Content Source Truth Auditor

Audit claims and their evidence before design approval or publication. Keep the work read-only and trace every conclusion to a source.

Inventory the claims

1. Inspect the exact page, content file, document, or dataset in scope.
2. Assign a stable claim ID to each checkable statement.
3. Record the exact displayed wording, location, claim type, and likely publication impact.
4. Separate factual claims from slogans, design labels, and subjective statements.

Establish authority

Read evidence-schema.md before normalizing evidence.

• Identify the project source of truth and its owner.
• Use official or first-party sources for final verification.
• Use search results and secondary sources only to locate primary evidence.
• Browse current official sources when claims may have changed.
• Record publisher, page title, direct URL, market, version, source date when visible, and access date.
• Treat supplied documents and screenshots as evidence candidates; do not assume they are current or authoritative.

Normalize before comparing

Keep related qualifiers together:

• value and unit;
• market and language;
• model, trim, and model year;
• test cycle or measurement standard;
• date or effective period;
• source and revision;
• asset owner, license, and allowed use.

Never compare values across different markets, trims, standards, or dates as if they were equivalent.

Classify each claim

Use one status:

• Verified — direct primary evidence supports the complete claim and qualifiers.
• Conflict — authoritative sources or project records disagree.
• Missing — a required qualifier or evidence field is absent.
• Stale — evidence is valid for an older date, version, or market.
• Unverified — no adequate primary evidence was found.
• Rights review — factual provenance exists, but reuse or publication permission is unclear.

Do not infer publication safety from the absence of a contradiction.

Assess risk and ownership

For every non-verified claim, record:

• user-facing impact;
• publication risk: low, medium, high, or blocking;
• smallest evidence or wording change needed;
• appropriate human owner, such as Brand, PR, Legal, Product, Engineering, or regional market team.

Return the audit

Provide:

1. Scope and sources inspected.
2. Claim matrix — ID, displayed claim, normalized qualifiers, status, evidence, and risk.
3. Conflicts and missing fields.
4. Source register — direct official links and dates.
5. Rights notes where assets or external references are involved.
6. Approval needs — named role and unresolved decision.

Stop after the audit. Do not rewrite approved copy, modify data, adjust the interface, or state that a claim is publishable without the required human acceptance.