Interface Guide

A walkthrough of every panel, control, and feature in the Graph Platform.

Layout Overview

The interface has four main areas:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Search Bar                          Toolbar     │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┬───────┤
│                                         │       │
│                                         │Detail │
│              Canvas                     │Panel  │
│                                         │       │
│                                         │       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┴───────┤
│  Node Type Filter                               │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

The search bar sits at the top of the canvas. Type any search term — an onion address, Bitcoin wallet, email address, Telegram handle, or any other identifier — and matching results appear in a dropdown.

Each result shows its type (server, bitcoin, email, etc.) and a subtitle with additional context. Clicking a result adds it to the canvas as a new root node if it isn’t already present, or selects it if it is.

Search tips:

Partial matches are supported — you don’t need the full onion address
Results include all entity types across all collections simultaneously
Adding a node that already exists on the canvas will select and center it rather than create a duplicate

The Canvas

The canvas is the main investigation workspace. It is infinite and zoomable.

Action	Result
Click + drag on empty space	Pan the canvas
Scroll wheel	Zoom in / out
Pinch (trackpad)	Zoom in / out
Double-click a node	Expand its connections
Single-click a node	Select it, open detail panel
Click on empty space	Deselect all

Node Appearance

Each node displays:

A type icon on the left
A label — the primary identifier (e.g. the onion address, wallet address, email)
A subtitle — secondary context where available (e.g. site title for servers, risk level for classified content)

Nodes are color-coded by type. See the Reference page for a full colour map.

Edges

Edges connect related nodes and are labelled with the relationship type (e.g. found on, co-hosted with, mirrors). Cross-links — where a node is related to multiple parents — are drawn as additional edges without affecting the layout tree.

Expanding Nodes

Double-click any node to fetch its connections from the Hades database. New nodes are added to the canvas as children, fanning out radially from the expanded node. The number of connections fetched is capped at 50 per expansion to keep the graph readable; expand individual child nodes to go deeper.

If a connection already exists on the canvas, a new edge is drawn to it rather than creating a duplicate node.

Collapsing Branches

Right-click a node → Collapse to hide its entire subtree. Collapsed nodes are visually indicated and can be re-expanded at any time. Collapsing is useful for reducing visual complexity without losing your place in the investigation.

Detail Panel

Clicking a node opens the Detail Panel on the right side of the canvas. The content varies by node type.

Server Nodes

Displays the full server record from the Hades database:

Onion address
Status (live / offline)
Title and description
Risk classification and confidence score
Intent categories
Crawl timestamps

Entity Nodes

Displays entity details and an Appearances list — every server in the database where this entity was found. Clicking any server address in the appearances list will:

Select that server if it is already on the canvas, or
Search for it and add it to the canvas if it is not

This makes it easy to pivot from a cryptocurrency address or email to all associated servers.

JavaScript & Image Nodes

Displays the content hash, technology detections (for JavaScript), and the list of servers where the file was found — again with clickable appearance links.

Multi-Select Summary

When multiple nodes are selected, the detail panel shows a summary — total selected, breakdown by type — rather than individual details.

The toolbar appears in the top-right corner.

Control	Function
Graph name (editable text)	Click to rename the current investigation
Save status indicator	Shows Saved, Unsaved changes, or Saving…
Undo	Reverts the last graph mutation
Redo	Re-applies a reverted mutation
Save	Manually saves the current graph to your account
Load	Opens the saved graphs list to load a previous investigation
New	Clears the canvas and starts a fresh investigation
Export	Exports the canvas as a PNG image or PDF document
Logout	Ends your session

Auto-save runs every 30 seconds when unsaved changes are present and at least one node is on the canvas.

Node Type Filter

The filter strip along the bottom of the canvas shows a pill for each node type currently present on the graph. Each pill displays the type icon, name, and count.

Click a pill to toggle that type’s visibility. Hidden nodes and their edges disappear from the canvas but are not removed — toggling the pill again restores them. This is useful for decluttering the view when a particular type (e.g. hundreds of image nodes) is not the current focus.

The filter resets when loading a new investigation.

Right-click anywhere on the canvas to open the context menu. The options available depend on what you clicked.

On a node

Option	Action
Expand	Fetch and add connections (same as double-click)
Collapse / Uncollapse	Hide or restore this node’s subtree
Select Neighbors	Add all nodes directly connected to this one to the current selection
Copy Label	Copy the node’s label text to the clipboard
Remove	Remove this node and its subtree from the canvas

If the right-clicked node is not in the current selection, it becomes selected before the menu appears.

On selected nodes (multi-select)

Option	Action
Remove Selected	Remove all selected nodes (and their subtrees) from the canvas
Clear Selection	Deselect all

On the canvas background

Option	Action
Select All	Select all currently visible nodes
Fit View	Zoom and pan to show all nodes on screen
Clear Canvas	Remove all nodes and edges and start fresh

Multi-Select

Multiple nodes can be selected simultaneously for bulk operations.

Method	How
Shift + Click	Toggle individual nodes in/out of selection
Click + drag on canvas	Box-select all nodes within the drawn rectangle
Ctrl / Cmd + A	Select all visible nodes
Escape	Clear selection
Delete / Backspace	Remove all selected nodes and their subtrees

The detail panel shows a bulk summary while multiple nodes are selected.

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