EDITORIAL SYSTEM

Question the candidate
before writing the answer.

AI provides speed; primary evidence and counterexample gates provide control. This is how ToolCriteria selects, updates and sometimes merges research.

BEFORE PUBLISHING

Six publication gates

A candidate that fails a gate is held or rejected before scoring. Avoiding the wrong article matters more than increasing article count.

01

The query represents a real question

We check suggested queries and meaningful variants instead of inventing long phrases from product features.

02

The search result can be improved

We inspect whether current results leave a comparison, source or decision gap that this article can fill.

03

The intent is singular

Incompatible goals become separate pages; an intent already covered by an article is merged instead of duplicated.

04

Evidence exists before drafting

A consequential claim needs primary or public evidence. Missing evidence is shown as uncertainty, not filled by guesswork.

05

The question leads to a decision

The article must help a reader compare, test, configure, start, stop or update something without distorting the query.

06

Rejections are recorded

We preserve why a candidate was accepted, held or rejected so AI does not repeatedly propose the same weak idea.

AFTER PUBLISHING

Improve technology, search fit and evidence in parallel

CHECK 01

Publication quality

Verify canonical, hreflang, sitemap and internal links.

CHECK 02

Search recognition

Review indexing, early queries and search snippets.

CHECK 03

Reader fit

Add decision material where impressions and intent show a gap.

CHECK 04

Evidence freshness

Reassess the conclusion after price, feature or term changes.

CONTENT PORTFOLIO

Every article has a job

3 ARTICLES

Guide

Procedures, settings, prices and terms: answer a concrete question and connect it to a decision.

8 ARTICLES

Comparison

Choices, alternatives and thresholds that cannot be resolved from a search snippet alone.

5 ARTICLES

Deep dive

Combine distributed primary sources into a process, checklist or model.

2 ARTICLES

Update watch

Track price, term and program changes and show who is affected from which date.

AI & QUALITY CONTROL

What AI does—and what stops publication

AI assists with

  • Query and intent variation collection
  • Primary-source extraction and normalization
  • Conflict, change and missing-data detection
  • Conditional analysis, calculations and FAQ drafts
  • Search-performance classification

Publication gates verify

  • Actionable steps and concrete examples
  • Claim-to-primary-source mapping
  • Article-specific depth and originality
  • AI, advertising and uncertainty disclosure
  • Duplication, orphan URLs and structured data

The scope of AI assistance and the conditions that stop publication are public.

Read the editorial & AI policy ↗