---
title: ToolRouter — Agent Use Case Guide
description: Step-by-step guide for completing a task with a specific AI agent using ToolRouter.
url: https://toolrouter.com/tools/web-archive/use-cases/verify-historical-claims/claude
---
# How to Verify Historical Claims with Claude

Claude turns Wayback Machine research into a deep-dive investigation from your terminal where you follow leads as they emerge. Start with a URL, explore available snapshots interactively, and pivot your research based on what you discover in each archived version. The session-based workflow excels at tracing how websites evolved over time, letting you compare versions side by side, document changes methodically, and build a narrative of how a site transformed -- whether for competitive intelligence, legal evidence, or historical research.

## Setup

claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp

## Steps

1. Connect ToolRouter: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
2. Ask Claude: "Check if company.com/press-release had a Wayback Machine capture on March 15, 2024 using web-archive"
3. Claude checks for archived snapshots around that date
4. Ask: "What did the page actually say at that time?"
5. Claude retrieves the archived content as evidence

## Example Prompt

```
A company claims they published a safety warning in January 2024. Check if company.com/safety-notice was actually live in January 2024 using the Wayback Machine.
```

## Tips

- Specify the exact date range to find the most relevant snapshot
- Ask Claude to compare the claimed content with what was actually archived
- Archive URLs serve as verifiable evidence with timestamps
