Guides
Learn every feature,
step by step
Detailed tutorials for each of Curatorial's AI-powered tools. Start with the Quick Start, or jump to any guide.
Quick Start
5 minutes to your first insight
Get your first insight in five minutes — the core Curatorial workflow
Start the walkthrough →Getting the most from Curatorial
How the workspace works
The Curatorial Assistant
5 minYour always-present research partner — a chat that knows your library and follows what you're working on
Projects & Library
5 minWhere everything lives — organize exhibitions as projects and build a searchable library of materials
Notebooks
6 minA focused workspace for a question — add sources, chat with grounded answers, generate briefings and timelines
Topics
4 minGroup materials by theme across projects — the connective tissue between your research and your shows
Workflows
The whole job, end to end
Research tools
Tools for structured insight
Insight Extraction
4 minMap the argument inside a source — claims, evidence, and counter-positions — not a summary
Connection Mapping
5 minDiscover relationships between your materials with interactive graph visualization
Semantic Search
3 minFind materials by meaning, not keywords — ask questions in natural language
Research Synthesis
5 minGenerate structured data matrices across multiple sources — exportable to CSV/JSON
Gap Analysis
5 minFind what's missing — the perspectives, periods, and places your research isn't covering yet
Knowledge Graph
5 minExtract the artists, movements, and places from your sources and see how they interconnect
Directed Inquiry
4 minAsk a research question across chosen sources — get themes, quotes, gaps, and outside leads, all cited
Research Radar
4 minGet alerted when new materials connect to old ones — the resonance you'd otherwise miss
Writing tools
Your voice, enhanced
Essay Coaching
7 minSocratic questions and structured feedback that deepen your thinking — never a ghostwritten draft
Style Learning
4 minTeach the AI your voice — tone, vocabulary, sentence rhythm, and phrasing — for suggestions that sound like you
Hierarchy of Concerns
4 minPrioritize structural feedback over sentence-level polish — the professional editor's approach
Content Repurposing
4 minTransform essays into Instagram, Twitter, wall text, or labels while preserving your voice
Precision tools
Scholarship done right
Cultural Translation
4 minTranslate across seven languages while preserving citations and academic register
Citation Manager
4 minAuto-extract bibliographic metadata in 6 formats — APA, MLA, Chicago, BibTeX, press release, wall label
Comparative Analysis
5 minSide-by-side source comparison with contradiction scoring and common ground detection
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