Quickstart

This walks through one archive from start to finish. You need hydra-ctl installed and some FollowTheMoney JSON records.

No data yet? Try the demo

Every example in this guide uses the Breaking Bad demo archive. To build it yourself:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meridiangray/open-hydra
hydra-ctl init demo --name "Breaking Bad"
cp open-hydra/examples/demo/collections/*.json demo/collections/
cp open-hydra/examples/demo/.hydra/rules/positions.yaml demo/.hydra/rules/
cd demo
hydra-ctl build
hydra-ctl tree gus

1. Create an archive

hydra-ctl init case --name "My Case" --prefix mc
cd case

init creates the folder from the built-in template. Hydra Archives explains what is in it.

2. Add records

Copy your .json files into collections/, or load one with import, which checks that it reads as records first:

hydra-ctl import ~/exports/people.json --format ftm

3. Build

hydra-ctl build      # merge, place and write .hydra/parsed/
hydra-ctl check      # problems in the files

4. Look around

hydra-ctl details                  # one-screen summary
hydra-ctl tree                     # the org chart
hydra-ctl claims "Some Name"       # where each value came from
hydra-ctl sources                  # which documents cite what

5. Answer the open questions

hydra-ctl todo       # count what is open
hydra-ctl review     # answer them one by one

Reviewing shows what each question looks like.

6. Share it

hydra-ctl pack                         # one portable .hydra file
hydra-ctl export --format graphml      # for Gephi, yEd, Cytoscape