GUIDE-LLM: A reporting checklist for LLMs in behavioural science
Large language models (LLMs) offer new opportunities to study human behavior, yet their rapidly evolving nature poses challenges for research rigor. GUIDE-LLM provides a consensus-based reporting checklist to improve transparency, reproducibility, and ethical accountability across behavioral and social science research. In particular, GUIDE-LLM supports researchers in clearly describing how LLMs were used, why specific methodological choices were made, and what steps were taken to ensure responsible research practices.
📘 How to use this checklist
For a step-by-step guide and examples of real research workflows:
👉 How to use GUIDE-LLM
For background on the motivation and principles behind the checklist, see
👉 Why GUIDE-LLM?