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How AI-inferred fields work
Where the summary, best-for, not-for, strengths, and weaknesses come from, how they're kept honest, and how founders correct them.
Last updated 2026-07-05
How AI-inferred fields work
When a tool is submitted, directree crawls its website and an AI writes the editorial parts of the listing. Those parts are permanently labelled ✦ AI-inferred so nobody mistakes them for verified fact.
What the AI writes
- Summary: a plain-language description of what the tool does.
- Best for / Not for: who the tool suits and who it probably doesn't.
- Biggest strength / biggest weakness: the AI's honest read of the trade-offs.
- Tags and likely competitors: used for categorisation and discovery.
The rules the AI works under
- Grounded in the crawl. The AI works from what the tool's own site says, not from imagination. If something isn't stated, the honest answer is "not stated", not a guess dressed as a fact.
- Labelled, always. AI output never appears under the green ✓ Verified badge. The two provenance tiers are stored separately in the database, so editing one can never silently upgrade the other.
- Hedged criticism. An AI-inferred weakness is presented as the AI's read that may be outdated, and the founder can correct it. That's fair to founders and honest to buyers.
- No scores. The AI is never asked to produce a "7.5/10". See Understanding the honesty labels for why.
Correcting the AI
If it's your tool and the AI got something wrong: claim the listing. Once verified, you can override AI fields, and each correction flips that field to the gold ★ Founder-edited tier. Visibly higher trust than the AI's version. Details in Editing a claimed listing.
If it's not your tool and a listing looks wrong or misleading, use the Report button. See Reporting a listing.