Nebula reads uploaded documents that define an engagement. The reading identifies clauses, parties, obligations, dates, amounts and evidence requirements. Where Nebula can match a reading to a supplied file, it keeps the quoted wording as the source.
A doubtful or unmatched reading is held for review rather than becoming enforceable work.
A source can be an agreement or another document added to the engagement. Nebula stores each file and its uploaded revisions separately, then reads the current revision when the documents are analysed.
From documents to managed delivery
When a reading is accepted, source-backed obligations can become delivery items. Nebula carries across a resolved due date, evidence requirements and clause reference where the reading provides them. Unresolved ownership keeps an item in draft for review.
Recorded dependencies connect delivery items in the plan. A reading can leave conflicting or missing information as open questions instead of choosing an answer for the parties.
An authorised project party supplies an answer. Nebula does not choose an answer for the parties.
Items created from source obligations
An item created from a source obligation can show the clause reference and quoted passage used to create it. Its Reading link opens the engagement reading.
A project member with correction authority can correct a value when the document states something different. The correction creates a new version and keeps the earlier version in history.
A manually created item may have no source link. A quote shows the basis of Nebula's reading; it does not prove the interpretation or bind another party.
When documents change
Uploading a document revision does not silently replace the existing reading. Nebula names the newer revision, offers a comparison and leaves the existing reading in place until an authorised project member chooses to re-read the documents.
A delivery item created from a source obligation stays linked to the exact reading version it used. If a later reading changes that source, the item identifies the older basis and directs the member back to Reading.
Where to next
- Proof you can check explains the integrity record for eligible events.
- What Nebula does explains how the delivery workspace operates.
- Reliability scores explains how eligible delivery events contribute to a track record.