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Parents ask questions in plain English. AI finds the answer from your school's official documents — with citations.

Ask anything about your school…
1. Ask in plain English
2. Get an answer with citations
3. View the source document

Under the hood

Retrieval-augmented generation, grounded in your documents.

Every answer is built from your school's own source material — never invented. Here's how it works, end to end.

Step 01

Multi-format ingestion

PDFs, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint flow through our ingestion pipeline. Scanned PDFs and image-based handouts are routed through our in-house vision model, which extracts text while preserving tables, headings, and structure.

  • PDF · DOCX · XLSX · PPTX · images
  • Vision-model OCR for scanned files
  • Tables and structure preserved
family-handbook.pdfPDF
school-calendar.docxDOCX
lunch-menu.xlsxXLSX
field-trip-flyer.jpgJPG
Step 02

Semantic embeddings

Each document is split into overlapping chunks and embedded with our proprietary 768-dimensional embedding model. Vectors are stored in Postgres via pgvector for fast similarity search at query time.

  • 768-dimensional embedding model
  • Overlapping chunks preserve context
  • pgvector for millisecond similarity search

chunk #142

…students must arrive by 8:00 AM. Tardiness is recorded after the…

vector · 768d

Step 03

Row-level secure retrieval

Row-level security guarantees parents only retrieve chunks from documents their school has approved. Each question is embedded on the fly and matched against the corpus by vector similarity.

  • Per-school document scoping
  • Drafts and internal memos stay private
  • Vector similarity ranks the best matches

Lincoln Elementary · parent scope

Family Handbook 2026
Bus Routes & Schedules
Internal Staff Memo
Lunch Menu — Spring
Board Minutes (draft)
Step 04

Grounded answers with citations

The top-ranked chunks are passed as context to our answer model, which composes a response with inline citations linking back to the exact source document and section — so every claim is verifiable.

  • Inline citations on every claim
  • Click through to the exact passage
  • If we don't know, we say so

What time is lunch served?

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Lunch is served between 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM1. Students may bring meals from home as long as no nut products are included2.
1Cafeteria Policy· §3
2Family Handbook· p. 22

What parents are saying

I found the school dress code policy in seconds instead of digging through a 40-page handbook. This is a game changer for busy parents.

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Sarah M.

Parent, Grade 3

No more digging through emails and PDFs. I just ask my question and get a clear answer with the exact source document.

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James K.

Parent, Grade 5

The AI answers are surprisingly accurate and always cite the official school documents. I trust it completely.

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Parent, Grade 1

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