How Starglass works.
Three ways to ask, and what each one hands back.
Compare the three.
| How you ask | Where it runs | What comes back | In the plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick Answer | The Starglass app, in your browser. Sign-in required. | A cited answer with source links. It isn't saved as a Case. | Included |
| Your AI app | Your own AI app, connected to the Starglass tools. | Official records, each passage with a receipt. Your AI app writes the answer. | Included |
| Deep Research | A managed Starglass workspace, set up with you. | A Case Plan you approve, then a Living Case with cited sources. | Not included. Talk to us |
Quick Answer, in your browser.
Ask a focused question. Every sentence in the answer must cite a source, or Quick Answer won't send it.
Checking that the source says what the line claims is still your call.
Inside your AI app.
Your AI app connects to Starglass over MCP, the open standard AI apps use to connect to outside tools.
- You ask.
Search NPPES for Mayo Clinic organizations, then fetch the first record with its citation receipt.
source_searchreturns one record.[source=nppes; record_id=1881018208] MAYO CLINICsource_fetchreturns lines 1–30 of 60 with a receipt.- Your AI app writes the answer from what came back.
sources_list was offered and not used.
Four read-only tools: list sources, search official records, fetch cited passages and check evidence.
The tools search USAspending, SEC filings, FEC committee registrations, Congress, GovInfo, Senate lobbying disclosures and the NPPES provider registry. Starglass checks availability each session.
Citation receiptArchived 2 Oct 2026
- Publisher
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Record
1881018208- Retrieved
2026-10-02 04:41 UTC- Lines
- 1–30 of 60
- Source
- npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/
provider-view/ 1881018208 - Citation ID
nppes:1881018208: 6f1b13e4358cc31d
A registry listing is not proof of a license.
Deep Research, set up with you.
Bring a question and files. Starglass drafts a Case Plan, a research plan you edit in chat. Deep Research pauses at the plan. Nothing runs until you choose Start research.
Starglass then collects sources and keeps a copy of the ones that matter.
The result is a Living Case: the answer, its sources, the conversation and the open questions, kept together.
Bring a spreadsheet too. In a shared Data Project, Starglass works from column summaries and totals. Your raw rows stay private.
When the evidence is weak, Starglass says so:
Where Deep Research looks:
- SEC EDGAR
- FEC
- CourtListener
- USAspending
- OpenSanctions
- ProPublica nonprofit filings
- Senate lobbying disclosures
- GovInfo
- Regulations.gov
It reads them through
Without a connector, it saves the web page or PDF.