X thread fact-check checklist
Audit a supplied thread against provided references. Add your real source details before generating the draft. Paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
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- ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok
- Status
- Tested 9 Oct 2026 in Grok, 9 Oct 2026 (one run; model id not exposed)
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- The page's exact default prompt was run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026. The text in Your notes is an illustration, not a real event. ChatGPT and Gemini were not used. The first result was kept.
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Prompt
Audit a supplied thread against provided references. Input: use only the notes at the end. If a fact this job needs is missing, ask one direct question and do not guess. Format for X thread fact-check checklist: 1. Mark supported, contradicted and unresolved claims, then suggest evidence-grounded corrections. Do not add facts, names, dates, numbers or sources that are not in the notes. Notes: Thread audit against the Rookery census sheet dated 2 May 2026 and the hide log of 9 May. Claim: "The dusk count on 2 May was 46 herons." Supported. The census sheet lists 46 herons at dusk. Claim: "Herons left the rookery for the whole summer." Contradicted. The sheet records birds present at dusk on 2 May, and the 9 May log notes 12 still on the nests. Neither source says the colony left for the summer. Correction to offer: "On 2 May the dusk count was 46. On 9 May the log still notes 12 on the nests." Claim: "Rain stopped the 9 May count." Unresolved. The log mentions rain but still records 12 nests. It does not say the count was abandoned.
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Fact check against the Rookery census sheet dated 2 May 2026 and the hide log of 9 May. Supported Claim: "The dusk count on 2 May was 46 herons." The census sheet lists 46 herons at dusk. Contradicted Claim: "Herons left the rookery for the whole summer." The sheet records birds present at dusk on 2 May, and the 9 May log notes 12 still on the nests. Neither source says the colony left for the summer. Correction to offer: "On 2 May the dusk count was 46. On 9 May the log still notes 12 on the nests." Unresolved Claim: "Rain stopped the 9 May count." The log mentions rain but still records 12 nests. It does not say the count was abandoned. Whether rain stopped the count is unknown from these sources.
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- Open ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok or Claude.
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- Fill Customise with your real details. Do not let the tool guess a missing fact. Write the missing information clearly if you need to.
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- Written and structurally reviewed as an editable prompt; not independently run in a named AI app. Supply the requested source facts and verify the draft before use. A visual preview shows the task format, not an AI-tested result. The notes in Your notes are an example, not a real event. Run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026. Replace the notes with your own before you use the draft.
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