Use Case #7: Document Synthesis

We'd been in discovery for 6 weeks. The result: 10 separate documents - requirements specification, PRD, SOW, HIPAA compliance blueprint, database architecture, AI/ML integration spec, third-party API documentation, security assessment, implementation roadmap, and risk register.

Total: 400+ pages of technical depth. The client wanted one document.

What Claude Did

Phase 1: Document Inventory - Read all 10 documents. Created a content map showing each document's pages, key sections, and overlaps with other documents.

Phase 2: Conflict Resolution - Found 7 inconsistencies: timeline in SOW didn't match roadmap, security requirements had two different encryption specs, database schema mentioned tables PRD didn't reference. Claude flagged each one, proposed resolutions, and applied them.

Phase 3: Structure Design - Created a unified outline: Executive Summary (new), Project Scope (from Requirements + PRD), Technical Architecture (Database + AI/ML + Security), Implementation Plan (Roadmap + SOW milestones), Compliance & Risk (HIPAA + Risk register), Appendices (API docs, detailed schemas).

Phase 4: Content Synthesis - Not just concatenation. Actual synthesis: removed duplicate sections, unified terminology, created cross-references, added transitions between sections, generated executive summary from scratch.

Phase 5: Output - Final document: 180 pages. Down from 400+, but nothing important lost.

The Impressive Part

Claude understood context across documents. When the security spec mentioned "AES-256 for data at rest" and the database spec mentioned "encrypted columns," it connected them and wrote one unified section on data encryption.

That's not copy-paste. That's comprehension.

Client Reaction

"This is the clearest technical document I've ever received."

They didn't know 400 pages went into it.

Try It Yourself

Copy this to synthesize your own documents:

I need to synthesize multiple documents into one coherent deliverable.

**Documents:**
1. How many documents are we combining? (list them or point me to a folder)
2. What's the target output? (executive summary / technical spec / client proposal / other)
3. What's the target length? (concise / comprehensive / specific page count)

**Handling:**
4. Should I resolve conflicts between documents? (yes, flag for review / yes, auto-resolve / no, preserve both)
5. Any specific sections that must be included?

I will:
- Read all source documents
- Map content and identify overlaps
- Flag and resolve inconsistencies
- Design a unified structure
- Synthesize (not just concatenate) content
- Generate new connective tissue where needed
- Output a single coherent document

What documents should I synthesize?

Prepared for a $250K project, January 2026.