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

# Core Concepts

> The key ideas behind how Kontext works.

# Core Concepts

Kontext is built around a few key ideas that shape how it processes Feedback and surfaces understanding.

## The problem with summaries

Most feedback tools summarize. They compress hundreds of data points into a few bullet points. This is useful for getting a quick overview, but it **flattens the signal** — stripping the distinctions that tell you how a shift in Context changes what you should build, for whom, and what success looks like.

Kontext preserves these distinctions by structuring Feedback around **Contexts**, **Actors**, and **Problems** — and maintaining the connections between them.

## Key concepts at a glance

| Concept                                                | What it is                                                  | Why it matters                                               |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Features & Releases](/concepts/features-and-releases) | Your Product's Feature tree and how it evolves              | Anchors detected Problems to specific areas of your Product  |
| [Contexts & Actors](/concepts/contexts-and-actors)     | The environments and personas behind Feedback               | The same Problem means different things for different people |
| [Feedback](/concepts/feedback)                         | Raw input from users — issues, transcripts, tickets         | The source material Kontext analyzes                         |
| [Problems](/concepts/problems)                         | Patterns detected across Feedback                           | What your users are actually struggling with                 |
| [Contextualizations](/concepts/contextualizations)     | A Problem viewed through a specific Context, Actor, or both | The texture that shapes your decisions                       |

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  These concepts build on each other. Feedback flows in, Problems are detected, and Contextualizations emerge as the system identifies who said what, in what Context.
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