# List the claims and possible hallucinations to verify in an AI draft

Extracts every factual claim, number, quote, and citation from an AI draft, flags likely hallucinations, and gives a verification checklist.

- Topic: Working with AI
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Research, Write, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/list-the-claims-and-possible-hallucinations-to-verify-in-an-ai-draft

## Prompt

```text
I have a draft written with AI (report, email, article, proposal, or research summary). Pull out every claim I need to verify before I use it.

**The draft:** [PASTE]
**Where it will be used:** [e.g. client email, board pack, LinkedIn post, internal memo]
**Sources I gave the AI, if any:** [PASTE or LIST]

Steps:
1. Extract every checkable claim: facts, statistics, dates, names, titles, quotes, citations, product or policy details, legal or regulatory statements, and causal claims ("X led to Y").
2. For each, note whether it is supported by the sources I provided, common knowledge, or unsupported.
3. Flag statements that **sound convincing but may be wrong**, and mark possible hallucinations: very precise numbers with no source, confident generalizations, quotes attributed to real people, recent events, specific names, URLs, or studies, and citations that may not exist.
4. Rate the risk if each claim is wrong, given where the draft will be used.

Return:
1. A verification checklist table: # | Claim (short quote) | Type | Support (source / common knowledge / unsupported) | Risk (H/M/L) | How to verify (where to look).
2. The top 5 claims to check first.
3. Suggested softer wording for claims I can't verify in time, or a note to remove them.
4. A copy of the draft with each claim marked [VERIFY #n].

Do not confirm any claim from your own memory as if it were checked; you can say what is commonly reported, but I must check the source.
```

## What to fill in

- PASTE
- e.g. client email, board pack, LinkedIn post, internal memo
- PASTE or LIST
- VERIFY #n

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