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How to use Evidence Companion
If you've read the guides and thought this is a lot to do alone — you're right, it is. That's the whole reason this platform exists. Evidence Companion doesn't do the work for you, and it won't pretend to. What it does is make the work possible: it walks beside you while you do it, and it catches every grain so nothing gets lost.
Here's what that actually looks like.
You tell it what happened, however it comes out
You don't need to have your story organized, or in order, or even fully formed. You talk — fragmented, out of order, the way real memory works — and the companion listens without judgment and helps you get it down. It asks the kinds of questions that matter later: when, where, who was there, what came before, what came after. The details you might not have known to save.
It keeps your words exactly as you said them
Your raw account stays untouched. Always. What you said, and when you said it, is preserved and never altered — that record belongs to you. The companion may also help organize a clearer summary, but the two are kept separate and clearly labeled, so your own words are never overwritten.
It holds everything in one place
Texts, photos, voicemails, emails, records, the dates and the patterns — instead of scattered across your phone and your memory and a dozen folders, it's in one structured, private place. The kind of organized record this guide describes building by hand — the companion builds it with you.
Your information is yours
Private by default. No attorney, no DA, no journalist sees any of it unless you choose to share it. When you're ready, you generate a secure, read-only link — and you decide when it expires. Until then, it stays with you, and only you.
When you're ready, it's ready to hand over
The point of all of it is the moment someone with authority finally looks. What you build here comes out organized, readable, and exportable — a file, not a shoebox — so a busy lawyer or detective can actually see the pattern in the few minutes they have.
What it doesn't promise
Trust takes honesty, so here's the honest part: it doesn't guarantee an arrest, a charge, or a win. It doesn't replace a lawyer, an advocate, or emergency services. It doesn't decide what's true, and it doesn't make your decisions for you. What it does is put the power of your own story — organized, preserved, and harder to dismiss — back in your hands.
And if you're in immediate danger, that comes first — call 911 or see crisis resources.
When you're ready
You don't have to have it together to start. You don't have to know what you're doing. You just have to start — one date, one screenshot, one thing you remember. The companion takes it from there, beside you the whole way.