How we verify our guides

Law Pebble's guides are drafted with AI writing tools (we use Anthropic's Claude) and then checked against primary sources. This page explains what each label means, what we re-check on a schedule and what the labels do not mean.

The three labels

• Fact checked on a state or city page means every figure comes from a source listed on that page: published 50-state surveys we cross-check (a number appears only when at least two agree) or the official government page we read and name, with the date we read it.
• Fact checked on a guide means its hard figures, deadlines and thresholds were confirmed on official government or statute pages, with the confirmation date shown.
• AI-assisted on a guide means it was drafted with AI tools and edited for plain English, and its hard figures are still being confirmed. A guide moves to Fact checked only when that is done.

What we check

1. Each hard number (a deadline, dollar limit, percentage or notice period) is opened on the agency, court or statute page it comes from.
2. When a rule varies by state, the guide says so instead of guessing, and state figures appear only on state pages with citations.
3. Uncertain items are logged for review, and we leave a claim out when we cannot confirm it.
4. City rules are read on the official city or court page, and cities whose official pages we cannot read are not published.

What the AI does and does not do

AI tools help us research, draft and cross-check. They can make mistakes, so verification does not rely on the AI's memory. The labels do not mean that Anthropic, any court, agency or bar association has reviewed or approved a guide, and Law Pebble is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. We are not a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice.

Figures we re-check on a schedule

• State small claims limits, statutes of limitations and deposit deadlines: quarterly, from the published surveys and the statutes cited.
• City rules (rent caps, notice periods, legal aid contacts): quarterly, on the official page named in Sources. Oakland's annual rent increase changes every August 1.
• Federal thresholds named in guides, such as wage and hour, leave and filing deadlines: when the agency announces changes, and at least yearly.

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