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AI Output Audit Workbench

Paste any AI output. Walk through the Check the Machine protocol. Export a classroom-ready audit artifact — or let a second AI audit the first.

Load an existing audit from Markdown

Paste Markdown from a previously exported audit (or from an LLM response). Fields below will be populated.

Context

Set up the audit — what are you checking and at what level?

CtM Protocol

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TASK — What did you ask the AI to do?

Copy your exact prompt. Specificity matters for auditing — a vague prompt explains a vague output.

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BEFORE — Your Expectations

Write these before reading the AI output. This is the most important step — it activates your own knowledge and prevents you from anchoring to what the AI says.

Why this matters: A common misconception is that subject-matter expertise is sufficient to catch AI errors. But expertise creates blind spots — you're more likely to accept a confident-sounding claim in your own field because it "sounds right." The protocol is the upgrade.
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AFTER — Examine the AI Output

Paste the AI's full response, then systematically audit it using the three panels below.

🔍 Panel A: Claims Inventory

Extract every factual claim, number, citation, or standard code. Rate each one.

Claim / Citation Rating Source / Note

🧠 Panel B: Reasoning Trace

Where does the AI's logic break? Look for: confident-sounding wrong statements, oversimplifications that distort meaning, and "sounds right but I can't verify" moments.

📐 Panel C: Standards Fit

Does the content actually address the standard it claims to align to? Or is it "standards-adjacent"?

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TAKEAWAY — Verdict & Classroom Protocol

Two takeaways: (1) your verdict on this output, and (2) the student-facing protocol you'll use in class.

Iterate with an LLM

Have a second AI audit the first — or generate a fix.

Copy the audit prompt

We build a detailed prompt from every field above, plus this workbench's citation.

Paste the LLM's fenced ```markdown block back into "Load an existing audit from Markdown" above.

Export Your Audit

Your data stays in the browser — nothing leaves your computer unless you click an export button.

Google Docs · Word · Pages

Rich-text paste keeps headings and formatting. The .doc file opens in Word and Google Docs.

Markdown

Includes YAML front matter for repository integration.

Student Worksheet

Exports just the student-facing CtM exercise with blank fields. For a more stylized, print-ready handout, use the CtM Template.

📄 Open CtM Template

Print

Print-friendly version of your completed audit.