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Check the sources and citations behind any AI answer

Open the panel beneath any AI reply to see exactly where the answer came from — or just ask.

Written by Dan Pillay

You shouldn't have to take an AI answer on faith. Every reply in Boldstream can show you its sources — the articles, files and data the answer drew on — so you can check a figure or read the original for yourself before your work goes anywhere near a client.

Clicking the Notes icon beneath an AI reply to reveal the panel listing the sources behind the answer

See a reply's sources in one click

Look for the small Notes icon in the row of icons under an AI reply — it appears whenever the answer has more to show.

An AI reply in chat with the small Notes icon beneath it

Click it and the reply's Sources are listed as clickable citations: articles found through web research, files you've uploaded, and data from your connected systems. Click any of them to go straight to the original.

The expanded panel beneath a reply showing the sources as clickable links

Alongside the sources, the same panel sometimes adds Notes — context and caveats worth double-checking — and a plain-English Definition of a key term from the answer.

No sources showing? Just ask

If a reply doesn't volunteer its citations, ask in the chat: "Please list the sources you used for that answer." You'll get the list — and the AI is upfront about what it has and hasn't verified itself.

The AI listing the sources it used when asked in chat

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