ranade-oss makes legal citation checks earn their confidence
This fork improves the difference between finding a case, checking a citation, and merely saying it worked.
The authorized CanLII connector can now handle browse-style requests as well as direct lookups, making it easier to pull relevant Canadian decisions without already knowing a precise case reference. It can also translate a neutral citation identifier before retrieving the case metadata.
- Browse sample, random, recent, or other cases from a suitable CanLII database.
- Show which verification service checked citations, plus exact verified, partial, and unverified totals in chat.
- Flag a completed check that verified nothing, instead of presenting it as a success.
- Stop the assistant from claiming a lookup or verification succeeded unless the returned results support that claim.
Legal teams using AI for research should care because visible uncertainty is far safer than a polished but unsupported confirmation.
So what This is a practical trust upgrade for anyone relying on AI-assisted Canadian case research or citation checking.
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