Reusable template
An authorship statement should describe contribution, process, and limits.
A useful authorship statement tells readers who contributed, which work is being claimed, what assistance occurred, and which evidence supports the statement. It should avoid absolute claims the process cannot establish.
Name the exact work
Identify the article, post, edition, or version so the statement cannot be silently reused for different text.
Name contributions
Separate drafting, research, editing, translation, review, and tool assistance where they affected the result.
Link evidence carefully
Describe what a receipt, version history, or source archive shows instead of calling it universal proof.
Short public statement
Use this for a post or concise public note. Replace the brackets and delete any sentence that does not describe the real workflow.
- I wrote the final text of “[title or opening words]” published on [date].
- [Name or role] contributed [editing, research, review, translation, or other contribution].
- The linked HumanTyped receipt records the process observed while this version was written and sealed in its editor.
- The receipt does not verify identity or rule out activity outside that recorded session.
Editorial or client statement
Use this when another person commissioned, reviewed, or edited the work. Keep contracts and detailed contributor records privately where appropriate.
- I am responsible for the original drafting and final review of [work and version].
- Research sources are listed at [location], and substantive contributors were [names or roles with contributions].
- The work used [permitted tools or “no generative drafting tools,” if accurate] as described in the attached disclosure.
- Supporting process evidence includes [version history, dated notes, receipt, or private review record].
Before publishing the statement
Check that the named version matches the final publication, that contributors agree with the description, and that links do not expose confidential drafts. Preserve the dated statement with the work it covers.
Do not state “100% human” when you mean that final wording was typed in a recorded session. Do not claim legal ownership merely from a receipt. Adapt the statement to the governing contract, newsroom policy, academic rule, or jurisdiction when stakes are significant.
Evidence, not certainty