Research Tools — Complete Documentation

Complete guide to all research and analysis tools

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The Timeline platform provides multiple integrated research tools, each designed for a different type of investigation. Here's the complete map:

🧭 When to use each tool?

ToolIconBest forQuestion it answers
Compact Timeline🕐Chronological view & visual navigation"What happened in this period?"
Event Explorer📋Detailed event search & filtering"Which events have this tag/category?"
Connections Explorer🔗Relationships between events (tags, AI, MAHE)"How do these events connect?"
Historical Trace🌿Causal chains & non-linear echoes"What caused X?" / "What did X provoke?"
Epoch Explorer🧭Immersive multi-layer visualizations"What was this era like overall?"
Evolutionary Observatory📊MAHE quantitative analysis (30+ charts)"What's the ICE trend over time?"
Evolutionary Panoramas🌍MAHE syntheses by historical period"What was the evolutionary contribution of the 18th century?"
RAG Assistant🤖Natural language questions"Tell me about the French Revolution"
Contextual Analysis🧠AI analysis of visible timeline events"What do these filtered events reveal?"

🔄 Recommended Research Flow

  • Discovery → Start on the Compact Timeline or Portal for a panoramic view.
  • Exploration → Use the Event Explorer to find specific events with detailed filters.
  • Connections → Investigate relationships in the Connections Explorer (radar graph + AI).
  • Causality → Trace causal chains in Historical Trace to understand origins and consequences.
  • Deep analysis → Use the Evolutionary Observatory for quantitative MAHE analysis.
  • Synthesis → Consult the Evolutionary Panoramas for macro views of entire periods.
  • Free questions → Use the RAG Assistant for natural language questions at any time.