Policy Discovery Report | Abstract

💡 Generating a Policy Discovery Report may take 1-2 minutes to complete.
Each time you generate a Policy Discovery Report, Abstract re-reads your Public Footprint, your uploaded documents, and all jurisdictions available in your workspace. This ensures your report always reflects the most up-to-date information, but it also means that generation can take a while. Please wait a moment while the system generates the best result.

Overview

Policy Discovery Reports allow Abstract to automatically identify policy items that are relevant to your organization. By reading your Public Footprint and your uploaded materials, Abstract searches across all available jurisdictions to find bills, regulations, or policy proposals that may affect you or your clients.

Each Policy Discovery Report gives you a curated set of policy items that match your organization’s context, helping you stay ahead of emerging legislation and regulatory trends without having to search manually.

How It Works

When you run a Policy Discovery Report, Abstract performs a full read of your data. It reads your Public Footprint, your uploaded files, and all jurisdictions available in your workspace. Using that information, Abstract identifies policy items that appear most relevant to your organization’s operations, industry, and focus areas.

The report provides
• A list of policy items matched to your context
• Short descriptions and status updates for each item
• Jurisdiction and issue area filters for refinement
• Linked references for deeper analysis

Each time you run a Policy Discovery Report, Abstract re-reads your sources to ensure results reflect the most current information.

Generating a Policy Discovery Report

First, Create a New Conversation

Click + New Chat
From the left-hand navigation bar, select + New Chat.
Add a Title
Select the title you would like to save for this conversation.
Optionally, you may also skip this step, and Abstract will auto-generate a title.
Select Uploads
Choose "Use All Uploads" and Abstract will use every file you have uploaded as context in this conversation.
Choose "Select Specific Uploads" to manually select the specific uploads Abstract has access to in this conversation.
Create the Chat
Click "Create Chat" to create the conversation.

Next, Generate the Impact Report

Open the Policy Discovery Report settings
Click the "Run Policy Discovery" button. This will display the settings to generate an Impact Report.
Filter by Jurisdiction
Select the specific jurisdictions you want your Policy Discovery Report to focus on.
Optionally, you can also skip this step to Select All jurisdictions you have available in your Abstract workspace.
Select Issue Areas, Keywords, or other Prompts
You can narrow your results by entering jurisdictions, issue areas, or keywords. Abstract also supports natural language instructions.
Example:
“Healthcare, but nothing related to CVS.”
“Technology policy in California and New York only.”
Select a Timespan
Choose the timespan you want set in your Policy Discovery report based on the Latest Action of each policy item. You can select:
1. Last 7 days
2. Last 30 days
3. Last 60 days
4. Last 90 days
5. This year
6. Last year
7. Last 2 years
Run the Report
Click Discover Policy. The report may take a few minutes to complete as Abstract reads your footprint, your uploads, and all available policy data.

Reviewing the Report

Once the Policy Discovery Report has been generated, you will see
• A list of relevant policy items ranked by connection to your organization
• Each item’s title, jurisdiction, and summary
• Links to read more, open related bills, or generate Impact and Strategy Reports
• Filters to refine or expand your view

You can export, save, or schedule automatic discovery reports for recurring analysis.

Daily Discovery Reports

Your workspace includes a pre-scheduled Daily Discovery Report. This feature allows you to start each day with an updated list of newly identified policy items relevant to your organization. As you continue uploading materials, Abstract automatically incorporates them into your Daily Discovery results.

Best Practices

• Run new discovery reports after major updates to your uploads or organizational data
• Use natural language for quick, flexible filtering instead of strict keyword lists
• Schedule recurring discovery to stay continuously informed
• Convert high-priority findings into Impact or Strategy Reports for deeper analysis

Common Use Cases

Scenario	Example
Daily monitoring	Review new policy items relevant to your business each morning
Client intelligence	Identify emerging legislation that may affect key clients
Issue tracking	Explore all new activity related to a specific topic or regulation

Support and Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues or have questions:

Use the Help Center button in the bottom-right corner of your workspace to contact the Abstract team directly.
Messages sent through this channel go straight to your Client Partner, ensuring a quick response.
You can also request a follow-up training session to discuss how to get the most out of tracking reports.