Atoms

An atom is a typed fact extracted from a work-defining document

(contract, SOW, scope, brief, specification, MSA, change order,

requirements document, RFP, anything that defines what's being

delivered) or operational record. The eleven kinds are: clause, fact,

definition, entity, quantity, reference, negotiation, meta_document,

document, obligation, evidence.

Why typed

Plain prose lets too many things mean too many things. By insisting

that every meaningful claim becomes an atom of a specific kind with a

schema-validated payload, Nebula turns the document into a queryable

graph. The Brain tab traverses that graph; the Verify engine relies on

it.

Every atom carries a sourceQuote plus the page and char range where

it came from. Click any atom to see the exact text Nebula used; this

is what makes the engine's reasoning auditable.

The reason for source quotes is not transparency for its own sake.

It's so a third party (a court, an auditor, a counterparty) can verify

that the atom Nebula is acting on is actually present in the document

both parties signed. Without that, the engines reduce to "trust the

software".