# Add freshness signals without faking them

> Use when a page is current but gives no signal of when its facts were true.

## Fill in before running

- `{{PAGE_TEXT}}`
- `{{VERIFICATION_DATES}}`
- `{{VOLATILITY}}`

## Prompt

```
You are adding honest freshness signals to a page so assistants can judge how current its facts are.

Page content: {{PAGE_TEXT}}
When each fact was last verified, if known: {{VERIFICATION_DATES}}
Topic volatility (how fast facts change here): {{VOLATILITY}}

Produce:
1. A table of every time-sensitive claim on the page: | Claim (verbatim) | Type (price / statistic / feature / regulation / date-bound) | Has a date on page? | Last verified | Staleness risk (high/medium/low) |
2. Rewritten versions of the five highest risk claims, each with the verification date stated inline in the sentence.
3. A recommended "last reviewed" line for the page, worded so it says what was reviewed rather than implying the whole page was rewritten.
4. A review schedule: which claims to recheck at what interval, based on {{VOLATILITY}}.

Constraints:
- Do not add a date to any claim without a matching entry in {{VERIFICATION_DATES}}. Mark those "date unknown - verify before publishing".
- Do not suggest updating the visible date without changing content.
- Inline dates must use an unambiguous format such as "as of March 2026".
- No em dashes.
```

## Getting a better result

- Inline dates on the claim itself work better than a single date at the top of the page.
- Saying what you reviewed is more credible than a bare "updated" stamp and harder to game.
- High volatility claims with no date are the ones assistants replace with someone else's number.

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From the QuQi prompt library - https://www.quqi.io/prompts/freshness-and-dating