The Analyst Workflow¶
Every analytical task in Aletheia follows the same arc: you have a question, you explore the data, you formalize what matters, you investigate, and you build a case from what you find. Along the way, the AI assistant works with you — not as an oracle that hands down answers, but as a collaborator that queries the data, structures your thinking, and asks you to make the calls.
The Arc¶
graph LR
A[Open an Intel Request] --> B[Explore]
B --> C[Scope a Briefing]
C --> D[Investigate]
D --> E[Build the Case]
B --> E
E --> F[Decide]1. Open an Intel Request¶
An Intel Request (RFI) is the container for everything related to one analytical task. It has a title, a description, a workspace for files, and a chat thread where you talk to the assistant. Start here.
2. Explore¶
Ask the assistant questions. It's connected to every knowledge graph in your deployment and can search, query, and visualize data in real time. Most analytical work lives here — quick lookups, pattern discovery, hypothesis testing. You don't need a formal investigation to get answers.
3. Scope a Briefing¶
When you find something that needs structured, multi-step investigation, create a briefing. The assistant walks you through a template one field at a time — but not as a blank form. It queries the graph first and offers you data-grounded choices. This collaborative scoping is called elicitation, and it's how Aletheia ensures investigations start with a well-defined question.
4. Investigate¶
Phronesis — the reasoning engine — takes your approved briefing and runs an autonomous investigation across the connected knowledge graphs. It plans, executes tools, records findings, and pauses to ask you when it hits genuine ambiguity. Every step is traceable.
5. Build the Case¶
Investigations produce claims. The case is where you — the analyst — decide which claims to accept. Key questions, confirmed findings, known gaps, and a timeline accumulate over the life of the RFI. The case graph is yours; nothing enters it without your approval.
→ Cases
6. Decide¶
When the question shifts from "what do we know?" to "what should we do?", Euboulia — the decision engine — helps you formulate an optimization problem from natural language, solve it, and explore scenarios. Like briefings, the process is collaborative: every stage presents results and asks for your confirmation.
Not Everything Follows the Full Arc¶
Most work stops at step 2 or 3. A quick lookup doesn't need an investigation. A straightforward allocation doesn't need a case. The full arc exists for complex tasks where auditability, multi-step reasoning, or evidence chains matter. Use what you need.
Visualizations¶
At any point in the workflow, the assistant can present data as interactive tables, charts, maps, or relationship graphs — inline in the conversation. You can save any visualization to the workspace for later.