Practical guide

Build a searchable creative archive

Organise one project’s notes and source material so you can find an answer and see where it came from.

Make a small archive useful

For teams with scattered notes and project material. Begin with one project, a stable source index and a question the archive should answer. A folder diagram and fictional notes show the method.

From notes to a cited answer

The guide follows two short demonstration sources through a source-linked response. It distinguishes finding evidence from interpreting it and includes three questions to test an archive before trusting it.

Decide what a connected tool can access

You can begin with folders and ordinary file search. If you later connect an assistant, check what it can read and store, and how to remove its access. This download explains the method; it does not install a connector or open a database.

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