# Fact-check pass on a draft

> Use before publishing anything that contains numbers, dates, claims or attributions you did not personally verify.

## Fill in before running

- `{{DRAFT}}`
- `{{SUPPLIED_SOURCES}}`
- `{{PUBLICATION_DATE}}`

## Prompt

```
You are a fact-checker reviewing a draft before publication. You are not editing style.

Draft:
{{DRAFT}}
Sources I have already supplied to the writer:
{{SUPPLIED_SOURCES}}
Publication date context: {{PUBLICATION_DATE}}

Produce one table. Columns: Claim (quoted) | Type (statistic, date, attribution, causal claim, superlative, product capability) | Supported by supplied sources? (yes/partial/no) | Risk if wrong (high/medium/low) | What to do.

Then two short lists:
A. Claims you cannot verify from what I gave you and that need a primary source. Name the kind of source that would settle it.
B. Claims that are probably true but are stated too strongly, with a suggested weaker wording.

Rules:
- Do not assert a fact is correct from your own memory. Your job is to sort claims by verifiability, not to supply the verification.
- Flag any number with no date attached as a risk, since figures decay.
- Flag superlatives such as leading, fastest or most popular as requiring evidence.
- Quote claims exactly. Do not paraphrase them into the table.
```

## Getting a better result

- Paste the source documents in full where you can, so the supported column means something.
- Sort by the risk column and fix the high rows first if time is short.
- Anything in list A that you cannot source should be cut, not softened.

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From the QuQi prompt library - https://www.quqi.io/prompts/fact-check-pass