Answers from your own files, with the source shown

Find and check answers in your own files.

We make your documents answerable, and every answer shows the passage it came from, so you can check it.

An answer is useful only when its source can be checked.

The hard part is deciding which copy of a document counts and who may read it. We map the files, identify broad permissions and make each answer point to the passage behind it. When the source does not support an answer, the system must say so.

What we would ask you first

Which real question should the system answer, and which document would prove it is right?

Talk it through

What we usually hear first.

“We need answers from our files that we can verify.”
Several copies of the same document may exist, so the current version needs to be identified.
“The same question gets asked of the same person every week.”
Repeated requests can show where a searchable, permission-aware source would save time.
“We need to know which contracts say a particular thing.”
Renewal terms and liability caps are where an answer has to be citable rather than summarised.
“Our SharePoint chatbot returned answers we could not verify.”
The system needs to find the supporting passage and make it visible with the answer.

A useful answer starts with the right source.

Built to be checked

The document estate and its permissions determine which sources the system can use.

Mapping where documents live
We map SharePoint, Teams, file servers and shared mailboxes before anything is built.
A permissions audit
We identify broadly shared content before indexing so access to answers follows the source permissions.
Choosing the authoritative copy
Where several versions of a policy exist, your team identifies the current one.
Answers that cite their source
Every answer names the document and the passage, and it says so when the sources do not support one.

What this needs before it starts.

Most of this depends on where your documents are kept and who can open them.

Documents must sit in a system with real permissions, not on personal drives.
An owner is needed to agree corrections identified by the permissions audit.
Your people need to write and mark a set of real questions.

If it is not there

If the audit finds access that is too broad, we report it and agree corrections before indexing.

What you have at the end.

A working answering system: It runs in your tenant, respects your permissions, and answers only from documents you named.
The document estate map: It shows where everything lives, which copy is current and who owns it.
The permissions audit: It records what was shared, what changed and what you chose to leave.
Answer and citation accuracy: Both are measured on your own questions and reported separately, so changes can be retested.

Where this page sits.

Our work sits in three layers, and each one depends on the one beneath it. The page you are reading is marked.

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If the answer is in your files but hard to find, start here.

The estate map and the permissions audit are worth having on their own, and we are happy to do that part alone.

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