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The Network Graph gives you a visual map of the relationships between entities, artifacts, and sources that have emerged from your research. Every person, organization, and concept extracted from your artifacts appears as a node. Sources that back those artifacts appear as source nodes. You can add your own manual nodes and draw connections between any combination of records — making the graph both an analytical output and an active thinking surface. The Network Graph is scoped to one workspace. Open it from the workspace sidebar or navigate directly to /workspaces/:workspaceId/network. The graph loads with nodes derived from all artifacts in the workspace, plus any manual nodes and links you have added in previous sessions.

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What appears in the graph

Entity nodes

People, organizations, and concepts automatically extracted from your artifacts. Each node shows the entity’s name, subtype icon, and connections to the artifacts it appeared in.

Source nodes

Source URLs and references drawn from artifact provenance. Useful for mapping the information landscape behind your research rather than just the entities within it.

Manual nodes

Custom nodes you create yourself — any concept, person, organization, or source — with a label and optional icon override. Manual nodes persist across sessions.

Manual links

Custom edges you draw between any two nodes in the graph, including between automatic entity nodes and your own manual nodes.

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Interacting with the graph

Click any node to open the entity inspector panel on the right. The inspector shows:
  • All artifacts in which the entity appears
  • Saved signals mentioning the entity
  • Source references linked to the entity
  • Action buttons to launch a new investigation, start a chat session, or place the entity on the research board
Drag nodes to rearrange the layout. The graph uses a force-directed D3 layout by default, but you can pull nodes into positions that make structural relationships clearer. Zoom and pan using the viewport controls in the bottom corner, or scroll to zoom and drag the canvas background to pan.

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Flagging and hiding nodes

Right-click any node (or use the node context menu) to flag it for attention or hide it from the current view. Hidden nodes are still in the workspace — use the control bar to toggle hidden nodes back into view when you need them.
1

Open the add-node overlay

Click Add Node in the graph control bar to open the node creation overlay.
2

Choose a node type and label

Select Person, Organization, Concept, or Source. Enter a label and optionally pick a custom icon from the icon picker.
3

Confirm to place the node

The new node appears in the graph. Drag it into position.
4

Draw a link

Hover over any node to reveal its link handle, then drag from that handle to another node to create a manual connection between them.

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Entity resolution

When the same person or organization appears under multiple names across different artifacts, Sherlock may create separate entity nodes for each variant. Entity resolution lets you merge those duplicates into a single canonical node.
If the same person appears as both “Jane Smith” and “J. Smith” in your graph, use entity resolution to merge them. Select one node, open the inspector, and choose Resolve Entity to select the duplicate to merge into this record. All artifact and signal associations from both nodes transfer to the merged canonical node.

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Launching investigations and chat from the graph

From any node’s inspector panel, you can:
  • Launch investigation — open Run Setup pre-populated with the entity’s name and its related artifact context
  • Start chat — open a workspace chat session grounded in the selected entity’s artifact associations
  • Place on board — send the entity, an associated artifact, or a related signal directly to the research board

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Omnibox entity focus

Search for an entity in the omnibox without navigating away from the graph. When you select an entity result, the graph recenters on that node and opens its inspector panel in place — no route change needed.

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Typical workflow

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Open your workspace and go to Network

Navigate to the workspace, then click Network in the sidebar or go to /workspaces/:workspaceId/network.
2

Explore the automatic nodes

Scan the graph for clusters and connections that emerged from your artifact analysis. Drag nodes to clarify relationships.
3

Click an entity node to inspect it

Select any node to open the inspector. Review its artifact associations and source links.
4

Add manual nodes and connections if needed

Use Add Node to bring in concepts or people not yet captured in your artifacts. Draw manual links to represent relationships you know exist.
5

Resolve duplicate entities

If you see the same person or organization under multiple nodes, use entity resolution to merge them into one canonical record.
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Launch a chat or investigation from the inspector

From the inspector panel, click Launch Investigation or Start Chat to continue your research grounded in the selected entity and its related artifacts.