Detect fabricated case citations, and drop synthesis findings that reference documents outside the input set
Two steps, both deterministic. They exist because AI steps fail in two specific, catchable ways: inventing authorities, and inventing document references.Neither step is optional in practice. Any chain with an AI drafting step should end with Verify Citations; any chain with a Cross-Doc Synthesis should follow it with Verify Synthesis.
Detects fabricated case citations in a body of text. Run it after any AI drafting step that quotes case law, and before exporting or saving.Config
Field
Type
Required
Notes
Text to check
Long text
Yes
Up to 200,000 characters. Use the upstream-output picker to wire the body from a Generate Legal Draft or Summarize Document step.
Outputs
Field
Contents
Has Fabricated Case
Boolean. The natural branch condition: route to a rework path when true.
Fabricated Count
How many.
Flagged
The specific citations that failed, so you can check them by hand.
Branch on Has Fabricated Case rather than just logging it. A workflow that exports a DOCX regardless of the verification result has verified nothing useful.
Drops synthesis findings that reference documents outside the actual input set. This catches the common failure mode where a synthesizer, working from summaries rather than raw documents, invents a document reference.Config
Field
Type
Required
Notes
Synthesis
Dict
Yes
Wire from an upstream Cross-Doc Synthesis step.
Per-document findings
Dict
No
The findings that fed the synthesis. Wire Findings By Filename from Build and Run Matrix, or the equivalent from Extract Chronology.
Outputs
Field
Contents
Cleaned Synthesis
The sanitized synthesis. Use this downstream, not the raw one.
Dropped Count
How many findings were removed.
Dropped Findings
Which ones, so a persistent pattern is visible rather than silent.
The equivalent pass runs automatically inside every matrix-backed built-in workflow. This step is the standalone version for custom chains, where you assemble the synthesis yourself.
