Fact-checking

Assesses how far a source can be trusted for a specific claim using lateral reading (author, evidence, funding, corroboration) and gives a reasoned verdict. Use before citing a source.

Checks a health or nutrition claim against the hierarchy of evidence and explains in plain words what the research does and does not show, without personal medical advice. For health news readers.

Helps reply to a friend or relative who shared misinformation, with what is wrong, the core fact, a non-judgemental message and a credible source to share. For people in family group chats.

Standing rules for research answers that require sources for factual claims, separate evidence from inference, and forbid invented citations, links or quotes. Use in any research or writing setup.

Traces a quotation to its original source and context, checks for misattribution and paraphrase drift, and reports confidence with the full source trail. For writers, editors and researchers.

Checks an article's numbers for misleading percentages, missing base rates, cherry-picked windows and correlation sold as causation, recomputing what it can. Use before quoting it.

Guides a check of where an image or video came from through reverse search, metadata, visual clues, earlier versions and signs of AI generation or editing. For journalists and careful sharers.

Checks each factual claim in a text against sources it actually retrieves, rates it with evidence and links, and says plainly when a claim cannot be verified. Use before publishing or sharing.