Fabric for political science students

Policy documents, case studies, legislative texts, research papers, lecture slides, Hansard transcripts, treaty texts, think tank reports, electoral data. Political science involves some of the densest reading in the humanities, and the texts are often long, formal, and resistant to keyword search. Finding the relevant clause in a policy document or the specific argument in a political theory reading means re-reading sections until you recognise what you're looking for. When you're writing an essay and need to cite the specific passage where Rawls addresses your point, scrolling through 400 pages isn't practical.

Upload your materials to Fabric. The AI assistant makes dense political texts searchable by meaning. "Find every reading that discusses democratic backsliding." "What does Rawls say about distributive justice in the week 5 reading?" "Compare the arguments about sovereignty in my international relations materials." Answers from your assigned readings, not from the internet.

An AI tutor for theory, policy, and case studies

The AI assistant works from your readings, lecture slides, policy documents, legislative texts, and notes. Ask it to trace an argument across multiple theorists in your syllabus. Ask it to find the relevant section of a legislative text or treaty. Ask it to compare perspectives across case studies. Ask it to quiz you on the key debates from a specific module.

The assistant has memory across sessions. It remembers which theorists you've covered, which debates you've engaged with, and builds on your understanding.

Search dense texts by meaning

AI search reads inside every PDF, legislative text, and policy document and searches by meaning. "The argument about institutional decay in my comparative politics readings" finds the passage even if those exact words don't appear in the text. "Every reading that addresses the democratic deficit in the EU" pulls results across your full library.

The search connects across modules. International relations readings are findable when they're relevant to your comparative politics essay.

Record lectures and seminars

AI voice notes record and transcribe lectures, seminars, and guest speaker sessions. The lecturer's argument, the seminar debate, the practitioner's perspective, all captured and searchable. Your typed notes and the transcript merge into one document. See lecture notes.

Annotate and build arguments

Annotations let you highlight arguments, flag key passages, and note connections across readings and policy documents. Your annotations are searchable, so a note about a theorist's weakness from three months ago is findable when it becomes relevant to a new essay.

Draft essays in notes and docs with your readings and lecture notes searchable alongside. The canvas helps you map arguments, compare perspectives, and plan essay structure visually. See research papers.

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Upload your readings and get a tutor that navigates dense political texts with you. Try Fabric free.

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FAQs

Can the AI search dense political texts by meaning?

Yes. AI search finds material by concept, not keyword. It handles legislative texts, policy documents, treaty texts, and academic papers.

Can the AI compare theorists from my syllabus?

Yes. The AI assistant traces arguments across multiple readings and compares perspectives from your assigned materials.

Can I search legislative texts and policy documents?

Yes. The search reads inside every document type and finds the relevant clause, section, or argument by meaning.

Can I record seminars and guest lectures?

Yes. AI voice notes record and transcribe any session with timestamps.

Can the AI quiz me on debates and theories?

Yes. Ask it to test you on the key debates, theorists, or policy frameworks from any module in your programme.

Can I plan essays visually?

Yes. The canvas lets you map arguments and perspectives spatially before writing.

Does it remember what I've studied?

Yes. The assistant has memory across sessions and builds on your understanding of the debates.

Is my data private?

Yes. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption and is CASA Tier 2 compliant. Your data is never used to train AI models.