Research
An AI that remembers your research
Research takes weeks, but most AI chats forget by tomorrow. A Soul is your own AI partner in Fostera. It keeps your sources, notes and open questions together, so you can continue instead of rebuilding.
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Why does AI lose track of my research?
Research builds up: papers, links, interview notes, a list of what you have ruled out. A chat that ends takes that structure with it. A new one may repeat a source you already rejected, or state a claim with no way to see where it came from.
How does Fostera help with ongoing research?
Add your documents and links to a project, then ask questions across them. Ask the Soul to separate what a source says from what it infers, and to name the source behind each claim. Keep conclusions in the project's living brief, which has a decisions list and an open questions list. When you settle something, ask the Soul to add it. The first version is written on the spot. After that, each change is a proposal you accept, and the accepted brief carries into later chats in that project.
Say Ravi is comparing three cold-storage suppliers for a small food co-op. He adds the three public spec sheets and his call notes. He tells the Soul to quote prices only when they appear in a source. When one supplier is out because of delivery limits, he has the Soul add that decision to the brief and accepts it. Two weeks later he asks which supplier was ruled out and why. The answer points to that decision and his note about delivery limits. He opens the source to confirm it before sharing the result.
What can a Soul miss, and how do I check?
A Soul can misread a source or state something the source does not say. Treat its answers as leads, and open the passage for anything you will publish or act on. Web pages change, so note the date you read them. Memory helps you continue, but it is not a citation system.
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Frequently asked questions
Can an AI remember my research between sessions?
- Yes, with the right setup. Fostera keeps sources and memory in a project, and retrieves relevant parts in later chats. It can still miss details, so verify important claims.
Can I upload papers and links?
- Yes. A Soul can read common document types and links you share, including PDFs and web pages. Extraction quality depends on the source, so check anything important.
Does it cite where an answer came from?
- You can ask it to name the source behind each claim, and you should open the source to confirm. Citing is something you instruct, not a guarantee.
Will it stop making things up?
- No tool can promise that. Rules such as quoting only from attached sources help, but you still need to check key facts.
Can I delete notes it saved about my research?
- Yes. You can search, edit or delete what a Soul remembers, and you can delete the Soul itself.
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