How Expertise Extraction
Works
A 4-week process to transform tacit knowledge into permanent, structured infrastructure.
The Difference Between
Searching and Reasoning
Most AI tools work by searching your content for similar words. Upload your books, ask a question, get back paragraphs that mention relevant terms. We build something different: a structured map of how your ideas actually connect.
How Standard AI Tools Work
The Process:
- Upload your content (books, PDFs, transcripts)
- AI converts text to mathematical representations
- User asks question - AI finds "similar" text chunks
- AI summarizes what it found
What This Enables:
- FAQ-style answers
- Basic content retrieval
- Finding passages that mention specific topics
What This Struggles With:
- Questions requiring connecting ideas across contexts
- Understanding how your thinking evolved over time
- Finding frameworks when users don't use your terminology
- Maintaining coherence across complex topics
How Knowledge Graph Extraction Works
The Process:
- Extract mental models through structured interviews
- Map conceptual relationships, not just content
- Build custom structure for your specific domain
- Create traversable architecture of how ideas connect
What This Enables:
- Multi-step reasoning (“How does X connect to Y through Z?”)
- Temporal coherence (understanding how thinking evolved)
- Semantic intelligence (finding concepts regardless of terminology)
- True cognitive fidelity (reasoning like you, not just echoing you)
The Outcome: Answers grounded in your actual logic—because it's reasoning through your structure, not searching your words.
The Difference in Practice
Question: “How would you handle a market downturn?”
Standard AI Response:
Searches for “market” + “downturn” - Returns text chunks mentioning those words - Generic advice
Knowledge Graph Response:
Traverses relationships - Finds your framework “The Winter Harvest” (which never uses “downturn”) - Connects to your 2021 refinement on interest rates - Synthesizes your specific strategy using your reasoning
The Outcome: Standard AI produces generic responses. A knowledge graph produces answers grounded in your actual logic—because it's reasoning through your structure, not searching your words.
The Process: Week by Week
This isn't content collection. It's systematic excavation of how you think—the frameworks you use unconsciously, the connections you make intuitively, the logic beneath your expertise.
Discovery & Interviews
The Objective: Surface your unconscious competence—the patterns you use without naming them.
What Happens:
- 8-10 hours of structured interviews (3-4 sessions)
- Questions designed to extract tacit knowledge
- Processing of all source material (books, courses, transcripts, recordings)
- Initial pattern recognition across your body of work
Your Involvement:
- Active participation in interviews (we ask questions you've never considered)
- Providing access to source materials
- Validation of initial framework identification
What Emerges:
Initial framework map showing your conceptual structure. Patterns you use unconsciously, now made visible. Foundation for the structured extraction.
Why this matters: Most experts can't fully articulate their own methodology. The frameworks that make them effective are often invisible to them—used instinctively but never named.
Structure Design
The Objective: Design the custom architecture that will house your expertise.
What Happens:
- Custom structure design for your domain
- Definition of concept types (frameworks, principles, methods, beliefs, etc.)
- Relationship mapping (what enables what, what contradicts what, what evolved into what)
- Classification of everything extracted in Week 1
Your Involvement:
- Review the structural blueprint
- Validate how concepts connect in your worldview
- Approve the architecture before construction
What Emerges:
Complete structural documentation. Visualization of how your thinking is organized. Custom classification system for your domain.
In the Vitale project: 21 custom node types designed specifically for consciousness and manifestation concepts.
Graph Construction
The Objective: Build the actual knowledge graph from the architectural plans.
What Happens:
- Entity resolution and deduplication across sources
- Relationship building between all concepts
- Cross-source discovery (finding connections implied but never stated)
- Evidence attachment (your exact words supporting each concept)
- Temporal properties (tracking when you believed what)
Your Involvement:
- Minimal (this is the construction phase)
- Available for clarifying questions on ambiguous connections
What Emerges:
Complete knowledge graph. Technical documentation. Initial query testing results.
In the Vitale project: Cross-source discovery found 72.8% more conceptual connections than initial extraction—relationships Joe had implied across different contexts but never explicitly stated together.
Calibration & Deployment
The Objective: Ensure fidelity—it must reason like you, not approximate you.
What Happens:
- Comprehensive testing across all response types
- Voice preservation tuning (cadence, vocabulary, tone)
- Query optimization
- Edge case handling (what happens when it doesn't know?)
- First application deployment
Your Involvement:
- Active testing (“Does this sound like me?”)
- Feedback on any response that feels off
- Approval before deployment
What Emerges:
Production-ready knowledge graph. Your first deployed application. 90-day optimization support begins.
We don't ship until you approve. Every response is tested against: “Would I say this this way?” Close enough isn't enough.
Explore a Real Extraction
This is a portion of Joe Vitale's Knowledge Graph—408 entities, 545 relationships, extracted from his complete body of work.
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408 nodes • 535 relationships
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What the Architecture Enables
For those who want to understand the technical advantages:
Multi-Step Reasoning
The Challenge: "How does your view on entrepreneurship connect to your philosophy on leadership through your writing on systems thinking?"
Why Standard AI Struggles
Retrieves three separate text chunks. Can't traverse relationships across concepts. Attempts to stitch together unrelated fragments.
How Knowledge Graphs Solve
Follows relationship paths through the structure. Returns integrated answer showing how concepts genuinely connect in your worldview.
Semantic Intelligence
The Challenge: You call your approach "The Winter Harvest." A user asks about "recession strategies."
Why Standard AI Struggles
Terminology mismatch. Can't connect your unique language to generic questions. Returns irrelevant results or generic content.
How Knowledge Graphs Solve
Semantic relationships map your terminology to concepts. Finds your framework even when users don't know your vocabulary.
Temporal Coherence
The Challenge: Your 2015 book recommended X. Your 2023 book recommends Y (which contradicts X). Which is current?
Why Standard AI Struggles
Treats all content equally. No concept of evolution. Might blend contradictory positions.
How Knowledge Graphs Solve
Temporal properties track when you believed what. Returns current position while showing the evolution when relevant.
Holistic Synthesis
The Challenge: "What's your overall philosophy on leadership?"
Why Standard AI Struggles
Searches for "leadership" -> Returns scattered fragments -> Creates false coherence from unrelated pieces.
How Knowledge Graphs Solve
Aggregates all relationships connected to the concept. Synthesizes from structure, not fragments. Returns coherent answer reflecting your integrated worldview.
Evidence Traceability
The Challenge: "Where did this advice come from?"
Why Standard AI Struggles
Black box. Can't trace reasoning back to sources. "The AI said it" is the only answer.
How Knowledge Graphs Solve
Every concept includes supporting quotes—your exact words. Every response traces back to specific sources. Complete audit trail.
What You Receive
At the end of 4 weeks, you receive permanent infrastructure—not a subscription service.
Your Knowledge Graph
408 entities, 545 relationships
A structured map of your expertise—concepts, relationships, temporal properties, and evidence citations.
- Format: Portable file you own outright
- Typical Scope: 300-500 entities, 400-600 relationships
- Ownership: Yours permanently. No licensing, no subscriptions.
Hosting Options: We host (recommended) | You host (for technical teams) | Hybrid
Technical Documentation
Complete schema documentation
Complete documentation enabling future development and integration.
- Structural blueprint
- Entity type definitions
- Relationship type catalog
- Integration documentation
- Query pattern examples
Your graph can integrate with future platforms, AI models, or applications. You're never locked to our implementation.
Your First Application
Deployed and ready to use
We don't just deliver a file—we deploy it into your chosen application.
- Subscription product (AI mentor, coaching tool)
- Content engine (draft generation, voice multiplication)
- Team intelligence (decision support, training)
- Assessment tool (diagnostic, recommendation system)
- Custom application (aligned with your specific needs)
Included: Implementation and infrastructure, user interface, integration with existing systems, launch support.
90-Day Optimization
Continued refinement
Continued refinement as you deploy and learn.
- Unlimited refinement sessions
- Response quality monitoring
- Edge case handling
- Voice preservation tuning
- Query optimization
Real-world usage reveals patterns we couldn't predict. We optimize based on actual performance.
You Own It. Permanently.
Most AI tools are subscriptions. Your knowledge graph is infrastructure you own.
Subscription Model
Standard AI Tools
- Pay monthly indefinitely
- Locked to vendor's platform
- Features change at vendor's discretion
- Data extraction often impossible
- If you stop paying, you lose access
Ownership Model
Knowledge Graph
- One-time extraction investment
- Platform-agnostic architecture
- Full control over features and deployment
- Complete data portability
- Asset appreciates as you add to it
Future-Proof Architecture
The AI landscape changes:
New models emerge. New platforms launch. Vendors change terms or shut down.
Your response:
Your knowledge graph plugs into whatever comes next. The structured expertise is separate from the implementation layer. Your graph remains constant, portable, yours.
Because you own the infrastructure:
Subscription tools can't do any of this.
Ready to Discuss the Process?
If you have expertise worth extracting and want to understand how this would work for your specific situation, let's talk.