> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.usealmanac.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sources, pages, and citations

> Distinguish original evidence from readable wiki knowledge.

Almanac keeps evidence and explanation separate but connected.

| Layer    | Purpose                                    | Typical operation              |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------ |
| Source   | Preserve an original file and its metadata | Upload, tree, search, download |
| Page     | Present readable, synthesized knowledge    | Search, read, Garden           |
| Citation | Connect a page claim to source evidence    | Show page sources              |

## Sources are durable evidence

The source library preserves original bytes and filenames. Almanac may organize
the final library path from the file's content. Source search matches metadata;
it does not search arbitrary extracted file contents.

## Pages are the reading layer

Pages use extensionless, folder-aware paths such as
`operations/customer-onboarding`. Their Markdown body is written for people and
agents to read, not as a mirror of the file tree.

## Citations make the relationship inspectable

A page can expose its connected sources and the job that last changed it. That
lets a reader move from synthesis back to evidence instead of trusting a generated
answer blindly.

Use the model in [Search and read pages](/guides/search-read) and [Trace a page to
its sources](/guides/inspect-evidence).