I'm 17 and built an Integrated AI Writing Assistant and Environment
Hey HN! We’re a group of high school students who built Factful, a Chrome extension that helps with research, fact-checking, and writing—all inline. When we first launched Factful as a web app, we got a lot of feedback asking for a more integrated experience, so we built a Chrome extension to let you fact-check and look up information without switching tabs. Making this work inside Google Docs was way harder than expected. Since Docs renders text using a canvas instead of regular HTML, we had to come up with creative workarounds to analyze and interact with what’s being written. It took a…
I'm 17 and built an Integrated AI Writing Assistant and Environment launched on February 4, 2025 with 12 votes, #1,365 of 5,999 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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Factful is a Chrome extension that integrates AI-powered research, fact-checking, and writing assistance directly into Google Docs and other web applications without requiring tab switching. Built by high school students, it analyzes text as users write and provides inline fact-checking and information lookup capabilities. The tool works within Google Docs' canvas-based text rendering through custom technical solutions and offers citation formatting features.
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Hey HN! We’re a group of high school students who built Factful, a Chrome extension that helps with research, fact-checking, and writing—all inline. When we first launched Factful as a web app, we got a lot of feedback asking for a more integrated experience, so we built a Chrome extension to let you fact-check and…
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