# Deep Export & Intel Mode

> What Deep Export ships, and how Project Intelligence answers estimator-grade questions.

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**Last verified:** 2026-05-04T00:00:00Z

## Deep Export

Deep Export packages the raw, traceable artifacts behind a takeoff into a single `.zip`. It exists so that an external estimator, GC, or auditor can verify every number without access to the BlueGrid app.

### Bundle Contents

- `findings.json` — authoritative AI extraction output, keyed by page and X/Y coordinates.
- `measurements.json` — vector-snapped takeoff measurements with the constant 72 PX_PER_INCH scale applied.
- `annotations.json` — user-applied notes, layers, and keynote tags.
- `source/` — original PDF(s) as uploaded.
- `overlays/` — per-page coordinate overlays as PDF pages so any third-party PDF viewer can validate placement.
- `manifest.json` — checksums, model versions, and worker region for each AI run.

### Why It Matters

Closed competitors export Excel summaries with no traceability. Deep Export is the audit trail: every line item maps back to a coordinate on a source page, and every AI run is stamped with the exact Gemini model and Cloud Run worker that produced it.

## Project Intelligence (Intel Mode)

Project Intelligence is a 2-layer Q&A engine grounded in the project's own takeoff and AI findings.

### Layer 1 — Deterministic Calculations

Direct math against the takeoff: linear feet by trade, count by symbol type, area by layer. No AI inference. Numbers match the Takeoff Summary panel exactly.

### Layer 2 — Estimator-Grade Guidance

Gemini 3.0 reasons over the deterministic results plus the Pre-Analysis Intelligence Brief (page metadata, sheet index, scope keywords) to answer scoped questions. Strict product boundaries apply:

- **Civil Utilities v1** answers trench, pipe, and structure quantities.
- It does **not** answer contour-grading or earthwork — those are out of scope and the engine refuses rather than guess.

### Why It Matters

Generalist AI chat tools answer construction questions by hallucinating against the public web. Project Intelligence only answers from the project's own grounded data. When it does not know, it says so.

## Related

- [Parallel Shard Processing](https://mybluegrid.com/knowledge-hub/parallel-shard-processing.md)
- [PDF-Native Architecture](https://mybluegrid.com/knowledge-hub/pdf-native-architecture.md)
- [Capabilities](https://mybluegrid.com/capabilities.md)