Guide 8 of 10
Understanding Source Citations
How to read, verify, and navigate to source documents from any answer.
Why citations matter
Mnemo cites the source of every answer it gives. This is not just a feature — it is fundamental to how the system is designed. In professional work, you need to be able to verify information, trace it back to its origin, and show where it came from. Mnemo makes this straightforward.
What a citation contains
Each citation in a Mnemo response includes:
- ›The name of the source document
- ›The section or page number (where available)
- ›The specific passage that informed the answer
How to use citations
- 1After receiving an answer, look at the citation tags below or alongside the response.
- 2Click on a citation to see the source passage highlighted in context.
- 3If you want to view the full source document, click 'Open document' in the citation panel.
- 4The document will open with the relevant section visible.
- 5You can also copy the citation reference if you need to record it for an audit trail or note.
Multiple citations
Some answers draw on more than one source document. In that case, you will see multiple citations. This is normal — it means Mnemo found relevant information across several files and combined it into a single response. You can check each source independently.
When there are no citations
If Mnemo cannot find reliable information in your documents to support an answer, it will say so. It will not produce an uncited response. If you receive a response without citations, it will be because no relevant document content was found — not because the system made something up.