Alfred Scholar now includes built-in similarity detection. Check your manuscripts for overlap against documents in your workspace before submitting to a journal.

## How it works

- Open a manuscript and click **Run Plagiarism Check**.
- Alfred compares your text against all documents uploaded to your workspace using MinHash similarity.
- Results show an overall similarity score and matched passages with source references.

## What the scores mean

- **Under 10%**: Low overlap. Minor common phrases are expected.
- **10-25%**: Review the flagged passages. Some may be properly cited quotes.
- **Over 25%**: Significant overlap detected. Review and revise before submission.

## Important note

This checks similarity against documents in your Alfred Scholar workspace only. It does not check against the internet or external databases. For a full plagiarism check required by your institution, use a dedicated service like Turnitin or iThenticate alongside Alfred.