diff --git a/.claude/skills/import-from-nanopub/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/import-from-nanopub/SKILL.md
index 4d457a3..2f13fcb 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/import-from-nanopub/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/import-from-nanopub/SKILL.md
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ The 200 JSON response is the constellation. Top-level keys:
 - `chains[]` — array of `{id, outcomeUri, outcomeVerdict, outcomeConfidence, citoRelations[], steps[]}`
 - `chains[].steps[]` — array of `{step, uri, …}` where `step` is `"AIDA"`, `"Claim"`, `"Study"`, `"Outcome"`, or `"CiTO"` and each step type carries its substantive prose fields inline (Study has `scope`, `method`, `deviations`; Outcome has `label`, `verdict`, `confidence`, `conclusion`, `evidence`, `limitations`, `repository`; CiTO has `relations[]`, `targets[]`)
 
+**Upstream terminus — the constellation may not reach AIDA or Quote.** The Claim→AIDA link is a shared AIDA-statement IRI (`asAidaStatement → http://purl.org/aida/<sentence>`), not a nanopub-to-nanopub reference, and the `/np/constellation` walk follows only nanopub references. For some chain shapes it therefore terminates at the **Claim**: `steps[]` has no `"AIDA"` entry, and the upstream Quote-with-comment / PICO / PCC (step 1) is absent too. This is expected, not a missing-data failure — those upstream nanopubs exist and are valid. If you need the AIDA / Quote prose, recover their URIs from the source chain's `PUBLISHED.md` (or from the Claim's `asAidaStatement` IRI) and fetch them directly via the **bare resolver form** (see Step 3's archival loop). An API-side fix to bridge the AIDA-statement IRI is tracked separately.
+
 ### Step 3 — Cache the response
 
 Write the raw response to `nanopubs/imported/constellation.json` (this directory is gitignored by the template). This is the single source of truth for the rest of the skill.
@@ -96,7 +98,10 @@ Optionally also fetch each step URI's TriG for archival (useful if the user want
 mkdir -p nanopubs/imported/trig
 for uri in $(printf '%s' "$body" | jq -r '.chains[].steps[].uri'); do
   ra_id=$(printf '%s' "$uri" | sed 's|.*/||')
-  curl -sL -H "Accept: application/trig" -o "nanopubs/imported/trig/${ra_id}.trig" "$uri"
+  # The …/sciencelive/np/… form redirects to the HTML viewer; only the bare
+  # w3id.org/np/ resolver form serves TriG. Swap the prefix before fetching.
+  resolver_uri=$(printf '%s' "$uri" | sed 's#/sciencelive/np/#/np/#')
+  curl -sL -H "Accept: application/trig" -o "nanopubs/imported/trig/${ra_id}.trig" "$resolver_uri"
 done
 ```
 
diff --git a/.claude/skills/verify-chain/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/verify-chain/SKILL.md
index 2f3fe76..8304d6f 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/verify-chain/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/verify-chain/SKILL.md
@@ -109,16 +109,21 @@ Build a set of all URIs returned by the API (across `researchSynthesis.uri`, `ap
 
 If a URI in `PUBLISHED.md` is missing from the constellation, that's a chain-integrity failure: the URI exists but isn't reachable from the entry point via FORRT chain links. Record it.
 
-The constellation API does NOT enumerate Quote-with-comment / PICO / PCC URIs as a separate `step` (they sit upstream of AIDA). For step 1, verify reachability with a direct fetch:
+The constellation API does NOT enumerate Quote-with-comment / PICO / PCC URIs as a separate `step` (they sit upstream of AIDA). In some chain shapes it also omits the **AIDA** (step 2): the Claim→AIDA link is a shared AIDA-statement IRI (`asAidaStatement → http://purl.org/aida/<sentence>`), not a nanopub reference, so the walk can terminate at the Claim. Treat a missing step 1 — and a missing step-2 AIDA — as **upstream-not-enumerated**, not a chain-integrity failure; still verify those URIs in `PUBLISHED.md` resolve.
+
+Verify each upstream URI with a direct TriG fetch. **Do not test the `…/sciencelive/np/…` form** — it redirects to the HTML viewer and returns HTTP 200 on the SPA shell, so a status-only check passes even when no nanopub is served. Use the **bare resolver form** `https://w3id.org/np/RA…` (swap the prefix) and assert the body is TriG, not HTML:
 
 ```bash
-quote_uri="<step-1-URI>"
-curl -sI --max-time 30 -H "Accept: application/trig" -L "$quote_uri" \
-  | grep -E '^HTTP/' | tail -1
+upstream_uri="<step-1 or, if absent, step-2 AIDA URI>"
+resolver_uri=$(printf '%s' "$upstream_uri" | sed 's#/sciencelive/np/#/np/#')
+body=$(curl -sL --max-time 30 -H "Accept: application/trig" "$resolver_uri")
+case "$(printf '%s' "$body" | head -c 16 | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')" in
+  '@prefix'*)            echo "PASS — TriG served" ;;
+  '<!doctype'*|'<html'*) echo "FAIL — HTML viewer, not a nanopub" ;;
+  *)                     echo "FAIL — unexpected response" ;;
+esac
 ```
 
-Pass: `200`. Fail: anything else.
-
 ### Step 4 — External consistency
 
 **Outcome's Repository URL matches this repo's GitHub remote.**