Core Concepts

Understanding these concepts helps you get more out of Moongraph and troubleshoot when things don't work as expected.

These pages explain why things work the way they do—not step-by-step instructions. For task-oriented guides, see How-To Guides.

Overview

Moongraph transforms documents into structured, queryable knowledge. Here's what happens:

1. Documents are chunked — Split into smaller segments for search and retrieval
2. Chunks are embedded — Converted to vectors that capture semantic meaning
3. Entities are extracted — People, organizations, locations, and other "things" are identified
4. Relationships are found — Connections between entities are extracted
5. Duplicates are resolved — Entity resolution merges different mentions of the same thing
6. A graph is built — Entities and relationships form a connected network

The Agent uses this structure to answer questions with citations, drawing from both document chunks and graph relationships.

Concept guides