Skip to content

Explore & Query

Explore (/explore) is where you ask questions of a knowledge graph in plain language and get cited answers. Every query and its answer is a "cell", and you can branch off any answer to explore multiple hypotheses in parallel.

Asking a question

  1. Make sure a session with the right database is active (see Overview → Sessions).
  2. Type a natural-language question, e.g. "Which proteins are associated with both cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes?"
  3. Graffold runs hybrid retrieval — vector search + graph traversal — and returns an answer with source citations.

The first query in a thread auto-titles the thread so your history stays readable.

Threads and branching

A thread is one line of inquiry. Within a thread, answers form a tree of cells:

  • Branch off any answer to ask a follow-up without losing the original path.
  • Explore competing hypotheses side by side.
  • Close a thread from the tab bar when you're done.

Threads attach to the active session, so switching sessions keeps each investigation's context separate.

Provenance

Answers are traced to their sources — the specific documents, page numbers, and graph paths that produced them. This is core to Graffold: you can audit why an answer was given, not just what it said. See Querying → Evidence Weighting for how sources are scored.

Sharing sessions

Threads can be shared to your organization:

  • Read — teammates can view the thread and its answers.
  • Editable — teammates can continue the investigation.