# Narrative Intelligence Narrative intelligence is the capacity to identify, compare, and explain the frames through which events acquire meaning for a population. It examines recurring roles, causal stories, moral claims, identity boundaries, emotional triggers, trusted messengers, and the actions a narrative makes appear necessary or impossible. Operational narrative intelligence joins close reading with network observation. It asks not only what is being said but how a formulation changes across communities, which intermediaries legitimate it, and whether acceleration appears organic or coordinated. Interpretation should remain evidence-bounded: resemblance does not establish coordination, and a recurring frame does not by itself establish hostile intent. Related: [[wiki/Narrative Systems|Narrative Systems]], [[wiki/Narrative Detection|Narrative Detection]], [[wiki/Synchronized Framing|Synchronized Framing]], [[wiki/Threat Assessment|Threat Assessment]].