> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.realclear.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Understand a RealClear report

> Read the verdict, evidence, risks, and known unknowns with confidence.

A RealClear report is designed to make the next decision clearer — not to hide uncertainty behind a glossy score. Start with the decision framing, then follow the citations into the evidence that matters.

## Read in this order

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start with the verdict">
    The verdict frames the decision: advance, pause, kill, or investigate further. Treat it as a decision aid informed by the cited record, not a substitute for specialist judgment.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review the risk factors">
    Look for the planning, entitlement, utility, community, regulatory, and comparable-outcome issues that could change the project path.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check known unknowns">
    A good brief says what the evidence does not establish. These gaps are often the best agenda for counsel, consultants, or the next research pass.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the supporting sources">
    Material assertions should lead to their source evidence. Read the underlying record before relying on a finding in a decision meeting or external discussion.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Evidence table and citations

The evidence table is where findings connect to supporting documents and provenance. Use it to separate:

* **Source-backed facts** — supported directly by a cited record.
* **Reasoned implications** — interpretations that should remain anchored to the cited evidence.
* **Open questions** — important matters the available record does not yet answer.

<Note>
  If an assertion matters to a transaction, entitlement position, or external representation, open the citation and have the appropriate professional review it.
</Note>

## Share and collaborate

Use comments to surface a question, request a follow-up, or mark an item for counsel. Share links should be used deliberately: they expose the specific material you intend others to review.

For a product overview and research boundaries, visit [How RealClear works](https://realclear.ai/platform).