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title: "Articles"
slug: "product-manual-compass-articles"
updated: 2026-10-29T17:36:54Z
published: 2026-10-29T17:36:54Z
canonical: "docs.ursahealth.com/product-manual-compass-articles"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Articles

Articles are reference documents in the Compass knowledge base. They provide the AI with domain-specific context — such as methodology descriptions, policy summaries, or analytic guidelines — that it can consult during sessions via the [SEARCH_ARTICLES and READ_ARTICLE](/v1/docs/product-manual-compass-tools-reference#article-tools) tools.

## Structure

Each article has three fields:

- **Name** — A unique identifier for the article.
- **Summary** — A brief description of the article's contents (single paragraph, no line breaks).
- **Body** — The full article text.

## Managing Articles

Articles are managed under **Configuration > Articles**. The summary field strips line breaks automatically, enforcing the single-paragraph convention.

## Using Articles in Sessions

To make articles available to the AI during a session, enable the **Search Articles** and/or **Read Article** tools on the diagnostic or diagnostic definition. When either tool is enabled:

1. The AI can use **SEARCH_ARTICLES** to find articles by keyword and see contextual snippets. The system prompt does not list the articles, so searching is how the AI discovers them.
2. The AI can use **READ_ARTICLE** to retrieve the full contents of a specific article.

The pages of this Compass product manual are also available to both tools as articles, named `Compass Product Manual - <Page>` (for example, `Compass Product Manual - Sessions`). They do not appear under Configuration > Articles.

See the [Tools Reference](/v1/docs/product-manual-compass-tools-reference#article-tools) for details on how these tools work.

## Library Sync

Articles can be synced from the Ursa Health canonical library, alongside diagnostic definitions and explorer personas. The **Library** tab under Configuration shows which articles match, are missing, or have diverged from the library version. See [Configuration — Library](/v1/docs/product-manual-compass-configuration#library) for details.

## Access Control

- **Authenticated users** can view the article list.
- **Reviewers** can view the article list but cannot create, edit, or delete articles.
- **Compass Authors** (and above) can create, edit, and delete articles.