> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.alquimia.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# What is InsightHub
> How InsightHub fits into the Alquimia ecosystem and what it does.
InsightHub is the knowledge exploration front end of the Alquimia platform. It is not an observability tool or an agent builder — it is a place to turn documents into a conversational knowledge base that anyone on your team can explore.
## Where InsightHub fits
| Component | What it does |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **InsightHub** | The interface you work in — create topics, upload documents, start explorations. |
| **Alquimia Runtime** | The execution layer behind every conversation — retrieves relevant document passages, runs tools, and streams responses back. |
| **Twyd** | The knowledge service that handles document ingestion, chunking, and vector indexing. |
You do not interact with the Runtime or Twyd directly. InsightHub communicates with them on your behalf. You need a running Alquimia Runtime instance pointed to by `ASSISTANT_BASEURL`.
## How an exploration works
When you send a message in an exploration:
```mermaid theme={null}
flowchart TD
A["Your message"] --> B["Alquimia Runtime receives the query"]
B --> C["Twyd retrieves relevant document chunks (RAG)"]
C --> D["Runtime calls the LLM with retrieved context"]
D --> E["Response streams back to InsightHub"]
E --> F["Retrieval steps and tool calls surface in the UI"]
```
Responses are grounded in your uploaded documents — not generated from scratch. InsightHub shows you which documents were used and what reasoning steps the AI took.
## Multi-tenant and roles
InsightHub supports multiple tenants in a single deployment. Each tenant's topics and documents are scoped and isolated. Within a tenant, access is controlled by roles assigned to users.
If you are deploying InsightHub for your organization, your administrator configures tenants and user roles. You do not need to manage this yourself unless you are the operator.
## Next steps
Get InsightHub running locally.
Understand the core building blocks.