Chat with your own documents using an AI-powered search assistant

Turns uploaded documents into a searchable knowledge base you can ask questions and get accurate answers from.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each document chunk.

Pattern: Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Starts itAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
AI Chatbots & AssistantsKnowledge Base & RAGSpreadsheet & Database OpsFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
SupabaseOpenAIGoogle Drive

The problem it solves

You have documents full of useful information, but finding the right answer means digging through files one at a time. New team members or customers keep asking questions that are already answered somewhere in your paperwork. You want a faster way to get answers without reading everything yourself.

Who it fits

Businesses that want staff or customers to ask questions and get answers pulled from their own documents.

How it works

  1. Starts when a document is uploaded
  2. Splits the document into chunks and stores it as searchable data in Supabase
  3. You ask a question in chat
  4. AI searches the stored document data for the most relevant sections
  5. Replies with an answer based on your own content
What you get

Answers pulled straight from your own files

You get instant answers to questions about your own documents, without digging through folders to find the right file.

What you get

Accurate, chat-based answers pulled directly from your own documents.

What you need

A Supabase account and an OpenAI API key.

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.

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