Cross-Section Consistency

Consistency errors are the signature of pipeline-generated content. Section 2 refers to "five competitors" while the table lists four. The executive summary says revenue grew 15% but the supporting analysis says 14.8%. A company is called "Acme Corp" in one section and "ACME" in another. These errors are individually minor and collectively devastating — they signal to the reader that the document was assembled, not authored.

1. 1. Entity Normalization Before drafting, create a glossary of entities — company names, product names, metric labels — with their canonical spelling. Include the glossary in every stage prompt: "Use these exact names and spellings throughout."
2. 2. Number Reconciliation After drafting, run a consistency check: "List every number, percentage, and metric mentioned in this document. Flag any that appear more than once with different values." Fix discrepancies before the review stage.
3. 3. Cross-Reference Audit Check that every claim in the executive summary is supported in the body. Every entity in a table appears in the narrative. Every source cited in the text appears in the source list. Ask Claude to perform this audit explicitly.