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What you're figuring out.

Digs tracks your active research threads — the things you're currently investigating, considering, and working through. Open questions, live findings, contradictions flagged. Your agent is an active participant in your research, not just a retrieval layer.

See it in action

Opening a new research thread

You

I keep wondering what actually makes a city walkable. Walk Score says Singapore is great but it doesn't feel right.

Good question — that's sharp enough to track. How about: "What makes a city actually walkable?" I'd start with three open questions: What metrics actually correlate with walkability? Is Walk Score a reliable proxy or marketing? Does walkability cause higher rents, or just correlate?

You

Yes, open that. Tag it cities and urbanism.

Opened — *What makes a city actually walkable?* Tagged #cities #urbanism. Three open questions logged. I'll route anything relevant here as it comes up.

Logging a finding that contradicts an earlier one

You

Just read this thread — turns out Walk Score actually measures transit access, not pedestrian-scale design. They're separable.

That contradicts your Mar 12 finding where you noted Walk Score correlates with geometry. I'll strike that through and log the correction. One open question answered — crossing out "Is Walk Score a reliable proxy?" New finding: Walk Score measures transit access, not human-scale design; these are separable metrics. Source added.

You

Right. So what's still open?

Two questions left: What metrics actually correlate with walkability? And does walkability cause higher rents, or just correlate? The Gehl research from your first finding is still your strongest lead on the first one.

Agent connecting new information to an open thread

You just added Marco to Peeps — his acumen includes urban planning. You have an open dig on city walkability. He might be worth asking about it.

You

Good catch. Add him as a source on that dig.

Done — added [[marco-tabini]] to Sources on the walkability dig with a note: "works in urban planning, not yet asked."

Questions & answers

How is this different from just saving bookmarks?

Bookmarks are links you'll never revisit. A dig is a living question — it has open threads, findings that build on each other, contradictions flagged. Your agent synthesises new information against what you already know, not just stores URLs.

What if I lose interest in a topic?

Move it to simmering — it stays in the background and your agent will still route relevant information to it. If it's truly dead, close it. Closed digs move to digs/closed/ and stay searchable for when the question reopens later.

Does the agent do research for me?

It helps you research, but you bring the sources. When you share a link, article, or idea, the agent synthesises it into the right dig, flags contradictions, and updates open questions. It won't go scraping the web on its own.

How does it connect to other skills?

If Peeps is installed, people with relevant expertise get surfaced as potential sources. If Pages is installed, books matching your open digs are connected. If Haah is installed, you can dispatch questions to your circles when you need external signal.

Can I have many active digs at once?

Yes, but the heartbeat will nudge you if things go stale. A dig with no new findings in 20 days gets a gentle prompt — close it, shelve it to simmering, or add something. The goal is live threads, not a graveyard.

Ready to try Digs?

Ask your coding agent: “Install Digsfrom knowyourpeople.org”

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