Credify.ai

Inspiration

Fake news during wars, elections, and crises affects millions of lives, swaying public opinion, fueling conflicts, and eroding institutional trust. From Ukraine to COVID-19, false narratives spread faster than facts with devastating real-world consequences. We were motivated to battle this and fight for the truth, ugly or not. Personally, as an avid Reddit user, I was frustrated by endless debates where everything felt clouded and confusing. In the age of AI and digital overload, at times everything feels like a lie. We built Credify.ai to standardize credibility checking, giving people a fighting chance to distinguish fact from fiction before they engage. ABOUT CREDIFY.AI is a Chrome extension that fact-checks Reddit posts in real-time. With a convenient UI injection in the reddit DOM, the user just clicks the "Credify Post" button and they get: Credibility Score (0-10): Quantified trustworthiness based on thousands of archives/keyword search Smart Summary Flags: "heated debate", "insufficient sources", "biased coverage", etc. Evidence-Based Analysis: 2-3 sentence explanation with supporting evidence Multi-agent architecture with four microservices: News-API Search Agent - Queries Article Search API, returns relevant articles LLM Scoring Agent - GPT o4-Mini analyzes credibility, outputs structured data Gateway Agent - Orchestrates communication, exposes REST API Chrome Extension - Uses MutationObserver to inject buttons into Reddit's Shadow DOM, calls the gateway via Axios, and displays results in a polished modal/dashboard. CHALLENGES We faced a lot of bumps in the road, and are definitely proud to have gotten through it at the end Reddit's Shadow DOM: Dynamic and complex web components required sophisticated injection strategies Multi-agent coordination: Error handling and timeout management across three services Real-time Concern: Balancing comprehensive analysis within reasonable time and good accuracy scores OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Built a working multi-agent system from scratch in 48 hours Integrated News API's, OpenAI, and Chrome APIs seamlessly Modular design allows easy expansion to Bloomberg, AP, Reuters Beautiful UX with robust error handling and graceful fallbacks WHAT'S NEXT FOR CREDIFY Short-term: X support, local caching, add compatibility to more browsers 6 months: AWS deployment, expand to Bloomberg/AP/Reuters, user reporting, analytics dashboard 1 year+: Mobile apps, community-contributed fact-checks, broaders searches, and less compute times, enterprise API, multi-language support, real-time claim tracking Our focus is to create as much impact as possible and hand people the strongest weapon of all, TRUTH!