Editorial Guidelines

Purpose

Our content should help readers make informed decisions without hiding material limitations or commercial relationships.

Source standards

Writers should prefer official documentation, product interfaces, pricing pages, release notes and credible primary sources. Provider claims must be attributed and should not be presented as independently verified results.

Originality

Descriptions, reviews and tutorials must be written for AIGearTools. We do not knowingly publish copied vendor descriptions or lightly rewritten competitor content.

Testing and evidence

When we say a product was tested, the article should describe the relevant plan, date, task and meaningful limitations. When hands-on access was not available, the content should make that clear.

AI-assisted content

AI may assist research organisation, editing or drafting, but a responsible editor must check factual claims, links, disclosures and usefulness before publication. Automated output is not accepted as evidence.

Commercial independence

Affiliate commission and advertising do not determine editorial scores. Paid placements must be labelled. Free tool submissions receive no guarantee of publication or ranking.

Corrections

Material errors should be corrected promptly. Significant updates should display a modified date, and important corrections should be explained when context requires it.