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Knowledge
Engine

Deploy an Adaptive Knowledge Agent across your entire document library.

$25,000
Fixed price + $2,400/mo subscription
5 weeks
Delivery timeline
200 docs
Document capacity

Your business has years of knowledge locked in contracts, compliance manuals, policies and procedures. Finding the right answer means knowing which document to check and who to ask, and that know-how leaves with every employee who goes. Knowledge Engine puts an Adaptive Knowledge Agent across your whole document library. It answers in plain English, shows its sources, stays within your compliance boundaries, works from every document in full and can get better with every conversation. You decide what it keeps.

Adaptive Knowledge AgentImproves with your approvalCompliance-safe answer modesVersioned audit trailAnswers across subject areasNo document length limitsQuick document updatesPrivate, isolated setup
What sets this apart

Not a search tool.
A knowledge system built for business.

Most businesses already have search: a document system that matches keywords and file tags. Knowledge Engine works differently. You have a conversation with your documents.

Keyword and tag searchKnowledge Engine
How you askType keywords, or filter by tags and foldersAsk in your own words, the way you would ask a colleague
What you get backA list of files to open and read yourselfA direct answer, with the source passage shown
Follow-up questionsStart a new searchKeep the conversation going, the way you would in ChatGPT, but answering only from your documents
Different wordingMisses documents that use other wordsFinds what you mean, even when the words differ
Over timeStays the same until someone re-tags the filesGets better with every conversation, if you choose to keep what it learned
How you ask
Keyword search: Type keywords, or filter by tags and folders
Knowledge Engine: Ask in your own words, the way you would ask a colleague
What you get back
Keyword search: A list of files to open and read yourself
Knowledge Engine: A direct answer, with the source passage shown
Follow-up questions
Keyword search: Start a new search
Knowledge Engine: Keep the conversation going, the way you would in ChatGPT, but answering only from your documents
Different wording
Keyword search: Misses documents that use other words
Knowledge Engine: Finds what you mean, even when the words differ
Over time
Keyword search: Stays the same until someone re-tags the files
Knowledge Engine: Gets better with every conversation, if you choose to keep what it learned
What's included
Document review and knowledge base build

We review up to 200 documents, resolve contradictions and organize everything into one knowledge base. Long contracts and manuals are used in full, never cut short. PDF, Word and plain text.

Adaptive Knowledge Agent

A chat interface your team can use from day one. Every answer shows the source passage behind it.

Compliance-safe answer modes

Strict mode answers only from your documents and flags gaps instead of guessing. It’s on by default, which matters for legal, HR, RIA and compliance teams. Assisted mode can add clearly labeled general context.

Versioned audit trail

Every change to the knowledge base is recorded. Compliance officers can see exactly what the agent knew on any date.

Gets better with every conversation

Any conversation can add to the knowledge base, and your team decides what’s kept. It’s built to keep working as your library grows.

Answers across subject areas

One question can draw on compliance policy, contract terms and HR procedure at once, and get one combined answer.

Quick document updates

When a policy or contract changes, only that document is re-processed. Updates take minutes, not a full rebuild.

Accuracy testing before delivery

We test answers in both modes before handoff and document the results. If accuracy falls short of the agreed level, we fix it before we close out.

3 months of support

Bug fixes, document re-processing and answer tuning at no charge for 3 months, up to 10 hours a month.

Typical use cases
  • →Compliance Q&A — legal, HR and operations teams ask questions of policy manuals and regulatory guidance in Strict mode, which answers only from your documents and flags gaps. Long compliance frameworks are captured in full — not summarized.
  • →Contract questions — sales and procurement teams pull out key terms, obligations and expiration dates from your whole contract library. Even agreements hundreds of pages long are searched in full.
  • →Onboarding knowledge base — new hires get instant, cited answers from SOPs, training materials and process documentation. Gaps surfaced by their questions improve the agent for the next hire.
  • →RIA / financial advisor compliance — advisors query firm policies, ADV disclosures and regulatory guidance in Strict mode. The versioned audit trail supports compliance review and demonstrates governance.
Delivery timeline
Week 1
Review your documents → plan how the knowledge is organized → confirm subject areas → prepare documents
Week 2
Build the knowledge base from every document in full → start the audit trail → first accuracy tests
Week 3
Launch the agent → set up Strict and Assisted modes → test answers across subject areas → confirm how off-topic questions are handled
Week 4
Set up the review loop → your team tests the system → write the handoff documentation
Week 5
Refine based on your feedback → document the accuracy tests → go live → handoff call
Right fit

Organizations with a significant document library currently searched by hand or through older document systems — particularly where documents are long, knowledge spans several subject areas or the cost of a wrong answer is high. Ideal for RIA firms, legal teams, HR-heavy organizations and compliance-driven businesses.

Not included in this package
  • —Custom single sign-on or role-based access control
  • —Automated live sync from existing platforms (SharePoint, Confluence, Google Drive)
  • —Custom AI model training — the agent's accuracy comes from how your knowledge is organized and searched, not from retraining a model
Pilot vs. full build

Knowledge Starter gets you proof.
Knowledge Engine gets you there.

The difference isn't just how many documents it handles. It's the difference between a proven pilot and a full system, with the compliance controls, audit trail and reliability to roll out to regulated teams and hold up to scrutiny.

Knowledge Starter
$7,500 · Pilot
Knowledge Engine
$25,000 · Full build
Document capacity
Up to 50 documents
Up to 200 documents
Subject areas
One subject area
Several subject areas, with answers that draw on all of them
Improvement loop
Basic, at pilot scale
Full, and built to keep working as your library and usage grow
Compliance answer modes
Strict mode
Strict and Assisted modes, set per subject area
Versioned audit trail
—
Full change history — inspect what the agent knew on any given date
Data isolation
—
Your own isolated setup, suited to regulated industries
Delivery
3 weeks
5 weeks
Investment
$7,500
$25,000 + $2,400/mo

* Everything built in the Knowledge Starter pilot carries forward into the Knowledge Engine — no rework, no duplication.

Pricing & commercial terms
Fixed price
$25,000 for the defined scope, plus the required monthly subscription below
Payment
50% on contract signing · 50% on final delivery
Change orders
Billed hourly · written approval required before work begins
Monthly subscription (required)
$2,400/month from go-live. Covers your infrastructure costs: server, database and LLM tokens. Token use is capped at a level we set with you from your expected monthly volume.
Managed AI (optional, from month 4)
AI Support $750/mo or AI Optimization $3,500/mo, on top of the subscription. AI Optimization adds monthly health checks that flag contradictions, gaps and unanswered questions. What's included →
Start with a pilot

Not ready to commit to the full package? Knowledge Starter ($7,500) sets up an Adaptive Knowledge Agent on up to 50 documents in 3 weeks.

View Knowledge Starter →

Built for regulated industries: the same strict, human-approved approach also powers AI Sales Signal’s account research and outreach approvals for RIAs and wealth managers.

See AI Sales Signal →
Custom scope

Need it shaped
around your business?

Any engagement can also be built to your own scope, starting at $10,000. We begin with discovery, then agree the output and the price in writing before any work starts. It's never an open-ended hourly bill. The terms match the packaged build: fixed price, a person approves every change and you own everything we build.

Scope a custom Knowledge Engine engagement →

200 documents. Every word.
An Adaptive Knowledge Agent in 5 weeks.

Book a 30-minute scoping call. We review your documents, confirm the use case and query modes, and lock in the fixed price before any commitment.