What Is Clio AGIS?

Commands like [map.highlight] are Stagehand directives — they control the map renderer and pass through schema validation before any visual effect reaches the public output.

[map.view lat=26.5 lon=53 zoom=5]
[map.highlight entity="strait:hormuz" color="#ef4444" opacity=0.5]

[scene.fade color="#020617" opacity=0.32 duration=500]
[scene.title kind=intro eyebrow="CLIO AGIS" title="What Is Clio?" subtitle="Civic intelligence for everybody. Rendered. Sourced. Inspectable."]
This is Clio.
Most AI tools give you a confident answer.
Clio gives you an inspectable one.

[scene.title kind=clear]
[scene.fade opacity=0 duration=500]

// ==========================================
// ACT I · WHAT THIS IS
// ==========================================

[map.clear annotations]
[map.fit entities="country:iran,strait:hormuz,gulf:persian_gulf,country:saudi_arabia,country:oman" padding=110 maxZoom=4.2]

[chat.say source="clio_internal_what_is_clio_2026"]
Every claim in a Clio briefing sits on a map.
[map.highlight entity="strait:hormuz" color="#ef4444" pulse=true]
[map.label entity="strait:hormuz" text="Strait of Hormuz"]
That highlight is not a colored overlay on a slide.
It is a typed entity — with a stable identifier, geographic coordinates, geometry, and source-backed fields.
[source.show id="clio_internal_what_is_clio_2026" text="Clio AGIS: 12,500+ curated entities, 200K+ open-data on demand, 240+ source records." confidence=0.7]
When this script said “Strait of Hormuz,” the apparatus looked it up in the registry.
If the entity did not exist — the command would have been rejected.
That discipline is what separates Clio from a text generator with a globe background.

// ==========================================
// ACT II · THE MAP IS THE ARGUMENT
// ==========================================

[map.clear annotations]
[scene.fade color="#020617" opacity=0.32 duration=500]
[scene.title kind=chapter eyebrow="CLIO AGIS" title="The map is the argument."]
[scene.title kind=clear]
[scene.fade opacity=0 duration=500]

[map.fit entities="country:iran,strait:hormuz,gulf:persian_gulf,country:saudi_arabia" padding=100 maxZoom=4.0]
[map.highlight entity="country:iran" color="#ef4444" opacity=0.25]
[map.highlight entity="strait:hormuz" color="#ef4444" opacity=0.5]

[chat.say source="clio_internal_what_is_clio_2026"]
The map is not background. The map is the argument.
Clio has multiple rhetorical views, and switching between them changes the question.
[map.basemap kind=light]
Reference view: borders, roads, labels, and the administrative surface.
[map.basemap kind=satellite]
Satellite view: stop thinking in borders. Start thinking in land.
[map.basemap kind=nightlights]
Nightlights view: settlement patterns, power, ports, corridors, and where the human system glows.
[map.basemap kind=streets]
Street view: roads, corridors, ports, infrastructure. Ask how things actually move.
[map.basemap kind=light]
View switching is rhetorical, not cosmetic. Each view is asking a different question of the same geography.

// ==========================================
// ACT III · A SOURCE CARD IS A RECEIPT
// ==========================================

[map.clear annotations]
[scene.fade color="#020617" opacity=0.32 duration=500]
[scene.title kind=chapter eyebrow="CLIO AGIS" title="A source card is a receipt."]
[scene.title kind=clear]
[scene.fade opacity=0 duration=500]

[map.fit entities="strait:hormuz,country:iran,country:oman,gulf:persian_gulf" padding=100 maxZoom=5]
[map.highlight entity="strait:hormuz" color="#ef4444" pulse=true]
[map.label entity="strait:hormuz" text="Strait of Hormuz · 39 km at narrowest"]
[flow.animate route="gulf:persian_gulf->strait:hormuz->ocean:indian_ocean" color="#f59e0b" style="solid"]

[chat.say source="clio_internal_what_is_clio_2026"]
[source.show id="clio_internal_what_is_clio_2026" text="Clio AGIS editorial frame — Mnemosyne Research Institute, 2026." confidence=0.7]
That card is not decoration. It is a receipt.
Every claim resolves to a source record with a publisher, a date, a confidence score, and a status: confirmed, reported, claimed, disputed, or inferred.
If a script tries to show a source card that is not in the registry — the artifact test fails. The piece does not ship.
That is the difference between a citation and a caption.
[source.hide]

// ==========================================
// ACT IV · ONE REGISTRY. THE WHOLE MAP.
// ==========================================

[map.clear annotations]
[flow.clear]
[scene.fade color="#020617" opacity=0.32 duration=500]
[scene.title kind=chapter eyebrow="CLIO AGIS" title="One registry. The whole map."]
[scene.title kind=clear]
[scene.fade opacity=0 duration=500]

[map.view lat=20 lon=20 zoom=1.7]
[layer.off admin1_regions]
[layer.off populated_places]

[chat.say source="clio_internal_what_is_clio_2026"]
One registry. The whole map.
[map.fit entities="country:ukraine,country:russia,sea:black_sea" padding=110 maxZoom=3.8]
[map.highlight entity="country:ukraine" color="#3b82f6" opacity=0.45]
[map.highlight entity="country:russia" color="#ef4444" opacity=0.3]
[map.highlight entity="sea:black_sea" color="#3b82f6" opacity=0.4]
The war in Eastern Europe — entities, battle geometry, source-backed casualty estimates.
[map.clear annotations]
[map.fit entities="country:china,country:taiwan" padding=110 maxZoom=4.5]
[map.highlight entity="country:china" color="#ef4444" opacity=0.3]
[map.highlight entity="country:taiwan" color="#f59e0b" opacity=0.55]
[map.label entity="country:taiwan" text="Taiwan"]
The chip chokepoint.
[map.clear annotations]
[map.fit entities="strait:hormuz,gulf:persian_gulf,country:iran,country:saudi_arabia" padding=100 maxZoom=4.0]
[map.highlight entity="strait:hormuz" color="#ef4444" opacity=0.75 pulse=true]
[map.label entity="strait:hormuz" text="21% of global oil transit"]
The oil chokepoint.
[map.clear annotations]
[map.view lat=38 lon=-98 zoom=3.8]
[layer.on admin1_regions]
[layer.on populated_places]
[asset.show id="asset:clio_bulk_entity_count" x=34 y=23 anchor=top-center width="30vw" maxHeight="24vh" fadeIn=260 fadeOut=220]
At U.S. scale, the map can show boundaries and populated places. Behind it, the bulk shard reaches counties, dams, power plants, airports, and watersheds down to the sub-basin level.
[asset.clear fadeOut=220]
[layer.off admin1_regions]
[layer.off populated_places]
The same apparatus. Every briefing.

// ==========================================
// OUTRO
// ==========================================

[map.view lat=20 lon=10 zoom=1.6]
[scene.fade color="#020617" opacity=0.32 duration=500]
[scene.title kind=outro eyebrow="CLIO AGIS" title="Mapping the hidden infrastructure of power." subtitle="Subscribe for the next briefing."]

[chat.say source="clio_internal_what_is_clio_2026"]
Clio maps the plumbing that the daily news skips.
Chokepoints. Chip supply chains. Currency corridors. Military geometry. Infrastructure.
Every briefing is rendered, sourced, and inspectable.
Subscribe, and bring your questions.