Why this exists
AI-detection tools produce false positives, and "prove you wrote this" is becoming a real ask. Folio's answer is evidence, not a score you have to argue with: a report that documents how your document actually came together, from your editing history to the sources you cited and where you used AI assistance.
Folio keeps the writing record behind that report on every plan: as you write, it saves versions of your document in the background. The authorship certificate and proof-of-work report themselves are free on every plan: 3/month on Scholar, unlimited on Fellow and Chair. The AI-powered checks work differently: Scholar includes 5 citation or claim checks a month, run when you ask, while Fellow and Chair check every day, check claims as you write, and add Document Audit.
The integrity check
In the editor, open the Manuscript integrity report. Its Checks tab gives your document an integrity score (it starts at 100 and loses points for flagged items) and a live read of five checks: citations, claims, quotes, survey data, and source health. Each check says what it found and links to where you can fix it before you submit. It's a writing aid, not a verdict.
Check before exporting, in the editor's Export menu, opens the Submission checklist: the same score alongside word count, structure, figures and formatting, right before you export.
The authorship (proof-of-work) report
The Certificate tab of the integrity report is where you download the Authorship report, as PDF or Markdown. It assembles a defensible record of your process:
- a timeline of how the document evolved, with the shape of the writing as measurements (sessions, days, the largest single save) rather than a verdict,
- the sources you actually cited,
- the integrity score, and
- a log of where AI assistance was used in Folio.
The PDF renders Arabic and Hebrew text and labels correctly. Keep the report with your submission. If anyone questions the work, you have a paper trail rather than a denial.
The report also states whether it can be independently verified: if you've published an Integrity Certificate for the document, the export includes its code and verify link; if not, it says so plainly instead of staying silent about it.
Checking citations and claims as you write
You do not have to wait until the end. As you write, Folio can:
- Suggest citations from your library for the sentence you are on (every plan), and
- Check claims: flag a factual statement that should be backed by a source, and tell you whether something in your library supports it. On Fellow and Chair this runs as you write; on Scholar you run it by hand, 5 checks a month.
A note on what this is not
This is not a plagiarism scanner against external databases, and it is not a way to disguise AI writing. Folio assists, it never ghostwrites, and the report is honest about that. That honesty is the point: it is what makes the record credible.