How to use the Fact Check Research Planner.
A fact-check plan should turn each claim into a verifiable question. Identify suitable primary evidence before searching for a convenient confirming summary.
Make the workflow fit your task.
Break a statement into precise factual components, including dates, quantities and definitions. For each component, identify the evidence that could confirm or contradict it and the primary source to seek. Record unresolved ambiguity before beginning a verdict.
- What you provide
- Specific factual claims.
- What you get
- Verification queries and appropriate primary-source targets.
See the input and the result.
Illustrative input and output · a teaching example, not a live WebAct run
Example input
Plan a check of the claim "The Example Program launched in 2019." No evidence supplied. Define launch as public availability, not pilot testing.
Completed example
1. Find the program owner's dated announcement or official history. 2. Locate the date when the public could actually participate. 3. Separate pilot, announcement and availability dates. 4. Record the exact supporting passage and source URL. 5. Compare that date with 2019. Current status: unverified; no source has been supplied or checked in this illustration.
Load this input into the prompt, then copy it to WebAct to try the task. Your result may differ from the illustration.
Decisions and troubleshooting.
How should a claim that a program launched in 2019 be checked?
Separate announcement, pilot and general availability. Search for dated primary records matching the meaning of launched in the claim.
Why do two accurate sources appear to give conflicting dates?
They may describe different milestones. Compare definitions and chronology before treating the discrepancy as an error.
Try it with your own source.
Replace the example with your material in the task prompt. Keep the requirements you need, then copy the task into WebAct.
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