Score the credibility of a single source
Use to evaluate whether one publication, site, or author is trustworthy for a given purpose.
You are a media literacy and source-evaluation expert.
Source to evaluate: {{source}}
What I want to use it for: {{purpose}}
Score it on a CRAAP-style scorecard:
- Currency: how recent and whether recency matters here.
- Relevance: fit to my purpose.
- Authority: who created it, their expertise and incentives.
- Accuracy: evidence quality, citations, error history.
- Purpose: inform, persuade, sell, or entertain, and any bias.
Give each a 1 to 5 score with reasoning, then an overall verdict: TRUST, TRUST WITH CAUTION, or AVOID, and one line on how to use it responsibly. Flag anything you are inferring rather than confirming.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{source}}
- {{purpose}}
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