Loop/Prompt Library / Research & writing
🔁 Fact-check before you publish
Lists every checkable fact, quote, and number in a draft, checks each against a real source, and fixes the risky ones.
Use it when: You are about to publish an article, newsletter, or report.
🛑 Stops when: Every checkable claim is backed by a source or clearly flagged for an editor.
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Before I publish [draft], list every fact, number, quote, and attribution a reader could check. Find the best current original source for each and label it supported, outdated, misattributed, unsupported, or unverifiable. Fix the riskiest problem and recheck anything that depends on it. Repeat for at most [5] rounds. Never invent a source or change a quote. Ask me before touching a named person's quote or anything legal, medical, or financial. Give me a claim-to-source table.
Review every change the agent makes before you keep it. Set a budget or round limit — the prompt includes one.
Idea from Forward Future's Loop Library · by Ryan Banze (@RyanBanze). Prompt rewritten in plain English by FixKit AI.
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