reduce

name	reduce
description	Extract atomic insights from raw source material. Takes articles, transcripts, meeting notes, or any unstructured input and produces structured claims with provenance metadata. The foundational extraction step of the 6R processing pipeline. Triggers on: "extract", "reduce", "distill", "summarize source"

/reduce

Extract insights from source material into atomic, reusable claims.

Purpose

Transform raw input (articles, transcripts, notes, documents) into structured atomic claims — each with provenance, confidence, and topic tags. This is the core extraction step: it turns noise into signal. Every claim stands alone and can be recombined later.

Usage

# Reduce a file
/reduce path/to/transcript.md

# Reduce inline text
/reduce --text "Ed called about pricing. He wants $2K per seat for enterprise..."

# Reduce with explicit source metadata
/reduce path/to/article.md --source "HBR" --date 2026-03-15

# Reduce with depth control
/reduce path/to/paper.pdf --depth deep

# Reduce multiple files
/reduce path/to/*.md --batch

Arguments

Flag	Type	Default	Description
<input>	positional	required	File path, glob pattern, or --text for inline
--text	string