How to fact-check on Chrome without losing the source trail.
Use FactSentinel to check selected claims from the browser, then review sources, caveats, confidence, reasoning, and model agreement before you trust or share the claim.
Start with the exact claim, not the whole internet.
Browser fact-checking works best when the claim stays close to the article, source page, or draft where you found it. The goal is a faster first pass with an inspectable trail, not an automatic final judgment.
1. Select the claim
Highlight the sentence or paragraph that carries the factual burden, including numbers, dates, quotes, named sources, and context that changes what evidence is needed.
2. Run a first pass
Use the Chrome extension or web checker to review verdict, confidence, caveats, reasoning, model agreement, and source links in one place.
3. Inspect manually
Open the source trail. Slow down when evidence is thin, sources do not support the exact wording, or model reads disagree.
Some claims deserve a slower pass.
Use the browser workflow for claims that are easy to repeat but costly to get wrong.
News claims
- Headlines and ledes
- Statistics and named figures
- Quotes and attributions
AI-assisted text
- Generated summaries
- Draft assertions
- Confident source claims
High-context references
- Policy or legal details
- Medical or scientific context
- Official-looking citations
Use model output as a triage signal.
A browser check should help you decide what to inspect next. Treat low confidence, missing caveats, weak source support, or model disagreement as reasons to open the sources and verify manually.
Checking an article claim?
Use the news fact checker when a headline, statistic, quote, or attributed claim needs a visible first-pass review before it travels.
Checking a full article workflow?
Use the automatic verification guide when you need to triage several article claims and keep the exact claim, source trail, caveats, and model disagreement visible.
Checking AI-generated text?
Use the hallucination checker when a generated answer includes polished but unsupported numbers, names, citations, or source trails.
Checking citations?
Use the citation checker when the claim depends on formal references, official-looking titles, reports, policy documents, or source dates.
Common questions
Can I fact-check a webpage directly in Chrome?
Yes. FactSentinel is built for selected claims from Chrome pages, with source links, caveats, confidence, reasoning, and model agreement visible for review.
Should I check a full article or one claim at a time?
Start with one claim at a time. Claims with numbers, source names, dates, quotes, policy references, or medical context usually deserve the closest review.
Does FactSentinel replace manual verification?
No. It is a first-pass workflow that helps you find what needs manual source checking, correction, added context, or escalation.
Can I use it without installing the extension?
Yes. Use the web checker for pasted text. Use the Chrome extension when you want to check selected text without leaving the page you are reading.
Keep the check close to the claim.
Use FactSentinel in Chrome when a sentence deserves a source trail before it becomes something you share, cite, edit, teach, or publish.