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Catalyst Narrative Risk: Getting Started

Start using Catalyst Narrative Risk with a controlled example.

ProductCatalyst Narrative RiskVerified version1.5.0ComponentActor and Audience Context, Approval, Artifact Intake, Case Workspace, Claim Decomposition, Comparison, Counterevidence, Evidence Ledger, Exports and Handoffs, Governance Log, Narrative Mapping, Review Workflow, Risk Dimensions, Scoring Method, Source Ledger, UncertaintyUpdatedJuly 17, 2026Reading time18 minutes
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Catalyst Narrative Risk · Getting Started

Claims, sources, evidence, narrative mapping, risk dimensions, scoring, uncertainty, cases, comparison, review, approval, governance, and handoffs.

Audience: product users, administrators, reviewers, and integrators.

Last verified version: 1.5.0

Reading time: 18–30 minutes

Status: Published support documentation.

Purpose

This guide provides a safe first run of Catalyst Narrative Risk. It explains the product role, the main feature surface, the synthetic demonstration dataset, how to recognize a valid result, and when human or expert review is required.

Capability overview

  • Case Workspace
  • Artifact Intake
  • Claim Decomposition
  • Narrative Mapping
  • Actor and Audience Context
  • Source Ledger
  • Evidence Ledger
  • Risk Dimensions
  • Scoring Method
  • Uncertainty
  • Counterevidence
  • Comparison
  • Review Workflow
  • Approval
  • Governance Log
  • Exports and Handoffs

Prerequisites

  • A modern supported browser or runtime
  • The current installed product and service version
  • A new demonstration workspace
  • No confidential, personal, credential, or production information
  • A named reviewer for consequential output

Sample data

This article uses a fictional Resilient Community Retrofit Program. The files contain one demonstration row for every documented feature, so each capability can be tested without private or production data.

Download CSV feature examples · Download JSON workspace example

Preview

# Feature Sample action Expected result Classification
1 Case Workspace create NR-RETROFIT-001 a persistent narrative-risk case synthetic-demo
2 Artifact Intake register a public retrofit announcement with URL, date, version, and custody a source-preserved communication artifact synthetic-demo
3 Claim Decomposition separate cost, emissions, comfort, and timeline claims atomic claim records synthetic-demo
4 Narrative Mapping map frames, causal stories, heroes, harms, omissions, and implied action a structured narrative map synthetic-demo
5 Actor and Audience Context record speaker, institution, intended audience, affected groups, and power context actor and audience records synthetic-demo

The downloadable files include all 16 feature rows.

Procedure

  1. Open the product from its canonical Sustainable Catalyst page or administrative route.
  2. Confirm the product and backend version before creating data.
  3. Create a synthetic workspace named NARRATIVE-RISK-RETROFIT-001.
  4. Download the CSV and JSON examples supplied below.
  5. Use the feature matrix to complete the first six feature checkpoints.
  6. Save, close, and reopen the workspace to verify persistence.
  7. Inspect warnings, sources, units, permissions, and lifecycle state.
  8. Export or hand off only after completing the verification checklist.

1. Case Workspace

Action: create NR-RETROFIT-001.

Expected result: a persistent narrative-risk case.

2. Artifact Intake

Action: register a public retrofit announcement with URL, date, version, and custody.

Expected result: a source-preserved communication artifact.

3. Claim Decomposition

Action: separate cost, emissions, comfort, and timeline claims.

Expected result: atomic claim records.

4. Narrative Mapping

Action: map frames, causal stories, heroes, harms, omissions, and implied action.

Expected result: a structured narrative map.

5. Actor and Audience Context

Action: record speaker, institution, intended audience, affected groups, and power context.

Expected result: actor and audience records.

6. Source Ledger

Action: preserve origin, retrieval, version, and custody.

Expected result: a source ledger.

Expected output

  • a persistent narrative-risk case
  • a source-preserved communication artifact
  • atomic claim records
  • a structured narrative map
  • actor and audience records
  • a source ledger
  • A saved record that reopens without data loss
  • An export or handoff that identifies product, version, artifact, source, and review state

Verification

  • Every sample value remains attached to its identifier and classification.
  • Warnings remain visible and are not silently treated as approval.
  • The saved workspace reopens in a clean session.
  • The product and version shown in output match the installed release.
  • Another reviewer can understand how the output was produced.

Responsible use

Avoid automated accusation, profiling, or definitive judgments; preserve context, counterevidence, uncertainty, and human review.

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