inspect
Returns a detailed view of a specific entity: its full dossier, version history, and all relationships.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|
name | string | Yes | Name of the entity to inspect |
What it returns
- Dossier: comprehensive summary of everything known about this entity
- Version history: how the entity’s knowledge has changed over time
- Relationships: all connections to other entities, with relationship descriptions
- Source conversations: which conversations contributed to this entity’s knowledge
Example
“Tell me everything BaseLayer knows about Sarah Chen”
The AI calls: inspect(name: "Sarah Chen") and returns:
Sarah Chen (person)
Frontend engineer at Stripe. Previously worked on the dashboard redesign at Acme Corp. Tech lead on the payments migration project. Connected to: David (manager), payments migration (tech lead), Stripe (employer), React (primary framework).
Last updated: 2 days ago. 4 versions.
When to use
- Deep dive into a specific person, project, or concept
- Verifying what BaseLayer knows before making corrections
- Understanding the full context around an entity
- Reviewing version history to see how knowledge evolved
inspect returns much more detail than recall. Use recall to find entities, then inspect to get the full picture on a specific one.
