Find real federal rules and notices
Ask about a regulation, rule, or agency notice and Zeplik searches the live Federal Register, then answers with real documents, their document number, issuing agency, and publication date. This matters because a language model on its own will state a rule's date or citation from memory, stale or invented, which is risky for any compliance or policy work. Here every document is grounded in the official register, and when nothing matches Zeplik says so rather than fabricating a rule.
The lookup is free; you pay only the normal cost of the answer, shown before you send.
How it works
Name the topic or agency
Ask in plain language, like 'recent EPA rules on vehicle emissions' or 'find the proposed rule on overtime pay'. A topic, agency, or document type is enough for Zeplik to run the search.
Zeplik reads the live register
It queries the official Federal Register, not the model's memory, and treats each result as source data handled as untrusted content, so nothing in a document can hijack the answer.
Read the grounded record and open it
The answer returns real documents with their document number, agency, and publication date, so you can open the entry, confirm the details, and follow up in the same conversation.
Worked examples
Real prompts you can open in the composer with the text ready to review. Nothing sends on its own. Swap in your own details.
Prompt: Find recent Department of Labor rules about overtime eligibility
Zeplik reads the live register and returns real documents with their agency and dates, so a compliance review starts from the official record, not a guess.
Open this in ZeplikPrompt: What proposed rules has the EPA published on power plant emissions this year?
It grounds an agency-and-topic search in the official register, each document dated, instead of a confident but stale recollection.
Open this in ZeplikPrompt: Someone cited Federal Register document 2024-12345. Can you verify it and tell me what it covers?
Verification is the point: it checks whether the document number resolves to a real entry and tells you plainly if it cannot be confirmed.
Open this in ZeplikWhat it can and cannot do
The lookup is precise about what it can verify and honest about its edges. Here is the plain posture.
Search the live Federal Register by subject, issuing agency, or document type and get real published documents.
Each result comes back with its real document number, issuing agency, and publication date, so you can locate and confirm it.
Paste a document number and Zeplik checks whether it resolves to a real entry, catching a fabricated or garbled citation.
If no document matches, Zeplik says so plainly instead of inventing an official-looking rule or notice.
It finds and cites the official documents; it does not tell you how a rule applies to your situation. For that, consult qualified counsel.
The Federal Register covers US federal agency actions. State or municipal rules are published elsewhere and will not appear here.
Grounded, and honest by default
- It cites real documents. Every result comes back with its real document number, agency, and publication date, so you can open the official entry instead of trusting the model's memory.
- It will not invent a rule. When nothing matches or a document number cannot be confirmed, Zeplik says so rather than fabricating a plausible-looking rule or notice.
- Document text cannot hijack the answer. Each register record is treated as untrusted content: Zeplik reads and reports it but never obeys instructions embedded inside it.
Frequently asked questions
- Why not just ask a chatbot about a federal regulation?
- Because a language model on its own will state rule dates and citations from a stale snapshot, and can invent a document outright. This tool searches the live Federal Register and returns real documents you can open and verify, and it refuses to fabricate one when nothing matches.
- What can it find?
- Published Federal Register documents, including final rules, proposed rules, and agency notices. Give a topic, an agency, or a document type and Zeplik returns matching documents with their document numbers, agencies, and publication dates.
- Can it verify a document number I have?
- Yes. Paste a document number and Zeplik checks whether it resolves to a real entry and summarizes what it covers, so you can catch a fabricated or mistyped citation.
- Does it interpret how a rule applies to me?
- No. It finds and cites the official documents so you can locate and confirm them, but it does not provide legal interpretation or compliance advice for your situation. For that, consult qualified counsel. Zeplik is clear about this boundary.
- Does the search cost credits?
- The register lookup itself is free. You pay only the normal model-token cost of the answer written around it, shown before you send, like any other message.
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