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Research

by Synap

Turn a question into a fully-recorded investigation — sources ranked, hypotheses weighed, findings mapped onto a living graph of fields and concepts.

Record types

The structured data this adds to your pod.

  • Question

    An open question driving an investigation — the thing research answers.

    • Status

  • Research

    An investigation — the sources consulted, the findings, the confidence, and the conclusion.

    • Status
    • Conclusion
    • Confidence

  • Field

    A domain of knowledge — Mathematics, Physics, AI, Philosophy. Fields overlap and feed each other.

    • Description
    • Also known as

  • Concept

    An atomic idea — Bayesian inference, gradient descent, qualia. Belongs to one or more fields; has prerequisites.

    • Definition
    • Also known as

  • Source

    Anything consulted — a paper, article, dataset, or post. Ranked by credibility and NEVER discarded; rejected sources are kept with a reason.

    • URL
    • Author
    • Published
    • Type
    • Credibility
    • Quality (0–100)
    • Status
    • Why rejected
    • +1

  • Hypothesis

    A candidate theory or answer under test — argued for and against by sources.

    • Statement
    • Stance
    • Confidence
    • Reasoning

  • Finding

    A validated fact — the thing established between the question, the sources, and the reasoning. Carries calibrated confidence and links to its evidence.

    • Claim
    • Confidence (0–1)
    • Evidence summary
    • Status

Views

  • Knowledge MapGraph
  • Open QuestionsList
  • SourcesTable
  • HypothesesBoard
  • FindingsTable
  • Research LogTable

Playbooks

Repeatable runs your agent can start for this project.

  • Research a QuestionInvestigate a question end-to-end — gather and rank sources (keeping the rejected ones), weigh hypotheses, emit findings with calibrated confidence, and map them onto the knowledg…

Relationships

  • Field FieldOverlaps with
  • Concept FieldPart of
  • Concept ConceptPrerequisite of
  • Concept ConceptRelates to
  • Research QuestionInvestigates
  • Hypothesis QuestionAnswers
  • Research SourceExplored
  • Research FindingConcluded
  • Source HypothesisSupports
  • Source HypothesisContradicts
  • Source SourceCites
  • Finding ResearchDerived from
  • Finding SourceSupported by
  • Finding ConceptAbout

First conversation

After install, your agent sets the project up with you. It starts here:

Seed the workspace with the first real questions worth researching and the fields they live in — so the agent has something concrete to investigate, not a blank graph.

  • “What's a question you actually want a well-evidenced answer to — one where a good answer would change what you do?”
  • “Which field(s) does it sit in — and is there a neighbouring field it might borrow from?”
  • “What would count as a convincing answer, and what would change your mind?”