Before developing a company chatbot, inspect the knowledge it will rely on to answer real business questions.

A large folder count does not show whether guidance is current, consistent, owned, or approved for the intended users.

Start with one service, its decisions, and a representative set of documents and difficult questions. Assign an owner to each pilot source.

Separate approved retrieval material from reference-only and quarantined content. Keep unresolved conflicts and unclear permissions outside the approved index.

Define the questions the pilot can answer, its exclusions, and a route for reporting missing knowledge. A bounded inventory should precede a faster way to retrieve confusion.

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