What you can do with Counterpedia
Search collections, inspect relationships and source documents, evaluate scoped statements when authorized, and reuse identified records.
Nine capability summaries
Each summary identifies an operation, the records it uses, and the result to inspect. Use the linked manual chapter for prerequisites, steps, and interpretation. Or choose one of nine complete user journeys.
Search by subject name, identify the result type and origin, and follow a reference to a document you can cite.
Open chapter ↗CAPABILITY 02Explore the knowledge universeBrowse a collection, open a subject, inspect a recorded relationship, and follow its document references.
Open chapter ↗CAPABILITY 03Follow connectionsMove from one subject to related people, places, ideas, and documents. Understand what each recorded connection means, where it came from, and where it can take your research.
Open chapter ↗CAPABILITY 04Find the original sourcesFind out who issued a document, which edition you are reading, and whether a link opens the publisher's original, an archive, or a retained copy. Begin from a citation or look for a document in Source Atlas.
Open chapter ↗CAPABILITY 05Read beyond an articleUse an entry as orientation, then inspect the case records, original documents, and research that give particular statements their meaning. Keep each source's author, procedural status and limits attached to what it says.
Open chapter ↗CAPABILITY 06Understand how knowledge changesUnderstand what changed between two recorded versions, what evidence or decision was attached to the change, and which version you should cite.
Open chapter ↗CAPABILITY 07Check informationTake one statement and its source context through a bounded assessment. Understand which questions were evaluated, what each result says, and what its receipt lets you inspect later.
Open chapter ↗CAPABILITY 08Work with Counterpedia programmaticallyTake an identified Counterpedia record into another application or AI agent without losing the version, original sources, or limits attached to it.
Open chapter ↗CAPABILITY 09Understand coverage and availabilityUnderstand the size and limits of what a collection represents, what kind of objects its numbers count, and which sources or operations you can actually access.
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