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COCO / AI / WORKFLOW DESIGN

AI Knowledge Base / RAGRAG is retrieval with accountability—not magic memory.

A RAG system is only as reliable as its documents, access controls, revisions and evaluation. It can retrieve obsolete terms or miss a key clause; answers need provenance and safe fallback.

Scope-led engagement · tailored engineering · not packaged SaaS

COCO / AI WORKFLOW STUDY 01—07

Make repeated work
safer and clearer.

The challenge RAG is retrieval with accountability—not magic memory.
In context Support searches trade discounts across an old price shee…
Design focus Curated document provenance
Conceptual illustration · not client UI
COCO / RESPONSIBLE AUTOMATION
Prove value before scaling.
01 / THE REAL PROBLEM
Automation is a tool.
Accountability stays human.

A RAG system is only as reliable as its documents, access controls, revisions and evaluation. It can retrieve obsolete terms or miss a key clause; answers need provenance and safe fallback.

FIELD NOTE / ILLUSTRATIVE

A moment worth redesigning

Support searches trade discounts across an old price sheet and a new contract. Without customer-specific permissions and effective dates, retrieval can expose wrong prices.

Composite business vignette, not a client quote or measured result.

02 / HOW WE WORK

Find the goal and the risk.
Then design the workflow.

We begin with task context, data permission, failure cases and review points. These are proposed steps; whether AI belongs is determined in discovery.

Confirm the task and approved knowledge sources
COCO / DESIGN SESSION
Confirm the task and approved knowledge sources
STEP 01 / 03 Illustrative
03 / SCOPE THE RIGHT THING

More than a prompt: usable delivery.

Deliverables depend on the workflow, privacy, security, model operating costs, platform access and ownership.

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Curated document provenance

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Permission-aware retrieval and citations

03 /

Answer evaluations, feedback and reindexing

AI must be evaluated for Australian privacy duties, data use, human oversight, accuracy and access controls. Validate lawful collection and appropriate notice before handling personal data. OAIC ↗

04 / EVIDENCE OF IMPROVEMENT

How will we know it helped?

Measure time, accuracy, exceptions and model cost against a baseline—never invented success percentages.

01

Correct answers grounded in cited sources

Establish a baseline before claiming improvement.

02

Speed of safe escalation and handover

Establish a baseline before claiming improvement.

03

Sensitive-data and permission incidents

Establish a baseline before claiming improvement.

05 / RELATED CAPABILITIES

What else does
the workflow touch?

Even a simple AI task may depend on knowledge, APIs, human approvals, customer data and monitoring. Explore adjacent services to scope the full workflow.

LET'S UNDERSTAND THE WORK

Choose one useful workflow.
Then choose the technology.

Tell us about one repeated task and what mistakes cost. We will compare rules, workflow platforms and AI before recommending an approach.