, consistency, groundedness, and honesty. The tool, inspired by Anthropic's Constitutional AI framework, catches issues like missing requirements, contradictions, unsupported claims, and embellishment. It is available on GitHub and as a Claude Code skill.", "body_md": "AI agents pass tests while producing sloppy thinking. They say \"should work\" without evidence. They present partial work as complete. They embellish.\n\nI built a tiny tool that catches this. It checks any text across four dimensions: Completeness, Consistency, Groundedness, and Honesty.\n\npip install self-audit\n\necho \"Should work fine. Ready to ship.\" | self-audit --verbose\n\nZero dependencies. Python 3.8+. Stdlib only. 60 lines of core logic.\n\n| Dimension | Question | What it catches |\n|---|---|---|\n| Completeness | Did I answer everything? | Missing requirements |\n| Consistency | Did I contradict myself? | A-and-not-A patterns |\n| Groundedness | Did I show evidence? | \"should work\" claims |\n| Honesty | Am I honest about limits? | Embellishment, TODO stubs |\n\nThe dimensions are grounded in Anthropic Constitutional AI framework — Completeness (helpfulness), Groundedness (harmlessness), Honesty (truthfulness), Consistency (rule alignment).\n\nAfter any AI-assisted coding session, pipe the agent text through self-audit before shipping. You will be surprised what it catches.\n\nGitHub: [https://github.com/YuhaoLin2005/self-audit](https://github.com/YuhaoLin2005/self-audit)\n\nClaude Code skill: [https://github.com/anthropics/skills/pull/1361](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/pull/1361)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pip-install-self-audit-a-zero-dependency-cli-for-ai-output-quality", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/yuhaolin2005/pip-install-self-audit-a-zero-dependency-cli-for-ai-output-quality-mdl", "published_at": "2026-06-27 00:12:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-27 01:04:04.523395+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-safety", "developer-tools", "large-language-models", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Code", "GitHub", "YuhaoLin2005"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pip-install-self-audit-a-zero-dependency-cli-for-ai-output-quality", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pip-install-self-audit-a-zero-dependency-cli-for-ai-output-quality.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pip-install-self-audit-a-zero-dependency-cli-for-ai-output-quality.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pip-install-self-audit-a-zero-dependency-cli-for-ai-output-quality.jsonld"}}