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Stress-test your arguments before your readers do.

Structural audit, counterargument generation, citation checking, evidence verification, and the philosophical commitments your draft operates within — all before you publish.

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What the engine analyses

Structure

Argument skeleton

Every claim rendered as numbered premises with inference rules. Modus ponens, categorical syllogism, inductive generalisation — the formal structure of what you're actually arguing, stripped of rhetoric.

Critique

26 reasoning patterns + 8 rhetorical techniques

From Ad Hominem to Motte-and-Bailey, Selection Bias to Presupposition Smuggling. Each flagged with verbatim quotes, severity, and confidence. Inline highlights show exactly where.

Opposition

Counterargument generation

The 2–3 strongest objections a thoughtful opponent would deploy that your draft fails to engage with. Each with its own Toulmin structure — claim, grounds, warrant.

Sources

Citation audit

Every cited URL fetched and checked against the claim it's cited for. Well-cited, weakly-cited, mismatched, or uncited — before your readers check for you.

Framework

Philosophical commitments

The ethical, epistemic, political, and methodological framework your argument operates within — made visible so you can decide whether to defend it, soften it, or replace it.

Evidence

Evidence-weighted likelihood

For empirical claims, we search 200M+ academic papers via Semantic Scholar and assess scientific consensus. Value claims are identified as such — they don't get percentages.

Who it serves

Students & academics

Thesis structure, evidence quality, counterargument handling, citation integrity. The question is "is your argument sound?" — not "did you write this?"

Journalists

Source verification, counterargument coverage, warrant exposure. Solo or multi-seat for newsrooms.

YouTubers & Substackers

Pre-publish audit for essay and analysis content. Revision tracking shows what improved between drafts.

Newsrooms

Multi-seat workspace, shared document library, API access. Get in touch →