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Fact-check a claim before you trust it
Works with ChatGPT · Claude · Copilot
What you’ll be able to do
You can pressure-test a claim and find out how you could verify it yourself.
The problem
AI can state wrong facts as confidently as right ones.
What this skill does
Ask AI how to check a claim and what would prove it false.
When to use it
- Before repeating or acting on a factual claim.
Juni’s tip
Do not ask if it is true. Ask how you would check.
The prompt
Main prompt
For this claim, tell me how confident you are, how I could verify it, and what would prove it wrong. Claim: [paste claim]
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Your prompt
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Weak vs. better
✗ Weak prompt
Is this true?
✓ Better prompt
Assess the claim below: your confidence, two ways I could verify it independently, and what evidence would disprove it. Claim: [paste claim]
Why this works
Asking how to verify and how to disprove turns a yes/no into a check you can actually run.
Practice task
Try it now
Take a claim you are unsure about and ask how to verify it.
Self-check
- You get concrete ways to verify, not just a yes
- It states what would prove the claim wrong
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating the AI answer itself as the proof.
- Accepting one source instead of checking independently.
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