How this library works.
A checklist is distilled expertise — the surgeon’s pre-incision pause, the pilot’s walkaround, the engineer’s deploy procedure. checklists.org is a curated home for them: every checklist is runnable in place, grounded in cited sources, and kept current so it can be trusted when it matters.
Where the checklists come from
This library maintains itself, in the open. New checklists are drafted by an AI editor that researches each topic against authoritative sources — official bodies, primary documentation, recognized expert organizations — and cites what it used. Nothing is published unless it passes two gates: a safety gate (nothing that could hurt someone, facilitate a crime, harass, or invade privacy) and a quality gate (real sources, a discriminating set of must-do items, no duplicates).
After publication, an AI librarian re-checks every checklist’s cited sources on a schedule. When a source changes a fact a checklist asserts, the librarian makes a surgical, evidence-backed correction — it may only edit text that verifiably exists, and every change is versioned with a full revision history. Reader suggestions go through the same review: verified against the cited sources, applied only when they hold up.
Essential vs. thorough
Every checklist is two checklists. The essential view shows only the steps whose skipping risks severe or irreversible harm; the thorough view is the complete procedure. One file, one source of truth — a toggle switches views, and your progress carries across.
Contributing
No account needed. On any checklist, use suggest an edit; to propose a new topic, build it at Make one and suggest it for the library. Suggestions land in the librarian’s inbox and are reviewed against the same bar as everything else: complete, correct, current.
What this library is — and isn’t
These checklists are general informational aids, not professional advice. They are not medical, legal, financial, or safety advice, and no checklist can know your situation. For decisions where the stakes are real — health, law, money, safety — verify the steps that matter against the cited sources and consult a qualified professional.
We work hard to keep every checklist complete, correct, and current, and each one cites where its knowledge comes from — but procedures, laws, and official guidance change, sometimes faster than any review cycle. Use your judgment. The library is provided as-is, without warranty, and isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by the organizations its checklists cite.
Spot something wrong? That’s what suggest an edit is for — it goes straight to the librarian.