Reading a dossier

The entry doc, the artefacts, the Issues tab, and how to check its reasoning.

One request returns one dossier: the finished work, plus an honest account of what stands behind it.

Start at the top

The entry doc is the answer in prose. If you read nothing else, read this. It states the finding, what it rests on, and what it would take to be wrong.

Then the artefacts

Below it sit the things the run built — the sheets, boards, decks and diagrams. Each is a real working artefact, not a picture of one: formulas calculate, boards can be moved, charts can be inspected.

Open the Index tab for the complete list, with what each one is and which issues it raised.

Then the doubts

The Issues tab is the part people skip and should not. It is where the work says what it is unsure about.

Answering a data request writes the real value into the work. The numbers update; you do not re-run anything.

Checking its reasoning

Activity shows what the run actually did, stage by stage, including what it read. Use it when a conclusion surprises you.

Sharing it

Any dossier can be shared as a link that needs no account. See Sharing a doc.

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