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Proving your work: the authorship & integrity report

Generate a proof-of-work report that shows how your document came together — and check your citations and claims as you write.

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Folio Team

May 22, 2026 2 min read

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  • Why this exists
  • The integrity report
  • The authorship (proof-of-work) report
  • Checking citations and claims as you write
  • A note on what this is not
  • Next steps

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 — your editing history, the sources you cited, and where you used AI assistance.

The integrity suite is part of the paid plans (Fellow and Chair).

The integrity report

In the editor, open the Submission Checklist to see your document's integrity score alongside checks for sources, citations, and quotes. Opening the report breaks each area down so you can see — and fix — issues before you submit:

  • Sources — references that are incomplete or unused.
  • Citations — claims that look like they need a citation but do not have one.
  • Quotes — quoted text checked against the source it is attributed to.

The authorship (proof-of-work) report

From the report you can export an Authorship report as PDF or Markdown. It assembles a defensible record of your process:

  • a timeline of how the document evolved,
  • the sources you actually cited,
  • an overall integrity score, and
  • a log of where AI assistance was used in Folio.

Keep it with your submission. If anyone questions the work, you have a paper trail rather than a denial.

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, and
  • Check claims — flag a factual statement that should be backed by a source, and tell you whether something in your library supports it.

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.

Next steps

  • How citations work in Folio
  • Checking your quotes are accurate
  • Audit and Proofread: reviewing your document

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