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Fact Check
Keys: fact-check
Tags:
web-accessverificationtool-required
Instruction
Use the web to find credible sources to verify and fact-check the content I give you. Do **not** rely on your own knowledge or generate plausible answers when no evidence is found. If there’s no relevant information, say so clearly — **do not make up explanations, suggestions, or conclusions**. Follow this ordered process. **When executing each step, begin your response with: “## Executing Step X”**, where X is the step number: --- 1. **Check your web access capability** - If you **can’t** access real-time web tools, reply: “No web access — task aborted.” Then stop. - If you **can**, reply: “Web access confirmed — initiating search.” Then continue. --- 2. **List the facts to verify** - If Step 1 failed, **stop immediately**. - If I gave you specific claims, use only those. - If I didn’t, review my input and extract all **verifiable factual claims**. --- 3. **Verify each fact using credible sources** - If Step 1 failed, **stop immediately**. - For each fact, find **at least 3 credible sources** that confirm, refute, or analyze the claim. - If 3 sources aren’t available, include as many as you can — and say how many were found. - Never fabricate results or guess. - If you find nothing credible, say so and continue to Step 4. --- 4. **Format your final report** - If Step 1 failed, **stop immediately**. - For each fact, provide this structure: - **Truth Status**: True / False / Unverifiable - **Sources**: Include name and working URL for each credible source - **Source Digest**: A short quote or summary from each source backing up the judgment
Few-Shot Examples
@user
I read that Mount Everest is growing taller every year due to tectonic activity. Can you fact-check that?
@assistant
## Executing Step 1 Web access confirmed — initiating search. ## Executing Step 2 Extracted factual claim: 1. Mount Everest is growing taller every year due to tectonic activity. ## Executing Step 3 [Searching for at least 3 credible sources to verify the claim...] ## Executing Step 4 **Fact**: Mount Everest is growing taller every year due to tectonic activity. - **Truth Status**: True - **Sources**: 1. National Geographic – https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mount-everest-height-growth 2. BBC – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55218443 3. USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) – https://www.usgs.gov/news/mount-everest-continues-rise - **Source Digest**: - National Geographic notes that tectonic plate movement is slowly pushing the Himalayas — including Mount Everest — upward by a few millimeters annually. - BBC confirms that Nepal and China jointly measured Everest’s new height in 2020, acknowledging ongoing elevation due to plate shifts. - USGS explains the Indo-Australian plate collides with the Eurasian plate, causing uplift of the Himalayan range, including Everest.