Run an analysis

1. Drag a folder of recordings onto the sidebar (or onto the New Project card). Bristlenose creates a project named after the folder and starts the analysis straight away.
2. Watch progress on the project's row in the sidebar — a ring and a status line such as "Transcribing · 7 of 8 · ~1 min left".
3. To stop a run, hover the row and click the × on the ring, or press ⌘. (Command-period).

When it finishes, the report opens. To create an empty project first, use + New Project at the top of the sidebar (or File → New Project, ⌘N), then drag a folder onto it.

The app always runs the full pipeline. Re-analysing a project, and transcribe-only or analysis-only runs, are not available in the app — use the command line for those.

Point Bristlenose at a folder:

bristlenose run interviews

bristlenose interviews is shorthand for the same command. Choose the analysis provider with --llm:

bristlenose run interviews --llm gemini

By default the report is written inside the folder, under bristlenose-output/; override with --output. Other useful options:

• --redact-pii — redact personal data before analysis (see Redact personal information).
• --clean — delete previous output and start fresh.
• -w small — a smaller, faster transcription model.

If a run is interrupted, run the same command again to resume from where it stopped. To re-open a finished report later without re-running: bristlenose serve interviews. The full option list is in CLI commands.