AI chatbots & RAG

A useful chat assistant, grounded in your actual information.

We build website chatbots, internal knowledge assistants and retrieval-augmented generation systems that answer from approved sources instead of guessing from a generic prompt.

What we build

Conversation with a boundary.

The assistant can search your documents, knowledge base or product information, cite the source it used, and hand off uncertain questions instead of pretending to know.

Website chatPrivate RAGDocument Q&AHuman handoff
 assistant/response.json
{
  "answer": "Your return window is 30 days.",
  "sources": [
    "returns-policy.pdf · page 2"
  ],
  "confidence": "grounded",
  "handoff": false
}
A practical first version

Start narrow, then make it smarter.

A focused knowledge base is easier to test and more useful than a chatbot that claims to answer everything.

STEP 01

Define the sources

Choose the documents, pages or product data the assistant is allowed to use.

STEP 02

Build retrieval

Chunk, index and retrieve relevant context with source references and sensible limits.

STEP 03

Design the chat

Give visitors a clear interface, useful empty states and a human handoff when needed.

STEP 04

Test and hand over

Review real questions, document known limits, and deliver the code and deployment notes.

Typical engagement

A defined assistant, not an open-ended AI experiment.

ItemDetail
Typical scopeOne website or internal assistant over an agreed knowledge base
Delivery1–3 weeks depending on sources and integrations
From$800 build · maintenance available after launch
OutputChat interface, retrieval service, source code and handover docs
PrivacyCredentials and data stay in your accounts; retention is agreed in writing
BoundaryNo guaranteed accuracy, regulated advice or training on customer data without permission
Start with the brief

Tell us what the assistant should know.

The current client work is still in progress, so we do not present it as a delivered case study. We can scope a separate assistant around your sources, users and handoff rules.

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Technical background

How RAG systems actually work

Retrieval-Augmented Generation connects a large language model to your own documents so it answers questions from your data, not from training-set guesses.

The architecture has three stages. First, your documents — PDFs, support tickets, product manuals, knowledge-base articles — are split into semantic chunks and converted into dense numerical vectors by an embedding model. Those vectors are stored in an indexed vector database such as Pinecone, Qdrant, or pgvector. Second, when a user submits a question, the same embedding model converts the question into a query vector and a similarity search retrieves the most relevant document chunks based on cosine distance. Third, the retrieved chunks and the original user query are assembled into a structured prompt sent to the LLM. The model reads the retrieved context and produces an answer grounded in your actual documents rather than its parametric memory.

The practical result is a chatbot that can accurately answer questions about your specific products, policies, or internal processes — and that can cite the source passage so users can verify the answer. It eliminates the hallucination problem that makes raw LLM responses unreliable for factual tasks.

We build these systems using LangGraph for orchestration, which allows multi-step reasoning loops and tool use beyond simple question-answering. We connect to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and local Ollama models — the architecture is model-agnostic so you are not locked to a single provider.

How long does it take to build a working RAG chatbot?

A focused single-domain chatbot — say, a support bot trained on your documentation — typically takes three to five working days from document ingestion to a tested, deployed endpoint. More complex systems with tool use, multi-step reasoning, or CRM integration take longer and are quoted individually.

What document formats can you ingest?

PDF, Word (.docx), plain text, Markdown, HTML pages, Notion exports, CSV for structured data, and direct database connections. We write the ingestion pipeline as part of the build so it can be re-run when your documents update.

Can the chatbot use our existing customer data?

Yes. We commonly connect RAG systems to Supabase, PostgreSQL, and REST APIs so the chatbot can look up order status, account details, or product availability in real time alongside document retrieval.