Research template

Research verification checklist template

A checklist for checking AI-assisted competitor research before it becomes a decision.

Reducing hallucination risk in reports, audits, and strategy notes.

Capture evidence

Capture these fields for each competitor

Field Use Example
Claim What the report says Competitor targets enterprise
Source Evidence Homepage enterprise section
Risk Quality control Medium
Status Decision Needs source

Template checklist

  • Pricing and dates are re-checked.

  • Unsupported claims are removed.

  • AI guesses are marked clearly.

  • The final report does not hide uncertainty.

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Prompts that help complete this template

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Verification prompts 6 min

AI competitor research verification prompt

Check competitor research notes for weak evidence, unsupported claims, stale data, and hallucination risk.

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Report writing prompts 8 min

AI competitor strategy report prompt

Turn competitor research into a decision-ready strategy report with evidence, tradeoffs, confidence, and next moves.

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Monitoring workflow prompts 8 min

AI weekly competitor monitoring prompt

Turn weekly competitor notes into a short monitoring report with changes, evidence, and next actions.

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First useful action

What you should do next

  • Run this before sharing a report.

  • Remove claims you cannot source.

  • Keep the checklist with the final research file.