Extract claims and facts to verify

Pull every checkable claim, number and quote from a piece into a fact-check list with a priority and source type.

Change note: Initial version

Prompt

Read the text below and build a fact-checking list.

Text:
{{text}}

What the text is for: {{purpose}}
Publication standard: {{standard}}

Extract every statement that can be checked: statistics, dates, named people and organisations, quotations, causal claims, superlatives ("first", "largest") and attributed opinions.

For each item provide:
- The exact wording from the text, in quotes.
- Claim type (statistic, quote, date, attribution, causal claim, superlative, other).
- Risk if wrong: High, Medium or Low (High if it could mislead readers, damage someone's reputation, or has legal implications).
- What kind of source would verify it (for example official statistics, original study, primary document, direct confirmation from the person).

Rules:
- Do not state whether claims are true. You may note that a claim looks unusually precise or is missing a source.
- Do not invent sources or links.
- Order the list by risk, High first.

Output format: a table with columns #, Claim, Type, Risk, Verify with. Then a short list of claims in the text that have no source cited.

Variables

• {{text}}Textlong

  Default: A 2023 study found that remote workers are 13% more productive. Our survey of 2,000 employees showed that 87% want to keep working from home. CEO Sam Park said, "Office work is dead." Remote work has caused a boom in small-town housing prices.

  Paste the article or draft

• {{purpose}}Purposetext

  Default: Blog post for a general business audience

• {{standard}}Standardselect

  Options: Light check, Standard editorial, Strict journalistic

  Default: Standard editorial

Example output

| # | Claim | Type | Risk | Verify with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Office work is dead" (attributed to CEO Sam Park) | Quote | High | Direct confirmation or original transcript |
| 2 | "Remote work has caused a boom in small-town housing prices" | Causal claim | High | Housing market data with analysis of cause |
| 3 | "A 2023 study found that remote workers are 13% more productive" | Statistic | Medium | The original study, including sample and definition |
| 4 | "87% want to keep working from home" | Statistic | Medium | Survey methodology and questionnaire |
| 5 | "survey of 2,000 employees" | Statistic | Low | Internal survey records |

Claims with no source cited
- #1 (no date or venue for the quote)
- #2 (no data, and causation asserted)
- #3 (study not named)

Notes

This works as a pre-publication checklist for writers and editors. It deliberately does not judge truth, since a model cannot verify claims reliably on its own.