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 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 (citation & claim checking, Document Audit) are 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.
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, 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.