Known limitations

Composer accelerates discovery and first-cut creation, but every generated answer, clip, and export still needs editorial review.

Search and retrieval

Visual and transcript retrieval can miss a relevant moment.
Similar-looking scenes can be ranked together even when they are not interchangeable.
A transcription error can hide an exact quote, name, or number.
Entity suggestions are a discovery aid, not proof that the person is present.

Generation

Reframe proposes candidates; it does not guarantee a publishable edit.
Processing time varies with source length, clip count, and workload.
A completed generation can still need reframing, caption correction, or timeline edits.

Studio and export

Clip caching can delay playback after a project opens or a setting changes.
A project is not delivery-ready until the complete timeline and downloaded MP4 are checked.
Brand Templates and available export settings are workspace-specific.

Evidence and privacy

Ask answers are only as reliable as the selected indexed sources and citations.
Do not use private or restricted footage outside its approved workflow.
Verify names, numbers, quotations, and other high-impact claims against the source video.

For the current workflow, see Best practices and the Composer app pages.

Lessons from the enriched public demo

Checkpoint	What the captured examples demonstrate
Index versus downstream jobs	Six Ready sources do not guarantee a successful Reframe run or a Ready entity. Inspect the individual job.
Source context	Ask citation playback can continue beyond the cited range. Check the original time window and surrounding material.
Template versus timeline	A generated draft can still contain default bumpers. Reapply the intended template in Studio and verify the actual clips.
Captions and summaries	Historical narration can produce incorrect numbers or incomplete phrases. Ready outputs still need editorial correction.
Render versus delivery	The drama and news render jobs reached Ready. A downloaded file must still be played outside Composer before publishing.

For reproducible steps and the observed failure gates, see Use cases. The footage is licensed or public-domain, not a blanket promise that every reuse is unrestricted: media credits and conditions.