AI & Automation · Work with a partner · July 14, 2024

Designing an Internal Support Assistant

A useful assistant answers from approved sources, shows where answers came from, and admits when it does not know.

Illustration for Designing an Internal Support Assistant
Putting ideas into practice
AI & Automation · Work with a partner · July 14, 2024

A useful assistant answers from approved sources, shows where answers came from, and admits when it does not know.

  • AI assistant
  • enterprise search
  • knowledge management
  • RAG chatbot

Define the questions it should handle

Select repeatable internal questions with clear authoritative answers, such as process guidance or onboarding information. Exclude decisions requiring access the assistant cannot verify.

Illustration for Designing an Internal Support Assistant
AI & Automation

AI & Automation

Thoughtful decisions compound over time.

Practical product work brings technical choices back to the people and workflows they are meant to serve.

Make answers inspectable

Show citations or source links next to generated responses and provide a useful no-answer path. Review permissions, stale content, and escalation routes as part of the product design.

Roll out with measurable boundaries

Test against real employee questions and log unanswered or incorrect cases for review. An AI discovery workshop can help scope a contained assistant and its governance requirements.

Practical application

Pick a bounded set of approved support articles and prepare questions with known source answers. Measure whether the assistant cites the right document, respects access permissions, and clearly escalates when the knowledge base does not contain an answer.

Planning a similar project?

Let’s work through your requirements.

We can help assess the workflow, technical options, and a practical next step for your team.

Discuss your project