Give each claim the check it needs.

List the statements that matter to the intended use. Include names, quantities, dates, quotations, product characteristics and commitments. The assistant can help prepare this list, but inspect it yourself so a missing claim does not disappear from the review. Keep recommendations and interpretations labeled as such; they can depend on factual assumptions that also need checking.

Choose the type of evidence before searching. An inventory record can establish how many items are recorded. A calculation can verify the total from supplied counts. A current delivery record can establish the relevant shipment status. A product specification needs to match the actual item. This makes the review a set of concrete questions rather than a search for general agreement.

Open the actual source, not only a search preview or the assistant’s description. Check its identity and the passage that supports the claim. Then ask whether the date, product, location, sample or version fits the use. A source about a different notebook cannot establish this notebook’s material just because both belong to the same brand.

Follow references to the original evidence where practical. Several articles repeating one claim do not provide several independent observations. If a source is inaccessible, record that limit and seek appropriate accessible evidence. Not finding it in a quick search does not establish that it was fabricated or that the claim is false.

Use a calculator or another suitable inspectable method for arithmetic. In the fictional inventory below, two cartons of twelve notebooks contain 24 notebooks, not 30. Keep the unit and scope with the result: notebooks in the supplied record, not all stock in the business. If the calculation uses an estimate, label the output as dependent on that estimate.

For a quotation, inspect the original wording and enough surrounding context to preserve its meaning. For a summary, check both additions and omissions: a dropped exception can change the conclusion even when every remaining sentence is true. A source supporting one sentence does not automatically support an entire paragraph. Keep source location and relevant conditions available for the reviewer.

Rewrite the supported part, remove unsupported certainty and assign the missing question to an appropriate source or owner. A useful final result can include a clearly stated gap. Do not replace an invented delivery date with another guess merely because the second one sounds more cautious.

An assistant can organize claims, suggest where to look and flag possible inconsistencies. Its own confidence rating or a second model’s agreement still needs external checking. OpenAI’s guidance recommends verifying important numbers, names, dates, quotations and claims against the correct material. Keep a short review record showing what was checked, the resulting wording and what remains open so the next person does not assume the whole draft was verified.