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Verify against sources runs a research pass over a finished deck or document. It gathers evidence, corrects what the sources contradict, adds citations and updates the same file.

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Read the status

A shield at the top of the side pane shows what backs the open brief or deck.

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Verify a deliverable

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Open the deliverable

Open the deck or document in the side pane.
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Select the button

Choose Verify against sources when the file is unchecked or edited. Choose Check again when it is already checked.
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Watch the run

Hebno posts Check “file name” against sources in the chat and starts a research run on that file. The work trace shows each system it reads. See Research runs.
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Review the result

The status changes to Checked against N sources and the claims panel updates.

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What it changes

The run edits the file you checked. It does not create a second copy.
  • It corrects statements that the sources contradict.
  • It adds citation numbers where a source supports a statement.
  • It marks claims Supported, Inferred or Uncertain.
  • It leaves unchanged the parts of the file that the sources do not touch.
A figure with no source remains Uncertain. Hebno flags it and does not invent a citation. Open the claim, then add a source or edit the sentence.

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Where the evidence comes from

The run searches the same places a research run does: the project’s files and linked sources, connected systems you have access to, and the open web. It reads connected systems live with your own permissions, so a source you cannot open in the other system is not used. Web search never returns or cites a blocked source. Each record used appears as a chip in the work trace and in the Sources button, with a link back to the original. Anyone the chat is shared with can read the excerpts the run used.

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Verify in a shared chat

Owners and collaborators can start a check. A viewer can read the status and the claims, and cannot start the run. See Share a chat.

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When to check again

Check again after you edit a checked file, after you attach new material, or when the project’s linked sources have changed. Edits made in the editor move the status to Edited since sources were checked, so the shield shows when a file has drifted from its evidence.
Verify before a file leaves the building. A reviewer can then open the Sources button and the claims panel instead of re-reading every source.
Decks and documents differ in how sources appear. Documents contain numbered citations in the text, and an export appends a Sources section. Decks show their evidence in the status and the chat’s sources, not in numbered callouts on each slide.

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