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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "apowerb-apowerb--answer-questions-from-company-documents",
 "repo": "apowerb/apowerb",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/apowerb/apowerb",
 "repo_slug": "apowerb-apowerb",
 "title": "Build a document assistant over your own files and URLs",
 "page_title": "How to build a document assistant over your own files and URLs with Apowerb",
 "summary": "Index files, URLs or S3 content into a knowledge base and let an agent answer from it.",
 "who": "A team lead or knowledge manager who wants staff to ask questions about contracts or procedures without searching folders.",
 "problem": "Answers sit in scattered contracts, procedures and web pages, and finding them takes time.",
 "outcome": "An agent answers questions using your indexed documents, and you can check each answer against its source file.",
 "steps": [
  "Start the stack: `docker compose -f docker-compose/docker-compose.yml --env-file .env up -d`",
  "Create a knowledge base and add your files, URLs, databases or S3 content through RAG.",
  "Define an agent in the web interface and attach the knowledge base to it.",
  "Ask the agent three questions whose answers you already know from the source documents."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the apowerb repo at https://github.com/apowerb/apowerb, index <target folder or URL> into a knowledge base and attach it to an agent. Expected output: answers to five test questions. Verify each answer against the original document before the agent is shared.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README does not describe how answers are cited, so checking answers against source files is a manual step.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Docker and Docker Compose",
  "An API key from a supported model provider such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Mistral, Gemini, Azure AI Foundry or OVHcloud, or any other LiteLLM provider",
  "Accounts for the business systems you want to connect, such as Gmail, Outlook, HubSpot, Pipedrive or Odoo"
 ],
 "risk": "dual-use",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/apowerb-apowerb/answer-questions-from-company-documents/",
 "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/apowerb-apowerb/answer-questions-from-company-documents/index.md",
 "disclaimer": "Deduped lists open-source repositories that belong to other people. We do not own, maintain, audit, or vouch for any of them, and a repo appearing here is not an endorsement or a safety check. The use cases, steps, and prompts are written by AI and may be incomplete, outdated, or just wrong. Where a use case is marked \"Seen in the wild\", we link to public posts where someone described something similar, but we have not verified those posts and the use case itself is still our AI's own write-up. Use all of this at your own risk. Only run code, commands, or agents on systems and accounts you are authorized to use, and read the code and every command before you run it, especially anything that touches credentials, files, or the network. Nothing here is professional, security, legal, or financial advice. All trademarks and project names belong to their respective owners, and their use here does not imply affiliation. Content is provided as is, without warranties of any kind. Found a mistake, a safety problem, or something you want removed? Email hello@dedupedai.com and we will look at it promptly.",
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 "api_version": "v1"
}