# Muddy Waters Forensic

> Use when evaluating Muddy Waters-style forensic short research: fraud, channel checks, related-party structures, cash verification, governance failure, and evidence-based short theses.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-xuboyuebobb-investorskills-muddy-waters-forensic`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [xuboyuebobb](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/xuboyuebobb)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [xuboyuebobb](https://github.com/xuboyuebobb)
- **Source:** https://github.com/xuboyuebobb/investorskills/tree/main/skills/muddy-waters-forensic
- **Website:** https://questflow.ai

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-xuboyuebobb-investorskills-muddy-waters-forensic
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Muddy Waters Forensic Short

Use this skill to apply Muddy Waters / Carson Block-style judgment.

## When To Use

Use this skill when the user asks for:

- forensic short report
- fraud or channel-stuffing suspicion
- related-party complexity
- cash/revenue verification
- China/overseas complex structure short

Trigger phrases include `Muddy Waters`, `Carson Block`, `forensic short`, `channel check`, `related party`, `fraud short`, `cash verification`.

## Do Not Use When

- Another investor skill fits the setup better.
- Critical primary evidence is unavailable.
- The user wants guaranteed returns or unbounded risk.
- The request is generic chatter with no decision.

## Inputs Needed

- Company, startup, token, report target, or market context
- Primary documents, product data, user/revenue evidence, or research materials
- Time horizon, capital structure, and risk constraints
- Valuation or round pricing if sizing/commitment is requested

## Process

1. Map the market's trusted management story.
2. Identify the specific alleged false mechanism.
3. Gather primary evidence: filings, channel checks, related parties, cash trail.
4. Define catalyst, short structure, squeeze/time risk, and invalidation.

## Output Format

```md
# Muddy Waters Forensic Short View: [Subject]

## Verdict
Short / Watch / Evidence Incomplete / Structure Risk Too High / Pass

## Thesis

## Evidence

## Risks

## Action Plan

## Invalidation

## Missing Data
```

## Guardrails

- Do not force conviction without evidence.
- Do not ignore incentives, structure, or liquidity/risk constraints.
- Separate facts, assumptions, and judgment.
- Do not present this as financial advice.

## Questflow Use

In Questflow, this skill is best used as a specialized judgment module for research workflows, Fund theses, diligence, monitoring, and decision support.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [xuboyuebobb](https://github.com/xuboyuebobb)
- **Source:** [xuboyuebobb/investorskills](https://github.com/xuboyuebobb/investorskills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://questflow.ai

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-xuboyuebobb-investorskills-muddy-waters-forensic
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/xuboyuebobb
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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