Business Beginner 17 min

The eight-point verification checklist — before any AI output leaves your screen

The problem

You are behind. The proposal is due. The AI output looks good.

The workflow
1Identify the output type
2Select the required points
3Scan by category
4Recompute the numbers
5Open the sources
6Check the omissions
7Confirm approval
Log any catch

What you need

Destination: customer, a proposal. I supplied: our pricing (₹1,40,000 setup, ₹96,000/year), the customer's stated problem, our timeline of 6 weeks.

The tool

A card on your desk, or a saved note

The prompt

Subscribers. The full prompt is part of the SMEMinds AI Playbook. See plans.

What comes back

1. ACCURACY — checkable claims: 72 person-days; 70–80% reduction; 8-month payback; 6 weeks; ISO 27001 certification; 40+ manufacturing clients.

Verify before you use it

Human review required. Check every line below before this leaves your screen.
  • The ISO 27001 claim is the finding. The model invented a certification you never mentioned, and it would have gone to a customer.
  • Note the copied-versus-produced split. Only two numbers needed recomputing; the rest were yours.
  • The 'industry benchmarks suggest' phrasing is the classic unsourced claim wearing the costume of a sourced one.
  • Log all four catches. This is the kind of pattern that repeats across proposals.