Tailo Lens
Checks claims in ChatGPT answers against academic sources and suggests well-cited papers to read.
What Tailo Lens can do in ChatGPT
Check claims and find solid academic sources.
Claim Analysis
Score each claim against academic and web sources.
Well-Cited Papers
Find peer-reviewed papers with citation counts and impact labels.
Source Extraction
Pull sources from an answer and add academic details.
Prompt Bias Check
Spot leading wording and get a more neutral question.
Accessible Reading
Open full papers in a clean, distraction-free view.
You stay in control
You approve access, and you can disconnect Tailo Lens at any time.
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What Tailo Lens does in ChatGPT
The Tailo Lens plugin helps students look more critically at what ChatGPT tells them. It breaks an answer into separate claims, scores them against academic and web sources, and shows where researchers see things differently, along with a credibility rating for each source.
It also points you to peer-reviewed papers with citation counts and impact labels, and it can pull the sources out of a ChatGPT response and add that academic detail to each one. Full-text papers open in Tailo's clean reading view, which was designed with neurodiverse learners in mind.
A separate check looks at your own questions for leading wording, false assumptions or confirmation bias, and then suggests a more neutral way to ask. Tailo Lens is made by Estendio, a company founded in 2014 that focuses on accessibility. You start it by typing @Tailo Lens followed by your request.
Who it is for
- Students writing essays and reports
- Neurodiverse learners who want a calmer reading view
- Anyone checking whether a claim holds up
How to add Tailo Lens to ChatGPT
- Open the Tailo Lens listing in ChatGPT ↗.
- Click Install plugin.
- Sign in to your Tailo Lens account when asked and approve the access it requests.
- Start a chat and ask for what you need, mentioning Tailo Lens if ChatGPT does not pick it up.
- To stop, disconnect Tailo Lens under apps in your ChatGPT settings.
Questions about Tailo Lens
What is the Tailo Lens ChatGPT plugin?
The Tailo Lens plugin helps students look more critically at what ChatGPT tells them. It breaks an answer into separate claims, scores them against academic and web sources, and shows where researchers see things differently, along with a credibility rating for each source. It is listed in ChatGPT's plugin marketplace under Education & Research.
What can I ask Tailo Lens to do in ChatGPT?
For example: "Analyse the claims and sources in the last response", "Check this claim: the global population reached 8 billion in 2022", "Provide recommended reading on quantum superposition".
Who makes the Tailo Lens plugin for ChatGPT?
The ChatGPT listing names Estendio Ltd as the developer. The version listed on 8 October 2026 was 1.0.0.
How do I add Tailo Lens to ChatGPT?
Open the Tailo Lens listing in ChatGPT, click Install plugin, sign in to your Tailo Lens account and approve the access it asks for. Then ask for what you need in a chat, mentioning Tailo Lens if ChatGPT does not pick it up.
Can Tailo Lens change things in my account, or only read?
It reads the ChatGPT responses and prompts you point it at, and looks up academic and web sources. Papers open in Tailo's own reading view.
Who is the Tailo Lens plugin for?
Students writing essays and reports, neurodiverse learners who want a calmer reading view and anyone checking whether a claim holds up.
How does Tailo Lens rate a source?
It scores claims against several academic and web sources and shows citation counts, impact labels and credibility ratings.
What does the prompt bias check look for?
Leading language, false premises and confirmation bias. It then suggests a more neutral way to ask.
Does Tailo Lens see my ChatGPT chats?
When Tailo Lens is connected, ChatGPT may share the parts of your chats and memories that matter for a request with Tailo Lens. What Tailo Lens does with that data falls under its own terms and privacy policy. ChatGPT keeps your training-data settings, and you can disconnect at any time.
How do I disconnect Tailo Lens from ChatGPT?
Open your ChatGPT settings, go to apps, and disconnect Tailo Lens. You can reconnect later from the listing.
What are alternatives to Tailo Lens in ChatGPT?
Similar plugins in the ChatGPT marketplace include alphaXiv, Wiley Scholar Gateway and Scite. Each has its own page in this directory.
Privacy and your data
When Tailo Lens is connected, ChatGPT may share the parts of your chats and memories that matter for a request with Tailo Lens. What Tailo Lens then does with that data falls under its own terms and privacy policy, not only OpenAI's. ChatGPT keeps your training-data settings for data that comes from connected apps, and you can disconnect at any time.
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