Timeline, report and sharing

The research log records when you found something. The timeline shows when it happened. This tutorial uses the Terms of service change example (File → Templates…), where archived copies narrow down when a policy paragraph changed.

1. Read the timeline

Open the Timeline tab (key 2). The chips summarise the case: First event, Last event, the number of dated entries and how many have no date. The bar chart shows dated entries per month (or per day for a short case); hover a bar for its count. Below, the entries are grouped by month with their date, type and review status.

In the example you can read the story directly: the spring and May copies still have the old wording, the late-July copy shows the new partner wording, and a blog post announced partner features the day before. The note Change window pins it down to 3–28 July.

Click an entry title to edit it. Entries without an event date stay in the log but are not drawn — add a date with Edit → Event date (optional). The filters of the research log (type, review status, tag, search, pinned) apply to the timeline too.

2. Manage several cases

A workspace can hold up to 100 cases. Add → New case (or the + next to Cases) creates one and opens Case details, where you write the Brief, the Purpose and lawful basis and set the Status (Open, Paused, Closed). Edit → Duplicate case copies a case, Edit → Delete case… removes it after a confirmation — undo brings it back. Alt+↑ / Alt+↓ switch between cases.

3. The case report

Open the Report tab (key 6). The report shows the case status, brief, purpose, counts, the pinned Key leads and the full research log in recording order. All values are defanged so that nothing in the report can be clicked by accident, and it reminds the reader that review statuses and source assessments are your own notes.

Choose Active case or All cases, then:

• Print or save as PDF — a clean print layout without the workspace around it,
• Text and Markdown — the same report as a file,
• CSV — the research log as a table (spreadsheet formulas are neutralised),
• Copy Markdown — for a ticket or a wiki.

4. Save, share and move

• File → Save workspace file (Ctrl+S) writes a .obscuriq.json file; File → Open workspace file… (Ctrl+O) opens it again. Workspace files of the first OBSCURIQ version are upgraded when opened.
• File → Copy share link… puts the whole workspace into a link. Anyone with the link can read the research, so share it carefully.
• File → Recent workspaces… lists the last 12 workspaces in this browser.
• Signed-in visitors with Google Drive connected can Save to Drive from the top bar.
• Export → Open case report in another app…, Open research log table in another app… and Open indicator list in another app… hand the report, the log or the indicators to another usefulweb app through the App Bridge — in your browser, without an upload.

5. For scripts and AI agents

The four OBSCURIQ engine tools (Indicator Extractor, IOC Defang and Refang, URL Tracking Cleaner, Search Query Builder) and the lookups are available through the JSON API and MCP on the app host; the landing page lists the endpoints. An agent can build a workspace following /project.schema.json and open it with /app#project=….

Back to the start: Your first case in five minutes.