# Narrative Intelligence
Narrative intelligence is intelligence concerning the story an adversary is building and the decisions it seeks to degrade. The article treats it as the professionalized, collection-equipped form of [[Cognitive Literacy]].
## Collection requirements
- map [[Relay Ecology|relay-ecology topology]];
- characterize [[Semantic Capture|semantic-capture dynamics]];
- track amplification signatures across time, platform, and language;
- distinguish originators, amplifiers, laundering institutions, personas, beneficiaries, and authentic carriers;
- assess effects through the [[Cognitive Effect Assessment Framework]].
## Boundary
Narrative intelligence should not collapse political disagreement into hostile activity. It requires source grading, foreign-purpose evidence, oversight, lawful collection authority, and the [[Symmetry Principle]].
## Source
[[articles/Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures#From Civic Competency to Intelligence Discipline: Narrative Intelligence|Cognitive-Cyber Warfare — Narrative Intelligence]].