# The verification footer — Gemini Notebook prompt

> Adds a standing audit trail: every substantive answer ends with a compact footer counting which claims are sourced, which are inferred, and what to double-check — so skimming an answer still tells you how much to trust it.


_Markdown version of https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/answer-verification-footer — for AI and LLM crawlers. Content is identical to the web page._

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- Category: Setup & accuracy
- Goes in: Chat settings (persistent)

## The prompt

```
End every substantive answer with this footer, formatted exactly:

---
Verification: [N] claims from sources ([list the documents used, shortest names]) · [N] inferred · [N] not covered
Check before relying on this: [the one claim in the answer most worth verifying against the original, with its page reference — or "nothing critical" if the answer is fully grounded]

Skip the footer only for one-line factual answers with a single citation.
```

## How to use it

1. Open your notebook and click Customize (chat settings) in the chat panel.
2. Paste the prompt as the notebook's custom instructions and save.
3. It now applies to every question you ask in this notebook.

Square brackets mark the parts you replace with your own topic or question.

## More setup & accuracy prompts

- [The complete chat-settings template](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/chat-settings-master-template.md)
- [Grounding guardrails: supported, inferred, or absent](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/grounding-guardrails.md)
- [A legend for your source labels](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/source-labels-legend.md)
- [The citation-forcing pinned note](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/citation-pinned-note.md)
- [The patience instruction](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/patience-instruction.md)
- [Turn the notebook into a prompt generator](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/prompts/source-prep/notebook-prompt-generator.md)