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Inquiry

Deep research on one question, with every finding verified and the verification shown.

15 credits·deep research·about 3–6 min·12 domains

What it answers

The question Inquiry is built for

State the question. It runs a long, multi-step investigation: the bottom line up front, what the inquiry established, the findings themselves, a verification ledger showing how each was checked, the notable gaps, the contested readings and the questions still open.

Who reaches for it

The question that deserves an afternoon, not a minute: a due-diligence lead, a long-form piece, a thesis chapter.

What comes back

7 sections, on every run

These are the headings the result renders, read from the same promise the form makes before you spend a credit. A section that depends on what the record holds is rendered when it can be and never promised here.

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Bottom line up front

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What the Inquiry Established

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The Findings

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Verification Ledger

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Notable Gaps

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Contested Readings

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Open Questions

What you give it

2 boxes, 1 required

What to investigate
required · up to 300 characters
Focus / angle
optional · up to 600 characters
Try it on: a subject you already hold an opinion about, so you can grade the result against what you know. Each one opens the form filled, in the General domain.
What's really going on with Houthi attacks in the Red SeaThe full picture on Iran's Shahed drone exportsDig into the claims around Huawei's chip breakthrough
What it will not do

The lines it holds

A finding that could not be verified is reported as unverified, not dropped and not promoted. It does not give advice, and it does not fill a gap in the record with a plausible guess.

Every claim carries its grade

A claim the scan could not source is marked as such rather than dressed up. How the grades work →

Verified or grounded
Reported or attributed
Contested
Open question
Where it runs

Available in 12 domains

A domain may name it in its own words and price it on its own terms; each row is what that domain shows.

General15 creditsDefense15 creditsFinance15 creditsEnergy15 creditsHealth15 creditsPolicy15 creditsTechnology15 creditsClimate15 creditsLearning15 creditsSports15 creditsTravel15 creditsLifestyle15 credits
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Roles that lean on it

5 role guides suggest it

Strategic research managerlead scanDefense think tank fellowlead scanIndependent management consultantlead scanFreelance researcher / analystlead scanBoutique strategy consultancy founder
Try it

Run Inquiry on something you already know

The fastest way to judge the result is to pick a subject you know cold and read it against what you know. The scan names its credit cost before it runs.

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