How to check primary information so you don’t take AI’s answers at face value｜Fact checking for accommodation site updates

AI collects information in a short time and summarizes it in easy-to-read sentences. However, there is a difference between the text being natural and the content being correct. Service names, domains, prices, features, official file names, and inn business information can be plausibly confused.

On lodging sites, errors can affect reservations, visits, meals, payments, and how you interact with resident cats. It is important to not just ask the AI ​​to “confirm”, but also record which material, which description, and when it was confirmed.

Conclusion: AI’s answer is a “candidate”, check with primary information to make it “fact”

Confirmation will proceed in the following order.

AI creates answers and manuscript drafts
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Separate sentences to be used as facts one by one
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Open official documents from the person in charge of determining the information.
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Check name, URL, conditions, and update date
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Record confirmation date and basis
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Publish only confirmed sentences

Do not force information that cannot be confirmed into the text. These are divided into “unconfirmed,” “confirmation required with the inn,” and “confirmation on contract screen.”

What is primary information?

The primary information referred to in this article is the material published by the parties that determine or manage the information.

Short descriptions of search results, comparison sites, social media posts, and old blog posts can provide clues, but they may not be the final proof. Use the official page as an entry point to find it, and then actually open it.

Extract information that requires confirmation one sentence at a time

If there are multiple claims in one sentence, only some of them may be correct.

For example, in the statement, “This reservation system is free of charge per month, can be automatically linked with OTAs, and supports Stripe payments,” there are at least three things to check.

1. How much is the monthly fee? Are there any conditions for it to be free?
2. Which OTA to collaborate with, what to do, and in what method
3. Do you connect directly to Stripe, or do you need another payment agency or paid functionality?

Check the target range and conditions by using short words such as “correspondence”, “cooperation”, and “free of charge”.

Five points you should check on the official page

1.Management entity and domain

Check to see if you are confusing similar service names or domains. Compare the company profile, links from official websites, and browser addresses. Don’t judge just by the search result heading.

At Neko Yado Research, we once confused d-reserve.jp, which is used for the reservation screen, with a similar domain from another service. We checked the spelling letter by letter and corrected the article and internal links.

2.Current product name

The old name, successor product, reservation screen name, and operating company name may be listed together. The article will focus on the current name that readers can now find, with older names added only when necessary.

3.Target conditions

Is “free” just the free plan, is there a trial period, or is there a reservation fee? Check whether “linkage possible” is a standard feature, a paid option, or a separate contract is required.

4.Publication date/Update date/Applicable date

Even if the page is official, it may be old news or a campaign that has ended. Check the date in the main text, the revision date of the price list, and the time of application to the contracted plan. If no date is available, record the confirmation date to narrow the scope of your assertion.

5.Contract details for own facility

Not all features on the official website may be available on your own plan. Final confirmation will be made on the management screen, contract, billing statement, and support response. However, since these contain personal and confidential information, do not pass them directly to the AI.

Accommodation information may be available on site before the “official website”

If old information remains on the official website of your inn, writing a new article based on the public page will duplicate the error. Check the next original managed by the inn staff first.

• Business calendar and closed days
• Guest rooms/plans/capacity on sale
• Current rules for meals, allergies, and handling of children
• Transfer, parking, check-in method
• A place where resident cats can stay, rest, and interact with each other
• Cancellation policy and applicable conditions

If the site decision and the site are different, list the places where the same information is posted, such as the site, reservation screen, OTA, SNS, etc.How to match OTA and official website information explains the matching procedure.

Copy/paste prompt when asking AI to confirm

Check the facts contained in the following sentences, sentence by sentence.

Target text: [text or manuscript file]
Confirmation date: [year/month/date]
Priority materials: Current official information from provider companies, public institutions, developers, and the inn itself.

Please create the following table for each item.
1. Claims to confirm
2. Confirmation results (confirmed/partially confirmed/unconfirmed/contradictions)
3. Who decides information?
4. Official URL or document name that was actually opened
5. Summary of supporting statements
6. Publication date, update date, confirmation date
7. Conditions, exceptions, and additional charges
8. Expressions that can be used safely in articles

Do not mark a search result as verified just by looking at its description.
If you cannot open the page or there is no basis for it, please mark it as "unconfirmed" without guessing.
Please only investigate and report this time, and do not make any changes to the manuscript, WordPress, or external services.

In this request, a person will read the AI table and open the important official page themselves.

Leave not only the source URL but also “what you checked”

If you save only the URL, you will not be able to remember where you looked on the page later. Leave the following items:

Summarize the necessary facts in your own words without reproducing the entire text. We do not judge the terms of use and laws only by the summary of the article; we also provide the original text.

When two pieces of information conflict

If the old page and new page, the official website and the management screen, or the site and OTA are different, we will not let the AI make a majority decision.

1. Check who is responsible for determining information
2. Check the applicable date and target plan
3. Check the current management screen or operation records
4. If necessary, contact the provider or production company.
5. Do not publish the verdict until it is resolved

If you make an inquiry, record the date and time of the response, the contact person, the question, and the main points of the answer. There is no need to include the person in charge’s name or email address in published articles.

Signs to stop even if the AI seems to have confirmed it

• Basis URL is only search results and top page
• The specified official page is not actually opened.
• URL does not exist or is redirected to another company
• “Generally” and “Usually” are written as product-specific specifications.
• There is no distinction between currency, tax, period, initial cost, and fees in the price.
• It says “compatible”, but there is no target service or cooperation method
• No confirmation date, mixes old and current information
• There are no unconfirmed items

In this case, do not proceed to disclosure, but ask again which claims were confirmed with which materials.

What to do after finding an error in AI

If you correct only the current sentence, the same mistake will be repeated in another article or in the next task.

1. Search for the same expression in published articles, manuscripts, hubs, and handouts
2. Fix the official name, correct URL, and confirmation basis all at once
3. Check that the number of old links is 0.
4. Record the reason for corrections in content planning and investigation records
5. If you want to keep following the rules, add them to AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.

Even when the Codex file was mistakenly identified as AGENT.md, we unified not only the explanatory article but also the original and references in the project to the plural form AGENTS.md.Part of making sure that your recommendations match your own operations.

Final check before publication

• [ ] Checked the service name, company name, and domain character by character.
• [ ] Actually opened the official page
• [ ] Separate fees, functions, applicable plans, and separate contracts
• [ ] Confirmed the information release date, application date, and confirmation date.
• [ ] Confirmed whether it matches the contract and operation of the own facility.
• [ ] Do not fill in unconfirmed matters with guesses.
• [ ] Recorded source and confirmation details
• [ ] Old expressions do not remain on other pages
• [ ] Last confirmed by host or person in charge

Summary

The AI’s answers will be used as candidates for starting an investigation, and the facts to be disclosed will be confirmed with primary information. What is important is not only to add a URL, but also to check the entity deciding the information, the applicable conditions, the date, and the contract of the your inn.

How to get started with consultation can be found in Introduction to Codex/Claude Code Consultation, examples of investigation requests can be found in 10 WordPress Operation Prompts, and examples of AI operations that include mistakes can be found in Failures that have occurred in AI operations and tasks that should not be left to you.

Reference materials

• Google Search Central: Guidance on generated AI content
• OpenAI official: How to instruct Codex with AGENTS.md
• Anthropic Official: Claude Code Best Practices

Note: Service name, fees, functions, and URL are subject to change. When discussing a subject in an article, please check the official information at the time and the contract details of your inn.