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How Wickline reads, searches and cites

Five questions people ask before they trust a research assistant with real work, answered with the product itself.

Which files can it actually read?

The files you already keep, scans included

Fourteen formats, up to 200 MB each. Wickline keeps the page, paragraph, slide or cell for every passage, so a citation always lands somewhere real.

  • PDFs, typed or scanned

    Scans go through text recognition first. Faded pages get a confidence note on their sources.

  • Spreadsheets and tables

    XLSX and CSV keep their rows and headers, and tables inside scans are rebuilt cell by cell.

  • Documents and slides

    DOCX keeps headings and tracked changes. PPTX cites the slide number and the speaker notes.

  • Saved web pages

    Paste a link and Wickline saves a copy, so the source doesn't change under your answer.

  • Email exports

    EML and MBOX files keep sender, date and thread, which makes "who agreed to what" answerable.

  • Notes and plain text

    Markdown, TXT and HTML from your wiki read cleanly, with headings as locations.

What does a real answer look like?

Plain words, the searches it ran, and a source for each claim

This is a real thread layout from the app. Open the tool calls, click a number, and see how each sentence ties back to a passage.

Q3 board pack: what changedBoard packs · 22 files
What changed in the cash position between the Q2 and Q3 board packs?
WicklineWick Deep
  • Input
    { "query": "cash position OR runway OR cash balance", "files": ["board-pack-q2.pdf", "board-pack-q3.pdf"] }
    Output
    18 passages; best: q2 p. 6 table 2, q3 p. 7 table 2, q3 p. 9 note 4
  • Output
    Q2 closing cash 4.82M; Q3 closing cash 3.96M; Q3 monthly burn 287K

Cash fell by $860,000 over the quarter, from $4.82M to $3.96M 1 2. Two things drove most of it:

  • Monthly burn rose to $287,000 after the September hires 2.
  • A one-time $140,000 deposit on the new office 3.

The Q3 pack puts runway at 13.8 months. The Q2 pack didn't state runway, so I can't compare that figure directly.

3 sources
  1. 1
    board-pack-q2.pdfp. 6, table 2
    Closing cash and equivalents $4,820,000
  2. 2
    board-pack-q3.pdfp. 7, table 2
    Closing cash $3,960,000. Average monthly net burn $287,000.
  3. 3
    board-pack-q3.pdfp. 9, note 4
    Includes a refundable deposit of $140,000 on the Marlow Road lease.
Wick Deep · 3 questions

Can it write the memo, not just answer?

Drafts open beside the thread, with their sources kept

Ask for a letter, a summary or a table and it lands in the side panel as an artifact. Edit it there, ask for changes in the thread, and export with citations as footnotes.

  • Versions in the panel, so "go back to v2" is one click
  • The passage the last turn changed is marked until you reply
  • Exports to DOCX and Markdown, citations become footnotes
  • Tables export to CSV with a source column

Who can see my files, and for how long?

You, the people you share with, and nobody else

Files are encrypted at rest and in transit. Model providers process requests under contracts that forbid training and keep nothing after the answer.

What Wickline does

  • Keeps files until you delete them
  • Keeps chats for the retention you choose, from none to a year
  • Logs every share and export for Team admins
  • Lets you export or delete everything from settings

What it never does

  • Train any model on your files or chats
  • Browse the open web unless you paste a link
  • Show your files to other workspaces
  • Sell or share usage data

What shipped recently?

Release notes

  1. 2.4: tables inside scans

    NewReading
    • Scanned tables are rebuilt and cited by cell.
    • Faded pages carry a confidence note on their sources.
  2. 2.3: artifacts export to DOCX

    Drafts in the side panel export with headings kept and citations as footnotes.

  3. 2.2: Wick Deep compares documents

    Ask what changed between two versions and get a clause-by-clause table.

  4. Planned, early 2027

    Audio and meeting recordings

    Transcripts with timestamps as the citation location.

See it on your own files

Bring one document you know well. You'll spot a wrong answer fast, and you'll see how Wickline handles not knowing.

Free for 50 questions a month.

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