Trapic Explorer

Interactive knowledge trace visualization. Browse historical events structured as causal chains of decisions, facts, conventions, and state changes.

Live at: trapic.ai/trapic-explorer

What it does

Trapic Explorer renders curated datasets as explorable timelines. Each trace is a discrete historical event with:

• type — decision, fact, convention, or state
• caused_by — references to parent traces, forming causal chains
• tags — categorization (era, region, domain)
• confidence — high, medium, or low

Users can filter by tags and types, search by keyword, and follow causal chains to see how events connect across time.

Datasets

Datasets live in data/. Each dataset has:

data/<dataset>/
  meta.json          # name, icon, tag taxonomy, category list
  <category>.json    # array of ExplorerTrace objects

See src/types/trace.ts for the full ExplorerTrace schema.

Current datasets:

• Wars & Conflicts — WW1, WW2, Greco-Persian Wars, Vietnam War
• Chinese Dynasties — 5,000 years from Xia to modern era (Traditional Chinese)

Running locally

npm install
npm run dev

Build for production:

npm run build
npm run preview

Tech stack

• React 19 + TypeScript + Vite
• React Router for client-side routing
• Lucide React for icons
• CSS custom properties for theming (light/dark)
• Deployed on Cloudflare Pages

License

MIT