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AI-Powered Platform · V1 MVP · Internal

Ask AuthorAI
Document Intelligence

Grounded, citation-backed conversations with any document — bills, contracts, RFPs — without leaving Authorium.

Theme: AI-Powered Platform Status: V1 MVP Entry Points: Bill Info · Authorium Docs
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The Problem & Solution

Dense documents. Slow answers. No trail.

Today — Without AuthorAI

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Ctrl+F misses context Keyword search can't reason across sections or handle synonyms and cross-references.
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Generic AI hallucinates ChatGPT can't be trusted for government work — no citations, no source verification.
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20 minutes, not 2 A 40-page bill review for key entities and deadlines takes 20+ minutes manually.

Tomorrow — With Ask AuthorAI

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Conversational answers Ask any question. Get a structured answer grounded entirely in the document text.
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100% verifiable citations Every claim has a numbered citation. Click it — the document scrolls to the exact paragraph.
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2 minutes, not 20 Targeted answers in seconds. No tab switching. No leaving the workflow.
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How It Works

Three steps. Verified answers.

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Open the panel

Click "Ask AuthorAI" on any Bill Info page or Authorium Document. The panel opens scoped to the exact version you're viewing — always.

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Ask your question

Type a free-form question or tap a suggested query. The AI answers in seconds, grounded entirely in the document — no external knowledge, no hallucination.

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Follow the citations

Every factual claim has a numbered citation. Click any source card and the document scrolls to the exact paragraph. Verify in one click.

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Who Benefits & Why It Matters

One capability. Universal value.

Who It Serves

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DOF Analyst Key changes, fiscal impacts, affected entities — in seconds
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Procurement Officer Clauses, obligations, compliance requirements
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Contract Manager Summarize terms, identify risks, track obligations
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IT Security Reviewer Security and compliance requirements
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Executive Fast, accurate summaries before approvals

Why It Wins

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100% Verifiable Every claim links to source. No uncited assertions — government-grade trust.
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Platform Differentiation No other public sector platform offers grounded, citation-backed document chat.
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V2 Foundation Single-doc V1 establishes the UX and architecture for cross-document collection intelligence.
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Low Infrastructure Lift Context injection reuses existing Rails export path — no vector DB needed for V1.
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V1 MVP Scope

What's in — and what comes next.

✅ In Scope — V1

Ask AuthorAI on Bill Info pages (all versions)
Ask AuthorAI on Authorium Documents
Suggested questions on panel open
Numbered inline citations with deep-links to source paragraph
Session-scoped conversation (clears on close)
Feature flag per org (controlled rollout)
Context injection — reuses existing Rails export path

⏭ Deferred — V2 / V3

Collection / stage-level cross-document chat (V2)
PDF, Word, Forms ingestion (V2)
User-uploaded attachments mid-conversation (V2)
Bill amendment relationship mapping (V3)
Chat history persistence across sessions
Admin configuration UI
Try the Live Demo → Or read the full epic for technical details and open questions
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