Reveal the reasoning in a few beats

Why distillation matters

When you're reading strategy memos, academic papers, or customer research, the thesis and support often stretch across multiple paragraphs. Distill reduces that cognitive tax by compressing an argument into a three-part card: Core Idea, Key Evidence, and Essential Logic. You get the skeleton of the reasoning without losing precision.

Common use cases

• Research synthesis: Surface the takeaway, supporting data points, and causal chain in 10 seconds
• Product reviews: Validate whether notes actually justify the recommendation being made
• Executive updates: Extract the line of reasoning behind long-form updates before responding
• Customer feedback: Trace which quotes back up a reported pain point or requested feature

How the tool works

Every Distill run returns the same three-part card, so you always know what you’ll get:

1. Core Idea — a single sentence stating the main claim.
2. Key Evidence — up to three bullets capturing proof, examples, or data.
3. Essential Logic — one sentence that explains how the evidence supports the core idea.

That uniform structure makes it easy to skim several distills back-to-back, compare arguments, and spot any missing support at a glance.

Pairing with Explain and Quiz

Use Explain before Distill when the concept itself is fuzzy. Explain breaks things down from first principles so the terminology is clear. Then run Distill to check whether the text's reasoning actually hangs together. Finish with Quiz by turning the Core Idea and Key Evidence into recall cards—this makes sure you remember the argument and can challenge it later.

Best practices

• Highlight complete thoughts so the Core Idea and Evidence aren't clipped mid-sentence.
• Edit the generated bullets to match your team's vocabulary before sharing.
• Save critical distills in your notes and revisit them with Quiz cards to reinforce the logic over time.
• Re-run Distill after major document edits to confirm the argumentative spine still makes sense.