When you chat with Anna inside a project, she already has context about your work — your Business Model Canvas, notes, and action plans are part of what she knows about you. You don’t need to explain your project from scratch every time you open the chat.
What Anna already knows
When you’re working within a project, Anna has access to:
- Your Business Model Canvas and its current content
- Your action plans and their status
- Your notes
- Your chat history for that project
This means you can jump straight into a question — “Is my value proposition strong enough?” or “What should I focus on this week?” — and Anna will answer in the context of your actual project, not with generic advice.
When and why you’d add extra references
Sometimes you want Anna to focus on a specific part of your work, bring in something new, or emphasise something she might not be weighing heavily enough. That’s when referencing is useful.
For example:
- You’ve just updated your value proposition and want feedback specifically on the new version
- You’ve written a note from a customer interview and want Anna to draw insights from it
- You want to discuss a specific action plan in detail without Anna drawing from the broader project context
- You have documents or files you want to upload and add to Anna’s knowledge about your project.
In these cases, attaching or referencing that item tells Anna: this is what I want you to focus on right now.
How to add a reference
Option 1: Idea Capture panel
The Idea Capture panel sits to the right of the Anna chat and gives you quick access to your action plans and notes.
- Open the panel using the Idea Capture icon in the top right corner of the chat interface.
- Browse your work across the tabs.
- Click to reference an item — it will attach to your next message.
See Using the Idea Capture panel with Anna for full details.
Option 2: Paste or describe it directly
You can also paste content or describe something directly in your message. For example: “I just rewrote my value proposition to this: ‘…’. What do you think?” Anna will use whatever you share.
Tips
- Let Anna work from context first — Before manually referencing something, try asking your question directly. Anna may already have what she needs.
- Reference when you want focus — Use references to point Anna at a specific piece of work, especially after you’ve made updates you want feedback on.
- Build on previous sessions — Your chat history is part of Anna’s context too. You don’t need to re-explain decisions you’ve already discussed.
Still not sure how referencing works?
Our Discord community is a great place to get help from the Edventures team, learn from other users, and connect with fellow founders.