Referenta is a workspace built for political and policy work. It brings drafting, research, press monitoring, and contact management together in one dashboard so you can move from "I need to find something" to "I've sent the briefing" without leaving the app.
This guide is written for the people who actually do the work — not for developers. You don't need to know how anything is built underneath. You just need to know which area to open, what to expect there, and how it connects to the next step.
A Quick Tour
Referenta is organized into five areas. Each one is built for a different kind of task:
Assistant
Your AI writing partner. Best when you need to draft, ask questions, or work through something in conversation.
Tools
Focused workspaces for specific jobs — cleaning up text, comparing legal language, transcribing audio, analyzing arguments.
Analysis & Research
Where you find and review source material. Includes Knowledgebase, Research workspaces, and Press Monitor.
Outreach
Manage your contacts and the groups you send to. Includes Contactbase and Distribution Lists.
Organization
Admin settings — invite teammates, update organization details, and find help.
New Here? Start With These
Getting Started
A 5-minute orientation to the dashboard layout and what each area does.
Common Tasks
Real workflows: 'I need to write a briefing', 'I need to scan today's coverage', 'I need to send to journalists'.
Glossary
Plain-language definitions for every name you'll see in the sidebar.
How To Decide Where To Start
A simple rule of thumb:
- "I need to write something." → Start in the Assistant.
- "I need to find a document or article." → Start in Analysis & Research.
- "I have a specific task with a clear shape" (clean up this text, compare these two laws, transcribe this meeting) → Start in Tools.
- "I need to send something to a group of people." → Start in Outreach.
- "I need to add a teammate or change a setting." → Start in Organization.
You'll often use more than one in a single piece of work. That's the point: research in one area, draft in another, send from a third. The next page shows how that looks in practice.