Work

AI Knowledge Assistant

AI
RAG
Product

A portfolio project for an internal AI assistant that combines search, retrieval, and LLM workflows to answer questions with useful context and clear citations.

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This project explores a practical AI use case: helping teams find answers faster when knowledge is spread across documents, notes, internal guides, and repeated support questions.

The idea

Instead of treating AI as a chat layer on top of everything, I designed the assistant as a retrieval-first workflow. The model should only answer after finding relevant context, and the response should make it clear where the information came from.

What I focused on

The design covered:

  • ingestion of internal documentation and structured references
  • chunking and retrieval strategies for better context selection
  • prompt orchestration for grounded answers
  • response formatting that encourages transparency and verification
  • room for feedback loops and usage analytics over time

Why this project matters

The most useful AI systems are not always the most impressive demos. They are the ones that reduce friction in real work: fewer repeated questions, faster onboarding, better access to internal knowledge, and more confidence in the answer.

That is why this case study prioritised trust, failure handling, and maintainability over novelty.

Outcome

The final concept shows how I like to approach applied AI: start from a clear business workflow, add retrieval and model layers where they genuinely help, and keep the user experience grounded, explainable, and useful.