Intelligence · Research
Research & authority
Research in OpenLegal is not a single lookup. It is a planning discipline: work items are generated from knowledge gaps, answered against an authority store with provenance, and reported with what is missing, risky, or promising.
How research works
Work from gaps, not vibes
Intelligence surfaces contradictions and knowledge gaps; research planning converts them into concrete research questions.
Consult the authority store
Research reads from a curated authority store and the research fabric — source-backed rather than free-floating.
Provenance on every claim
Findings carry source provenance so an operator can trace a conclusion back to its basis.
Gaps, risks, opportunities
Every research result reports what is known, what is still unknown, and where the exposure sits.
Why it matters
Traceability
Conclusions connect to sources through provenance records, keeping the reasoning auditable by a human.
Honest uncertainty
Unknowns are reported as unknowns — the loop drives further research instead of hiding the gap.
Reusable authority
Verified findings accumulate in the authority store, so research compounds across matters.