Overview

Once Concepts are created, they become your shortcut to understanding. Rather than scrolling through entire documents, you can go straight to what matters—whether you're building a deck, writing a summary, or making a decision.

Make Concepts part of your workflow

1. Explore Concepts When You Upload

Right after uploading a file, you’ll often see new Concepts appear in the Concepts panel. This is a great time to explore what Storytell surfaced—often revealing trends or themes you didn’t know were emerging across your files.

Take a moment to:

• Click into the Concept

• Review the surfaced context

• (Coming soon) Open the original file if you need full details

2. Use Concepts in prompts

When chatting with Storytell, you can directly reference a Concept by typing @ and selecting it. This scopes the AI’s response to just the data linked to that Concept, so you get more relevant, focused answers.

Example prompt:
@Nova What were the key challenges mentioned in planning the launch?

No need to repeat context or mention specific file names—Storytell already knows what “Nova” includes.

3. View Snippets by Source

Inside each Concept, you'll soon be able to see which file each snippet came from. This makes it easier to trace ideas back to their original source—a huge help when validating facts or building timelines.

You’ll be able to:

• Open the original file directly

• Copy key snippets to your notes

• Save insights to a Collection for later use

Note: This feature is coming soon and may not yet be visible in your workspace.

4. Surface Themes Without Searching

Concepts act as a living index of your knowledge. As new files come in, they’re automatically evaluated and, if relevant, added to existing Concepts—so the view keeps getting smarter.

Use this to:

• Monitor how team focus shifts over time

• Track evolving language around a project or initiative

• See how different teams are discussing the same topic

5. Accelerate Research and Strategy Work

Whether you’re preparing a one-pager, a landscape analysis, or an internal brief, Concepts help you pull in the right signals without manual searching. You get multiple perspectives in one place—fast.

Concepts aren’t just searchable—they’re strategic. They organize what your team knows and keep it ready to use. From first draft to final deck, let Concepts carry the context so you can focus on the thinking.