ChatGPT said the restaurant was great. The government data told a different story.
That disconnect is what led me to build Commit — a free Chrome extension that pulls verified data from public registries and displays it inline when AI recommends a business.
The problem
AI assistants are increasingly the first stop for restaurant recommendations. Ask ChatGPT or Perplexity "best sushi in Oslo" and you'll get confident suggestions with summaries that sound authoritative.
But those summaries are built from web content — reviews, blog posts, SEO pages. None of it is verified. A restaurant that closed two years ago still has glowing reviews online. A place with multiple food safety violations might have a 4.8-star average.
Government databases tell a different story. In Norway, every business files mandatory annual accounts (Brønnøysund register). Every restaurant gets food safety inspections (Mattilsynet). This data is public, current, and doesn't come from someone who got a free meal.
What the extension does
When you're browsing ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, or Gemini and the AI mentions a Norwegian business, the extension recognizes it and fetches trust data from the Commit API.
A floating panel appears with:
- Years of operation — has this business survived multiple economic cycles, or did it open six months ago?
- Financial health — revenue trend and profit from mandatory annual filings
- Food safety record — inspection results from Mattilsynet, Norway's Food Safety Authority
Here's the data for a real example:
curl "https://api.getcommit.dev/v1/trust?name=Maaemo"
{
"business_name": "Maaemo AS",
"years_in_operation": 13,
"financial_health": "stable",
"food_safety": "passed",
"trust_score": 91,
"confidence": 95
}
The extension runs that query automatically when AI mentions "Maaemo" in a response, and shows the result inline — no copy-paste, no tab-switching.
How to install (60 seconds)
The extension isn't on the Chrome Web Store yet (pending review), but sideloading takes about a minute:
- Go to getcommit.dev/extension and download the
.tar.gz - Unpack it
- In Chrome/Brave/Edge: open
chrome://extensions, enable Developer Mode - Click Load unpacked and select the folder
Works on Chrome, Brave, and Edge (Manifest V3).
Why public registry data matters
Reviews are opinions. Financial filings are legal obligations. A Norwegian business that hasn't filed accounts in two years has a compliance problem — that's a fact, not an opinion.
Food safety inspection results are even cleaner: a government inspector visited, and here's what they found. No SEO, no incentive to inflate, no "my cousin gave this place 5 stars".
This is the gap between AI confidence and real-world reliability. AI sounds authoritative about everything. The extension shows you what's actually verified.
Current scope and what's next
Right now: Norwegian businesses only (AS, ANS, DA entity types). The data sources — Brønnøysund, Mattilsynet — are Norway-specific.
The plan is to expand as equivalent public registries become available in other countries. The UK Companies House, US state business registries, FDA inspection records — the data exists, it just needs to be connected.
The underlying API is also open. If you want to query businesses directly without the extension:
curl "https://api.getcommit.dev/v1/trust?name=Kontrast+Restaurant"
Extension page: getcommit.dev/extension
Source: github.com/piiiico/proof-of-commitment
Curious what other public data sources would be useful to add. Food safety databases in other countries, court records, licensing data — what would you actually want to see next to an AI recommendation?
