03 / Improve
Make the evidence easier to find without changing what it says.
Trace finds terminology gaps, ambiguous abstracts, missing machine-readable structure, and metadata issues. Every recommendation is checked against the underlying evidence before it is shown to you.
The constraint
A suggestion that strengthens a claim is not a suggestion.
Recommendations pass through a fidelity check before they reach you. If a clearer phrasing would also make the finding sound more certain, larger, or more general than the study supports, it is discarded rather than shown with a warning.
Strengthening language
Words like proven, confirms, or superior are rejected when the original text did not already carry them.
Removed qualifiers
Deleting a hedge changes a claim as surely as adding an assertion. Removed scope and uncertainty language is treated as a violation.
Causal overreach
Causal verbs are only permitted where the study design supports a causal reading.
What is reviewed
Four surfaces, checked against the extracted study.
Title clarity
- Is the condition stated?
- Is the intervention identifiable?
- Is the study type clear where it helps?
- Are acronyms expanded?
Abstract structure
- Does it cover population, intervention, comparator, and outcome?
- Are numeric results present?
- Is the primary endpoint unambiguous?
- Are absolute and relative effects both reported?
- Is the conclusion proportional to the results?
Terminology
- Are accepted subject headings used?
- Are drug generic, brand, and class terms all present?
- Are common clinical phrasings represented?
Machine readability
- Is there a structured summary a system can parse?
- Are dataset and code links present?
- Is the trial registration linked?
- Is there structured markup on a companion page?
How you review it
Accept, edit, or reject — with the evidence in view.
Each recommendation shows the current text, the suggestion, why it helps discoverability, and the fidelity check it passed. Nothing is applied automatically.