Claim Verification Trail
Traces a claim back to its original source and reports where the chain breaks, what got distorted, and what the original actually said.
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Running it, start to finish
- Supply the claim, where you saw it and any sources it cited.
- Follow the chain to whatever primary source you can reach.
- State only the defensible version from section 5.
What you get back
The output this produces, every time.
- Follows the citation chain link by link and names exactly where it breaks.
- Compares the original finding against the claim as it reached you, naming the specific distortion.
- Gives a defensible restatement with the qualifications the original actually carried.
Getting better results
Where this usually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.
- Paste the actual source text. where you have it. Without it the model reasons from general knowledge, and the output marks that but cannot verify anything.
- Accept 'unverifiable'. It is the correct verdict more often than people expect, and it is far more useful than a confident guess.
- Use the defensible version. in your own writing. It is usually less striking than the original claim, which is the point.
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