> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.askalchemist.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Fast, citable research. Primary sources to your agent in milliseconds.

Alchemist is a research database that continuously ingests primary source documents, extracts structured insights from each one, and makes them retrievable by your agent.

Every result carries the verbatim excerpt it was extracted from, the document it came from, the named author where one is credited, and the publication date. Your agent cites the primary source rather than a summary of a summary.

## Core concepts

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  <Card title="Insights" icon="lightbulb">
    A single extracted finding from a document: a claim, a data point, or a directional statement. Each insight carries the exact quote it was derived from.
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  <Card title="Documents" icon="file-text">
    The primary source itself, whether that is a 10-K, a policy release, a data publication, or an analyst note. Each document has many insights, and you can retrieve a document with all of its insights in one call.
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    Who published it: an institution, a company, or an independent writer. Documents also carry their named authors where one is credited, so you can scope a search to a publisher or follow a particular author's work.
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  <Card title="Entity graph" icon="share-nodes">
    Companies, agencies, people, and instruments named across the corpus, linked by the relationships the documents themselves state: suppliers, customers, competitors, regulators, and the events each entity appears in. Traverse from one entity to its neighbours to answer questions no single document contains.
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## Two ways to connect

| Method | Best for |
| - | - |
| **MCP** | AI agents and coding assistants such as Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT. Zero boilerplate, since the agent calls the tools directly. |
| **REST API** | Production integrations, data pipelines, custom agents, and non-MCP clients. |

## What gets searched

Coverage spans corporate filings and disclosure, macro and policy analysis, energy and commodities, weather and climate data, and independent research from named analysts.

Depth is uneven by vertical and changes as new sources are onboarded, so treat `GET /api/documents/filters` as the authoritative list rather than this page. It returns every source currently in the database.


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