Timeline

🤖 AI Drafted (Not reviewed)

Create chronological timeline

Tool id	timeline
Category	llm
Uses a language model	yes
Needs a generative model	no
Runs over many items	yes
Item handling	batch
Structured output	yes
Human-verified	not yet

What it reads

Port	Type	Required	What it is
Text (text)	text	yes	Source text or entity data
Context (context)	any	no	Previous text/transcription
Metadata (metadata)	json	no	Existing metadata
Documents (documents)	json	no	Document metadata

What it emits

Port	Type	Required	What it is
Text (text)	text	—	Raw text response
Value (value)	any	—	Parsed value
Texts (texts)	array	—	Per-item texts
Values (values)	array	—	Per-item values
Results (results)	json	—	Full results
Records (records)	array	—	Per-document text records [{doc_id, text}, …].
Artifacts (artifacts)	json	—	Artifact IDs

Options

Option	Type	Default	What it does
choices	array	—	Valid choices. (Not shown in the editor.)
chunk_size_chars	integer	0	Chunk large input text above this character budget (0=auto).
date_format	string	iso	Date format. One of: iso, natural, year_only.
match_mode	string	prefer	Match mode. One of: prefer, strict, inform.
max_events	integer	50	Max events.
max_items	integer	10	List max items.
max_tokens	integer	8192	Max response.
max_words	integer	50	Word limit.
metadata_field	string	—	Save to field.
model_name	string	—	Model name.
output_format	string	text	Response format. One of: text, boolean, choice, number, words, list, json.
prompt	string	—	Custom prompt.
provider_name	string	—	LLM provider. One of: openai, anthropic, google, ollama, lmstudio, groq, together, deepseek, mistral, openrouter, dashscope, xai, perplexity, fireworks, deepl.
quality_gate	boolean	yes	Stop the run if output is unreadable.
reference_values	object	—	Known values to match. (Not shown in the editor.)
save_to_db	boolean	yes	Save to library.
save_to_file	boolean	no	Export to file.
temperature	number	0.7	Creativity.
thinking_mode	string	off	Chain-of-thought reasoning depth. One of: off, short, medium, long.

The prompt it sends

This is what the tool asks a model, with every option left at its default. Changing the options above changes this text.

Create a chronological timeline of events from the provided text.

Instructions:
- Identify all datable events, actions, or occurrences
- Order them chronologically
- Maximum 50 events
- Use ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) when possible. Use YYYY-MM or YYYY if day/month unknown.
- Describe each event concisely (one sentence)
- Do NOT include page numbers

Return as JSON:
{
    "timeline": [
        {
            "date": "<date in specified format>",
            "event": "<concise event description>"
        }
    ],
    "date_range": {
        "earliest": "<earliest date>",
        "latest": "<latest date>"
    },
    "total_events": <number>
}

Return ONLY valid JSON.