Narrative sources
Each narrative in your bank carries a source label that tells you where it came from. Three sources coexist.
Default Lumos narratives
Narratives provided by the platform. A canonical base of several hundred phrasings, compliant with BNQ 3009-500 (for Pre-purchase) or NBC/GCR (for Pre-handover). Each narrative was written to balance regulatory rigor and readability for a non-specialist client.
You cannot directly modify a default Lumos narrative, but you can duplicate it to create your own version, which you adapt to your preferences. See Edit, duplicate, delete.
Your business narratives
Narratives you have created or customized for your firm. They appear under the label “[Your business name] Bank” (for example Frank Inspection Bank).
On a team account, these narratives are shared with all team members by default. Useful for standardizing tone and writing rigor across inspectors of the same firm.
You create a business narrative when:
- You wrote a custom narrative in an inspection and want to reuse it.
- You adapt a Lumos narrative to your preferred phrasing.
- You want to add a narrative on a topic absent from the default bank.
Private narratives
Narratives you want to keep to yourself, without sharing with your team. They appear only in your view of the bank.
Useful for:
- Testing a phrasing before promoting it as a business narrative.
- Noting an experimental or contextual phrasing.
- Keeping a narrative too specific to a mandate type to deserve being shared.
Source filter
The Source filter in the filter bar lets you display only narratives in a category:
- All (default)
- Default Lumos narratives
- Narratives [Your business name]
- Private narratives
Tip: to quickly review your customization work, filter by Narratives [Your business name] and review.
Duplicates and suffixes
When you duplicate a narrative (Lumos or another), Lumos typically adds a (copy) suffix to the title. You can then rename and modify it as you wish. This system avoids unintentional overwrites.