How to view Concept details

Concepts in Chief are automatically generated knowledge entities that capture the most important people, ideas, and topics across your files. Beyond seeing Concepts in the graph or in chat, you can open any Concept to view its full details.

Written By Patrick Intervalo

Last updated 3 days ago

Opening Concept details

Click a concept in the graph or list to open its detail pane/page.

There you can review:

  • Concept summary/details

  • Built from citations count (how many source chunks)

  • Source files contributing to the concept

  • Concept timeline (ordered source chunks)

  • Related Concepts

This is the core trust model: concept outputs stay anchored to underlying file evidence.

What you’ll see in the detailed view

The Concept detail view gives you a complete picture of that Concept and its context across your knowledge.

  • Concept Name and Summary
    At the top, you will see the Concept’s title and an automatically generated summary describing its role or importance.

  • Related Concepts
    A section showing other Concepts connected to the one you are viewing, helping you understand its broader context and relationships.

  • Source Materials
    The original files that contributed to the Concept, with direct links so you can trace back to where the information came from.

  • Timestamps and Updates
    Each Concept includes metadata on when it was created and last updated, so you know how fresh the information is.

Concept timelines and citations

Each concept is built from citations (source chunks) taken from files in your Project.

The timeline helps you:

  • See exactly which source fragments contributed to the concept

  • Review context by file

  • Understand why Chief grouped certain content into one concept

If there are no citations yet, the concept may still be generating, filtered out by your current scope/filter, or unsupported by the current dataset.