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Complementary Insights

The Complementary Insights module discovers connections between your recent work and older notes you may have forgotten. It surfaces relevant context that could enhance your current thinking.

What It Shows

For each recent note you've edited, this module finds older notes that:

  • Share similar topics or themes
  • Contain related information
  • Could provide useful context or background

How It Works

  1. Identify Recent Activity - Finds notes you've recently created or modified
  2. Analyze Content - Examines the topics, keywords, and themes in recent notes
  3. Search Historical Notes - Looks through older notes for related content
  4. Rank Relevance - Scores potential matches by relevance
  5. Present Connections - Shows the most relevant older notes for each recent edit

Example Output

Complementary Notes for Your Recent Edits

For "Project Alpha Planning" (edited today)

You might find these older notes relevant:

  • Project Beta Retrospective (6 months ago) - Contains lessons learned that may apply to your current planning
  • Resource Allocation Framework (1 year ago) - Your previous framework for project staffing

For "Market Research Q1" (edited yesterday)

Consider revisiting:

  • Competitor Analysis 2023 (8 months ago) - Previous competitive landscape analysis
  • Customer Interview Notes (4 months ago) - Direct customer feedback that may inform your research

Why This Matters

Knowledge management tools often suffer from "write once, forget forever" syndrome. You capture valuable information but rarely revisit it. Complementary Insights actively combats this by:

  • Surfacing forgotten context - Notes you wrote months or years ago become relevant again
  • Building on past work - Don't reinvent the wheel when you've already captured similar ideas
  • Strengthening connections - Discover relationships between notes you didn't realize existed

Configuration

AI Mode

With AI enabled:

  • Semantic similarity matching
  • Context-aware relevance scoring
  • Natural language explanations of why notes are connected

Rule-Based Mode

Without AI:

  • Tag-based matching
  • Link relationship analysis
  • Keyword overlap detection

Tips for Best Results

Consistent Tagging

Use consistent tags across your vault. The module uses tags to find related content when semantic analysis isn't available.

Descriptive Content

Notes with clear, descriptive content produce better matches. Bullet points and headers help the analysis.

If every note links to every other note, the signal gets lost in noise. Be intentional about links for better complementary suggestions.