AI KNOWLEDGE BASE

An AI knowledge base that gives SANIA the context of your organisation

General-purpose AI does not automatically know your opening hours, services, procedures, products or internal information. SANIA can use a knowledge base specific to your organisation so it can answer within the context you define.

YOUR BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE

Why a knowledge base matters for an AI visitor assistant

To welcome and inform visitors correctly, AI needs information that reflects the location where it is used. General knowledge is not enough when a question concerns service hours, reception points, available services, procedures, products or rules specific to an organisation.

The knowledge base defines this context. Your organisation chooses what should be accessible and provides SANIA with the relevant content. The avatar can then build answers within that scope rather than behaving like a general-purpose AI disconnected from the real venue.

This is particularly important in physical spaces, where visitors expect practical answers they can use immediately. Clear and current content helps keep the experience aligned with the reality of the organisation.

YOUR INFORMATION

Knowledge built from your own content

SANIA can use different types of organisation-provided content to answer questions related to your activity.

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Practical information

Opening hours, services, contacts, visitor rules and other information specific to your location.

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Business documents

Different document and content types can contribute to the information made available to SANIA.

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Products and services

You choose the information you want to make accessible about your offers, services or operations.

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Defined scope

You decide which subjects and information the avatar should be able to use as part of its role.

HOW IT WORKS

From business content to a conversational answer

A knowledge base is not a script for every possible question. SANIA uses conversational AI, so visitors can express requests naturally and the avatar can answer using the context and information made available to it.

This avoids relying entirely on rigid menus or dialogue trees. The organisation does not need to predict every exact sentence a visitor may use. The priority is to define useful information, its scope and its quality, then learn from the questions encountered in real use.

Different LLM engines can be used depending on the project configuration. However, the model itself cannot replace organisation-specific knowledge: even a capable model still needs accurate context about your location and services.

CONTENT

What information should an AI knowledge base contain?

The right content depends on the use case. A hotel, museum, store, public authority or shopping centre will not need the same information. Starting from real visitor questions is usually more useful than importing every available document without selection.

Content should be clear, precise enough and consistent. If the same subject appears in several sources, contradictions should be resolved. Outdated or ambiguous information can reduce answer quality even when the technical system is working correctly.

  • Opening hours, contacts and practical information

  • Descriptions of services and facilities

  • Product or offer information when relevant

  • Public-facing procedures and instructions

  • Selected business documents and content

  • Answers to recurring visitor questions

CONTENT QUALITY

Keep the knowledge base clear, consistent and current

More content does not automatically mean better answers. A useful knowledge base focuses on information relevant to the role of the avatar and maintains a clear boundary between what SANIA can explain, what should remain with staff and what may require an external system.

Editorial maintenance therefore matters. When opening hours, services, offers or procedures change, the relevant content should be updated. Each organisation can define its own validation process according to teams and information sensitivity.

Representative questions can also be tested before deployment and after major content changes. The goal is not to write every conversation in advance, but to verify that essential information is present and understandable.

SCOPE AND INTEGRATIONS

A knowledge base is not an automatic connection to every business system

Knowledge supplied to SANIA is different from a live integration with a business application. Adding documents does not mean the avatar automatically queries a CRM, ERP, ticketing platform, booking system or internal software.

If a project requires data from a third-party system or an action inside that system, the connection must be assessed separately. A specific integration may be considered depending on the need, but it should not be confused with the native knowledge-base function.

Keeping this distinction clear makes the project more credible: the knowledge base makes organisation-provided information accessible, while external-system exchanges are a separate integration requirement.

Your business information on one side. Specific integrations on the other. A clear scope for each project.

USE CASES

A knowledge base adapted to each sector

The right information depends on the visitors, expected questions and the context of the venue.

Cave à vin
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Retail & stores

SANIA turns a display or interactive kiosk into a conversational information point that can answer using the store’s own content and knowledge.

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Mall
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Shopping centres

SANIA can centralise useful visitor information and make it accessible through natural conversation on a display or interactive kiosk.

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Sania à l'accueil d'une mairie
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Tourism & visitor information

SANIA makes destination information accessible through natural conversation on a display or interactive kiosk.

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Hotel Palma 2
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Hospitality

SANIA can answer questions about the property, its services and useful stay information using content supplied by the hotel.

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Acquarium
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Museums & culture

SANIA lets visitors naturally question content made available by a museum or cultural venue.

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Entreprise
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Corporate reception

SANIA can welcome, inform and guide visitors using company-specific information on a display or interactive kiosk.

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Sania à l'accueil d'une mairie
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Local government & public services

SANIA can inform and guide users using information supplied and validated by the public authority, without replacing administrative decisions.

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Banque 2
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Banking & branches

SANIA can present general branch and service information from validated content, without performing transactions or providing financial advice.

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PREPARE THE PROJECT

Questions to ask before building the knowledge base

A practical starting point is to identify the most common visitor requests, the information that is currently difficult to find and the answers that should be accessible without always involving staff. This helps prioritise useful content.

Sensitive topics and situations that require human judgement should also be identified. SANIA can direct visitors towards staff when a request falls outside the defined information scope, without assuming an automatic handover mechanism that has not been specifically implemented.

  • Define priority questions and information

  • Identify reliable source documents

  • Remove outdated or contradictory content

  • Define topics that should remain with staff

  • Plan how content will be kept up to date

DEMO

See how SANIA answers with business context

A demonstration helps show the difference between general-purpose AI and a conversational avatar supplied with information specific to an organisation.

YOUR PROJECT

Planning an AI knowledge base for visitor services?

Tell us about your venue, visitor questions and the information you want to make accessible. We can show how SANIA can use that context in your environment.

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