GROUNDED CUSTOMER ANSWERS · Workflow idea

Give every app question an answer with evidence behind it.

Help people find answers in the material your team has prepared. Return relevant citations, keep repeat questions efficient, and distinguish supported answers from uncertain ones.

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Starts with
A question from an app user
Produces
A structured answer with citations and a groundedness assessment, with supported public content marked for refresh when appropriate.
Category
Content & marketing

01 / The starting point

A clear request.
A useful direction.

A question and its conversation context from your application

“Answer the user’s question using the relevant prepared material, include supporting citations, and indicate when the available information does not support a confident answer.”
An example request · Make it specific to your team.

02 / The work

6 tasks.
One useful outcome.

Finds relevant passages from your prepared knowledge, uses them to shape a response, and returns an answer with citations and a confidence signal.

  1. Receive the user’s question

    Collect the question and relevant conversation context from your application, along with the knowledge area the request is allowed to use.

  2. Check whether a recent answer is available

    Reuse a recent result for an identical request when one is available, so repeat questions can be handled consistently.

  3. Find relevant source material

    Search the prepared knowledge area for passages that relate to the question and keep the response within that material.

  4. Prepare an answer with citations

    Return a concise response with references to the supporting passages and a signal of how well the answer is grounded.

  5. Keep a conversation record

    Record the question, response, citations, and supporting quality information for later review.

  6. Refresh public content when supported

    Request a content refresh only when the answer is grounded enough to justify it; keep that update separate from answering the user.

03 / The result

Something useful.
Something to build on.

A structured answer with citations and a groundedness assessment, with supported public content marked for refresh when appropriate.

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Answer app questions with cited company knowledge

Content & marketing · Example outcome

The handoff

A structured answer with citations and a groundedness assessment, with supported public content marked for refresh when appropriate.

Keep in mind

An answer should be treated as supported only when the cited material backs it up. Content refresh is reserved for grounded answers; a citation or confidence score is not a substitute for review where judgment matters.

04 / Make it yours

Set the brief.
Set the standard.

A few choices shape the work around your team.

Prepare and organize trusted material

Choose the documents and knowledge areas users may ask about, and make sure their contents are current.

Set the allowed question scope

Decide which knowledge areas each request may use and what should happen when a question falls outside that scope.

Choose retention and response limits

Set conversation record details, repeat-answer duration, and reasonable limits for question length.

Review answers and refresh behavior

Test supported, unsupported, and uncertain questions. Confirm that only grounded answers can request a public content refresh.

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