A trust card is a structured panel that appears with every published article, displaying the verification status of the article's key claims, the sources consulted, the AI tools used, and the human editorial oversight applied. Trust cards convert editorial process — typically invisible to readers — into a visible quality signal that builds credibility at the point of consumption.
Trust Card Components
Fact-check status: Overall confidence rating (High/Medium/Low) based on multi-engine verification results. Sources used: List of key sources with trust tier ratings (institutional, major news, specialist, emerging). AI tools used: Which AI tools were involved and for which tasks (research, drafting, fact-checking). Human oversight: Which reporter and editor verified and published the article. Last verified: Date the article's claims were last verified — particularly important for evergreen content. Correction history: Link to correction notices if any exist. Omniscient AI's API can populate most of these elements automatically from the article's fact-checking workflow data.