See the full investigative
workflow in context.
Research starts with a source and an answerable question. Follow the Files has separate products for organizing the case, reviewing evidence, producing cited reports and preparing publication. Explore each step using one fictional example.
The same question moves through the case.
This walkthrough shows the intended human-controlled sequence. All example subjects and documents are fictional; no private investigation data is displayed.
Find & preserve
Keep a narrow research question beside the source. Preserve the original location and when the record was obtained.
Organize the case
Use a repeatable worksheet structure for claims, source families, exact locators, and case notes. Avoid collapsing an allegation into an established fact.
Challenge the evidence
Compare source assertions, dependencies, contradictory material and unresolved findings in a local investigative workspace.
Produce a cited analysis
Select an investigative report workflow, examine source citations, then review a report before any publication decision.
Prepare editorial output
Move approved research notes into a structured draft, retain source citations and run an editorial review before preparing publication files.
Use the Field System
to keep a reliable record.
Start with reusable templates, question logs and original document locators. The Field System contains a 110-template research library and a separate Worksheet Studio and archive.
Question and evidence register
Document register
Evidence challenge
CLM-015: The fictional grant was disbursed. The minutes authorize an application; the available ledger does not establish payment.
Original source families
Case export checklist
The Field System and its licensed customer package have independent acceptance and delivery controls.
Move from notes to
source-linked assessment.
ProofDesk helps distinguish a document from a claim about it, record exact locations and preserve competing interpretations. Select the view in the sample evidence interface.
Source register
Fictional exampleGenerate bounded investigative reports.
Research Edition defines 20 specialized workflows, with Fusion and Autopilot in its private release candidate. Outputs require review; not every outside provider or workflow is available in the same state.
Choose report
Documents, public records, networks or datasets.
Supply records
Use original sources and precise locators.
Review analysis
Check limitations and citations.
Export a copy
HTML, PDF, Markdown or JSON design.
Build the article
with sources still in view.
Once material is reviewed, Open Publishing Studio provides a separate editorial environment. The demo below demonstrates drafts, sources, review and preparation for output.
What the harbor grant records establish
Working title · Local publication project · Illustrative sample
The meeting minutes document authorization to pursue funding. The available accounting extract has not established that the grant was subsequently disbursed.
The remaining question concerns payment records and the time period covered by the available ledger. The conclusion remains qualified pending further documentation.
Sources attached to this draft
Editorial review checklist
Prepare the story package
This example illustrates the editorial handoff; it is not a working publisher or live content management system.