Working demonstration · Internal knowledge

One question. Three people stop working.

This assistant answers from your approved documents and shows the sources. What they don’t cover goes to a named expert — not a guess.

30 minutes. One workflow mapped. You keep the map either way.

How the internal assistant answers a question A question enters a closed set of approved documents. Two sections are retrieved and returned as a cited answer with two source chips. The part the documents do not cover leaves on a separate amber path to a named expert. SOP-04 §3 HANDBOOK p.12 SOP-04 §3 Handbook p.12 KP QUESTION APPROVED SOURCES ONLY NEVER THE OPEN INTERNET CITED ANSWER NOT COVERED PERSON DECIDES NAMED EXPERT How the internal assistant answers a question A question enters a closed set of approved documents. Two of them are cited in the answer. The part they do not cover leaves on a separate amber path to a named expert. SOP-04 §3 HANDBOOK p.12 CITED ANSWER KP QUESTION APPROVED SOURCES NOT COVERED NAMED EXPERT
  • Answered from the approved documents, with both sources shown.
  • Amber is the human gate: what the documents don’t cover leaves the system and ends on a named expert.

The operating rule

Every answer shows its sources. The part the documents don’t cover goes to a named expert — not a guess.

  • Approved documents only
  • Two visible citations
  • One named owner for the gap

One question, end to end

Six steps.
Two sources. One gap.

Press play, or click any step to jump there.

Synthetic data — the workflow is real, the records are invented so you can click through them. The documents, the employee and the expert do not exist, and the passages are example policy text, not HR, safety or legal advice.

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Step 1 of 6: Question received

Scenario Ops · process exception
EmployeeB. Nguyen · Ops
ChannelTeam chat
TopicCustom-order return
SourcesApproved SOPs + handbook

Click a step

Internal assistant Approved sources only · every answer cited Demonstration
  1. Employee · 10:05

    A customer wants to return a custom order — what’s the process?

  2. System · 10:05

    Searching approved documents only · 2 matches found

  3. System · 10:05

    Retrieved: SOP-04 §3 · Handbook p.12

  4. Assistant · 10:06

    Custom orders can be returned within 14 days with manager approval and a 15% restocking review. Sources: SOP-04 §3 · Handbook p.12.

  5. System · 10:06 Human attention

    Refund amount for partial use is not covered · routed to Ops manager — K. Patel

  6. System · 10:06

    Answer, sources, and documentation gap logged

Approved source set 3 documents · never the open internet

  • SOP-04 §3 Returns and exceptions IndexedCited
  • Handbook p.12 Custom orders IndexedCited
  • SOP-11 Shipping and carriers IndexedNo match

Nothing in the set covers a partial-use refund — so the assistant stops and a person decides.

What changed at this step

ArrivedChat message from B. Nguyen
System didCaptured the question with context
Record nowQuestion open · 10:05
OwnerAssistant
ArrivedThe question text
System didSearched approved documents only
Record now2 matches · 0 outside sources
OwnerAssistant
ArrivedTwo matching documents
System didPulled the exact passages
Record nowSOP-04 §3 · Handbook p.12
OwnerAssistant
ArrivedTwo retrieved passages
System didAnswered with sources attached
Record nowAnswer + 2 visible citations
OwnerAssistant
ArrivedOne uncertain sub-question
System didStopped instead of guessing
Record nowFlagged: partial-use refund
OwnerKPK. Patel — Ops manager
ArrivedAnswer plus one open gap
System didLogged both against the question
Record nowExchange saved · gap queued
OwnerK. Patel — Ops manager

Human keeps

Anything the approved documents do not cover. It stops here, with the question attached, and goes to a person by name.

The part that matters

The answer it
refuses to give.

A confident citation is the easy half. This page is about the other half — the moment it reaches the edge of the documents and hands that piece to a person.

Covered by the documents 01

It answers, and shows its work.

“A customer wants to return a custom order — what’s the process?”

Custom orders can be returned within 14 days with manager approval and a 15% restocking review.

  • SOP-04 §3
  • Handbook p.12
Result
Answer with two visible citations
Owner
Assistant
Not covered — human attention 02

It stops, and says it does not know.

“Refund amount for partial use is not covered.”

No paraphrase, no plausible-sounding number — the part the documents don’t cover goes to a named expert, not a guess.

The uncertain part stops and routes to a named person The cited answer path ends at a stop marker labelled "not covered", and a dashed amber path continues to a person marked K. Patel. KP NOT COVERED K. PATEL CITED ANSWER The uncertain part stops and routes to a named person The cited answer path ends at a stop marker labelled "not covered", and a dashed amber path continues to a person marked K. Patel. KP NOT COVERED K. PATEL CITED ANSWER
Result
Low confidence goes to a person
Routed to
KPOps manager — K. Patel
Next action
Expert answers directly

The same shape, other departments

Every gap has a name attached to it.

HR · policy question

“How much parental leave do I have, and when do I need to file?”

Twelve weeks, filed at least 30 days ahead when foreseeable.

  • HR-02 §5
  • Benefits guide p.8

Not covered

Intermittent-leave scheduling is not covered

DMRouted to HR lead — D. Moss

Safety · procedure

“What’s the lockout procedure for the compressor room?”

De-energize, apply personal lock and tag, verify zero energy before entry.

  • Safety §7.2
  • Equipment sheet C-4

Not covered

Contractor lock procedure is not covered

LGRouted to Safety officer — L. Grant

Before and after

The same question, two ways.

Manual today

Whoever is free answers.

  • Answers depend on who you happen to ask
  • Time is lost searching folders and threads
  • Uncertain answers become confident guesses

Connected system

The documents answer, or a person does.

  • Answers come from approved documents only
  • Every answer shows its sources
  • Uncertainty routes to a named expert

Never automated

  • Answering from outside the approved set
  • Presenting an uncertain answer as a confident one
  • Routing a gap to nobody

The demo is simple — the operating rules are specific

Map your knowledge workflow.

A real build starts from your approved documents, confidence thresholds, and named subject experts — mapped together on one call. Thirty minutes, one workflow, and you keep the map either way.

Pricing is scoped after discovery, once the workflow is defined.