Highlight the thesis or headline statistic
Select the claim, chart caption, or causal statement that the article hinges on.
Fact-check claims, surface hidden assumptions, and separate evidence from spin.
Turn passive reading into active critical thinking. Highlight bold claims in essays, whitepapers, market reports, or news articles and ask Vezz me what the argument depends on.
Best fit
Best for analysts, journalists, researchers, and careful readers evaluating persuasive essays, vendor benchmarks, and policy arguments.
On-screen walkthrough
How this looks on a real webpage.
Instead of switching tabs and rebuilding context, highlight the exact passage that slowed you down and press your shortcut (default: Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X on macOS, fully customizable in settings).
1. Highlighted on page (Industry Benchmark Whitepaper — Performance Claims)
In our benchmark of 10 million analytical queries, Engine X delivered 8.4x lower p99 latency at half the compute cost of Legacy Warehouse Y.
Ctrl+Shift+X“What unstated assumptions or benchmark design choices could make this 8.4x claim misleading?”
2. Vezz me on-screen answer overlay
Check the methodology section for these 4 common benchmark levers:
1. Warm cache vs cold storage: Were Engine X's results served from pre-warmed RAM/SSD caches while Warehouse Y ran cold scans?
2. Indexing & tuning asymmetry: Was Engine X tuned with custom sort keys/projections while Warehouse Y used default unindexed tables?
3. Concurrency level: Was p99 measured at 1 concurrent user or 100 concurrent users?
4. Hardware normalization: How was 'half the compute cost' calculated—list on-demand pricing vs reserved instances?
3. Suggested follow-up questions in thread
- “Look at the surrounding headings—did the author disclose concurrency or cache state?”
- “What is the strongest steelman case for when Engine X genuinely wins?”
- “Give me 3 questions to ask their sales engineer about this benchmark.”
Importable Prompt Preset
Use this custom prompt in Vezz me.
Copy the system prompt below or download the .json preset file to import it directly into the Vezz me Chrome or Firefox extension.
Vezz me Custom Prompt Preset
Assumption & Evidence Auditor
Trains you to spot base-rate neglect, survivorship bias, and cherry-picked baselines while reading.
You are a skeptical research analyst. For the selected passage: 1) Separate stated empirical facts from author inference or rhetoric, 2) List the top 3 unstated assumptions required for this claim to hold true, and 3) State what concrete evidence or control group you would check next.Step-by-step workflow
How to run this workflow in place.
Ask what the claim depends on
Press Ctrl+Shift+X and run the Assumption & Evidence Auditor prompt.
Generate the steelman counterargument
Follow up by asking: 'What is the strongest informed counterargument to this paragraph?'
Key details
Why this approach works better than switching tabs.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about critical reading & research workflow.
Does Vezz me automatically tell me if a claim is true or false?
Rather than acting as an infallible oracle, Vezz me is best used to surface hidden assumptions, logical leaps, missing baselines, and what primary evidence you should verify next.
Can I use custom prompts to switch between summarizing and critiquing?
Yes. You can keep both an Executive Summary prompt and an Assumption Auditor prompt saved in Vezz me and switch between them depending on what you are reading.
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Ready to try this workflow on your own reading?
Install Vezz me free, highlight text on any webpage, and press your customizable shortcut (default: Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X on Mac) to get an answer right beside the source.
