Lesson 3 · The Trust Report
"How we checked this" — the receipt that makes the copy publishable.
What you'll do
Read a Trust Report properly, understand what "auto-softened" means, and use the shareable proof page when someone asks, "did AI write this?"
Open the receipt
After any generation, open How we checked this. You're looking at three verdicts:
- Grounding — every line of the copy was traced to evidence: a confirmed photo feature or a record fact. Claim by claim, supported or softened.
- Auto-softening — any sentence that overreached its evidence was minimally rewritten downward before you ever saw it.
- Fair Housing — all five formats passed the screening for prohibited and cautionary language.
What "auto-softened" actually means
The fix is always less, never more:
| The draft said | The evidence showed | It shipped as |
|---|---|---|
| "imported Carrara marble" | stone counters, origin unknown | "stone countertops" |
| "temperature-controlled wine cellar" | a wine room, no visible system | "wine cellar" |
Two properties of this repair are worth knowing cold. It only generalizes — softening can remove or weaken a claim, but can never introduce a new one. And the repaired draft is re-checked — the fix has to pass the same verification as the original. If a repair can't be verified, p2d keeps the honest version, not the pretty one.
Why the checking is believable
- The writer never grades its own work. An independent checker — a different model — verifies the draft. No self-endorsement.
- Numbers are checked deterministically. Square footage, year, price are compared against the record digit-for-digit — not "looks right to the model."
- Superlative words carry a higher burden. "Unobstructed", "imported", "professional-grade", "temperature-controlled" — claims like these must be backed by record facts, or they're flagged and softened. A photo alone can't carry them.
- Photo trust is asymmetric by design. A photo can prove a defect; it cannot prove "newly renovated" or "luxurious." Positive condition claims are capped at cautious phrasing unless the record says more. This is the single rule that most separates p2d from generic AI writing.
The proof page
Each listing has a shareable verification view — the copy alongside its claim-by-claim verification. Uses:
- A seller reviewing the draft of their own home's story.
- A compliance-minded broker asking what your tools do.
- The buyer's agent who raises an eyebrow at "wine cellar."
"Here's every sentence and its evidence" ends those conversations quickly.
Your part
The Trust Report doesn't replace your read — it changes what your read is for. Facts, evidence, and compliance are pre-checked; you read for judgment: is this the story of the home? Is the emphasis right? Final sign-off on anything published is, as always, the agent's.