Claim to Source Mappings

In a multi-agent research system, the coordinator aggregates findings from subagents that each pulled facts from different documents. The aggregated answer is only trustworthy if every claim can be traced back to where it came from.

A claim-to-source mapping binds each factual statement to its origin: the URL, the document name, the exact quote, and the publication date. Without that binding, you have an assertion no human reviewer can verify and no downstream agent can audit.

For the Architect exam, provenance lives in Domain 4 (Prompt Engineering & Structured Output) and recurs in Scenario 3 (Multi-Agent Research) and Scenario 6 (Structured Data Extraction).

A source mapping should always carry four anchors so a human or another agent can re-locate and re-verify the evidence:

• URL — where the document lives (or a stable identifier).
• Document name — a human-readable title.
• Quote — the verbatim text that supports the claim, not a paraphrase.
• Publication date — when the source was published or last updated.

The verbatim quote is what lets a reviewer confirm the model did not hallucinate or overstate. The date is what lets you resolve conflicts later, as we'll see.