The outcome
Answer questions from controlled source material with traceable evidence and known retrieval limits.
Step by step
A workflow you can repeat.
- 01
Define the audience, questions, source owners, update schedule, access rules, and a small benchmark with expected citations.
- 02
Create a Knowledge base, upload clean authoritative files, remove duplicates and secrets, and organize content by stable topic boundaries.
- 03
Use Focused Retrieval for large collections or Full Context for short always-relevant documents, then attach the base to the intended model.
- 04
Run the benchmark and inspect cited passages, missed evidence, contradictory sources, context limits, and unsupported claims.
- 05
Tune retrieval and source structure one variable at a time, restrict sharing, and schedule source refreshes and regression tests.
Working standard
What good use looks like.
- Start with authoritative sources.
- Evaluate retrieval separately from writing quality.
- Require citations for consequential answers.
Official references