Permission

  • I read the assignment and course AI policy.
  • I can name which uses were permitted.
  • I asked for clarification where the rule was ambiguous.

Authorship

  • The thesis and substantive judgments are mine.
  • I understand and can defend every sentence.
  • I did not use paraphrasing to disguise copied ideas.

Evidence

  • I opened every source used for a material claim.
  • Quotations and page references match the original.
  • I distinguished peer-reviewed research from preprints, commentary, and web pages.
  • I removed any reference I could not independently verify.

Citation and disclosure

  • Every borrowed idea has the required in-text citation.
  • The reference list matches the in-text citations.
  • I documented the tool, date, prompts, and affected work if required.
  • My disclosure accurately describes what the tool did.

Privacy and final read

  • I did not upload restricted, personal, or unpublished material without permission.
  • I reviewed the final document outside the AI interface.
  • The final voice, claims, and level of certainty are intentional.

The one-sentence rule

If you cannot verify it, explain it, and disclose how it was produced, it is not ready to submit.