Library & analysis
The library lays out the whole landscape of a project. Where Ask answers one question at a time, the library reads across all your conversations and surfaces:
- Topics - the broad subjects people raised.
- Aspects - the distinct angles within a topic.
- Quotes - the actual things participants said, tied back to their source conversation.
It’s the tool for making sense of a large body of dialogue without reading every word - say, 200 interviews where you want the themes, with the evidence, laid out for you. You can also build custom views: your own lens on the material, organised the way your project thinks rather than the way the default extraction landed. Use one when the automatic structure is close but not quite your framing.
Generating the library#
The library isn’t live the instant a conversation lands - it’s generated by reading across the conversations, which takes a moment for a big project. The page shows a status so you know whether it’s building, up to date, or needs a refresh.
When you’ve added a batch of conversations, retranscribed several, or changed your tags, regenerate it so the topics, aspects and quotes reflect the current material. Think of each generation as a snapshot of what the project says right now.
Tip
Get your conversations in good shape - accurate transcripts, sensible tags - before you generate. The library is only as good as the material it reads.
What you need#
The library is built-in analysis, so it needs Changemaker (€75/seat) or Guardian (€150/seat), where analysis on EU-hosted Gemini is included. It isn’t on Free or Innovator; on Innovator you bring your own model via MCP (coming soon) and work through Ask instead. Where it isn’t on your plan, dembrane points you to contact sales rather than hiding it.
Reading the library follows the same access as the rest of a project - owner, admin, member, external and observer can all read it; generating it is a host action (owner/admin/member). See roles & permissions.
Library vs Ask vs reports#
Three ways to turn dialogue into understanding, each with a sweet spot:
- Library (this page) - the standing, full-picture structure. Best for large datasets where you want the whole landscape extracted and laid out to browse.
- Ask - interactive, one question at a time, with cited sources. Best for digging into a specific question or pulling a particular quote.
- Reports - a built, shareable document. Best when you’re ready to communicate.
A common rhythm: use the library to see what’s there, Ask to dig into what surprises you, then write a report to share the conclusion.
Important
The library extracts and organises; it doesn't decide what matters. Read the quotes behind a topic before you treat it as a finding - the people who spoke are the authority, not the extraction.
Related#
- Chat & Ask - interrogate the same conversations one question at a time.
- Reports - turn the library’s structure into a shareable document.
- Conversations & transcripts - the source material, and where library quotes point back to.
- Tiers & billing - the library needs Changemaker or above.
- MCP & bring-your-own-LLM - the Innovator alternative (coming soon).
- For a host’s walkthrough, see library & analysis for hosts.
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