Ask one AI assistant that searches your files, database, and the web

Answers questions by searching your documents, a database, and the live web from one chat assistant.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Any that apply are taken; all paths must finish before it continues.

Pattern: Multi-Choice (6) · Synchronisation (3)

flowchart TD trig>"question asked in chat"]:::trig s0[("search documents and database")]:::store s1["check additional sources"]:::svc s2["reply with combined answer"]:::task trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 gx{"○ need more info"}:::gate s1 --> gx p00["check drive file"]:::task gx -->|"check google drive file"| p00 p10["look up online"]:::task gx -->|"search the web"| p10 jn{"+ combine results"}:::gate p00 --> jn p10 --> jn jn --> s2 out[/"combined answer delivered in chat"/]:::out pay{{"faster answers without searching multiple sources"}}:::pay s2 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsAI Chatbots & AssistantsKnowledge Base & RAGDocument Processing & OCRFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
Anthropic ClaudeOpenAIPerplexityGoogle Drive

The problem it solves

Answers to your team's questions are scattered across saved documents, a database, and the open web. You end up hunting through several places just to piece together one answer.

Who it fits

Teams who want one place to ask questions and get answers from company knowledge and the web.

How it works

  1. A question comes in through chat
  2. The assistant searches your saved documents and database for relevant information
  3. If needed, it also checks a file in Google Drive or looks up current information online
  4. It replies with one answer that pulls everything together
What you get

One answer pulled from every source you trust

Ask a single assistant a question and get one answer pulled together from your documents, your database, and the live web.

What you get

A written answer that combines your internal documents and current web information.

What you need

An Anthropic Claude API key, an OpenAI API key, a Perplexity API key, and a Google Drive account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

Let's Talk Strategy

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