Causal Map app | feature overview
Causal Map features
Everything you need to code, filter, and report causal claims across qualitative data.
Steve Powell | Causal Map Ltd | hello@causalmap.app
app.causalmap.app | garden.causalmap.app
Start by hand on a small sample to build your understanding. Then turn on AI coding to scale to hundreds of documents, with human review and edit at every step.
AI features need a separate subscription.
Getting started
Every new account gets a personal copy of an anonymised tutorial project to practise manual coding on real data.
Getting started
A built-in help drawer plus a standalone Guide. Searchable, with contextual help buttons on every panel.
Getting started
Save any view as a URL bookmark. The same URL always returns to the same map or table.
Projects and sources
Organise many projects with tags. Each project holds its own sources, links, and bookmarks.
Projects and sources
Drop PDF or DOCX files straight into a project. Use section separators to split a long document into multiple sources.
Projects and sources
Add fields like gender, location or role to every source and edit them spreadsheet-style.
Projects and sources
Group sources by stakeholder, theme or any custom column. Compare what each group says causes what.
Projects and sources
See how your sample breaks down by demographic before you start coding.
Manual coding
Read your source text and highlight phrases. Each highlight becomes a causal link between two factors.
Manual coding
Jump to key phrases across selected sources without leaving the coding pane.
Manual coding
Mark links as doubtful, hypothetical or weak, or add your own tags. Filter on tags later.
Manual coding
Rename, merge or search-and-replace factor labels across all links at once.
AI coding
Run the full pipeline (auto-code, revise codebook, recode) in one go from a single set-up modal.
AI coding
AI reads each source and extracts causal links. Choose a sample size (1, 5, 20%, 50%, 100%) and skip already-coded sources.
AI coding
Ask the model to draft a whole-network diagram first, then convert it to links. Reduces fragmentation on complex texts.
AI coding
Consolidate raw factor labels into a cleaner codebook, optionally with embedding-based pre-clustering.
AI coding
Map raw labels onto your codebook by AI index matching or embedding similarity.
AI coding
Add an extra prompt to individual sources when different documents need different framing.
Filter and analyse
Stack over twenty filter types in a pipeline. Reorder, repeat or toggle individual steps.
Filter and analyse
Keep only the most-cited links and factors. Count by citations, sources or other measures.
Filter and analyse
Trace paths from any cause to any effect and see which intermediate factors connect them.
Filter and analyse
Split links by stakeholder group and compare. Who says what?
Filter and analyse
Watch your map build up by source, time period or any custom column.
Filter and analyse
Cluster similar labels with embeddings. Soft Recode Plus, Auto Recode, Optimized Cluster and Tribes give different angles.
Maps, tables and charts
A live causal network. Click any link to see the underlying quotes. Drag, zoom or arrange on a grid.
Maps, tables and charts
Style nodes and edges by colour, size and shape from any factor or link column.
Maps, tables and charts
AI writes a short evidence-based summary of the current map, with quotes.
Maps, tables and charts
Editable list of every factor with citation counts, demographic breakdowns and statistical significance testing.
Maps, tables and charts
Every link with its supporting quote. Bulk-edit tags, print quotes grouped by factor pair, or assess evidence quality.
Maps, tables and charts
Drag and drop to cross-tabulate any link or factor field. Heatmaps, charts, significance testing, export.
Reports, sharing and collaboration
Bundle bookmarked maps and tables into a multi-page report. Every finding links back to the source text.
Reports, sharing and collaboration
Ask plain-language questions of your project. Answers grounded in your sources, links and factors.
Reports, sharing and collaboration
Invite collaborators by email with view or edit permissions. Public projects viewable by anyone logged in.
Reports, sharing and collaboration
Live updates when teammates add or edit links. Useful for workshops and demonstrations.
Requires Team subscription.
Reports, sharing and collaboration
Restore any earlier state of a project. Roll back accidental bulk edits.
Reports, sharing and collaboration
Optional 2FA per account. Admins can enforce it organisation-wide.
App (free for core functionality)
app.causalmap.app
Knowledge garden
garden.causalmap.app
Features page
causalmap.app/features
Sign up free and open the built-in example project.
Step-by-step guidance for every panel in the Causal Map Guide.
Sister site for AI interviews: qualiainterviews.com
Questions, please.
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