Analyze source material and build the knowledge base

Why analysis comes before the outline

The Analyze phase turns the gathered source set into a usable project knowledge base. Planning directly from a pile of raw inputs makes it easier to over-weight the last document or miss relationships across sources.

Run analysis after the core source set is present. Once a knowledge base exists, the Source analysis card has a Re-analyze Sources button: use it after you add, remove, or exclude material that materially changes the book, and before regenerating the outline.

Research enrichment

When enrichment is available, use it to fill factual or contextual gaps rather than to replace your source material. The book should still have a clear source-first spine.

What the Source analysis card shows

After the knowledge base is built, the project can show the number of extracted insights, a category breakdown, top themes, and any stored bias analysis. The category breakdown distinguishes Problems, Solutions, Tips, Questions, Stories, Resources, and Other.

The UI shows up to eight top themes and, when bias analysis is present, its summary and dominant perspective. These are inspection signals for the source set, not extra chapters generated behind the scenes.

Curate before rebuilding

The include/exclude controls on gathered items affect knowledge-base building. If a noisy source should not influence planning, exclude or remove it before rebuilding the analysis rather than trying to compensate for it later in the outline.

Re-analyzing replaces the knowledge base with one built from the sources that are currently included, so removed or excluded material stops influencing planning and generation. Chapters that are already written are not rewritten.