Softment

AI Development

RAG Development Services

We build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems that answer from your documents—not guesses. Expect clean ingestion, tuned retrieval, citations, and an evaluation loop that improves accuracy over time.

TimelineTypical: 3–6 weeks (scope-dependent)
Starting at$1.7k
Security-first AI integrations • Evals + logging + guardrails included

Overview

What this service is

RAG combines search with LLM responses: it retrieves relevant source passages and then generates an answer grounded in those sources.

We engineer the full stack—connectors, chunking, embeddings, hybrid search, reranking, and access control—so retrieval is reliable in real conditions.

You get monitoring and evaluation tests so your team can iterate without breaking quality as content and prompts evolve.

Standard

AI delivery standard

Quality and safety practices we ship with AI builds so the system stays measurable, maintainable, and production-ready.

Logging + tracing

Conversation and tool traces with request IDs, error visibility, and debug-friendly runbooks.

Guardrails + safety

Tool allowlists, PII-safe patterns, refusal behavior, and escalation routes for edge cases.

Evals + regression tests

Golden queries, scorecards, and regression checks so quality improves over time instead of drifting.

Cost + latency controls

Caching, prompt discipline, retrieval tuning, and routing so your app stays fast and predictable at scale.

Documentation + handoff

Architecture notes, environment setup, and next-step roadmap so your team can iterate safely after launch.

Security-first integration

Secrets isolation, role-based access, audit-friendly actions, and minimal data retention by design.

Benefits

What you get

Lower hallucinations with source-grounded answers

Better retrieval quality via hybrid search + reranking

Safer UX with citations and low-confidence fallbacks

Freshness via incremental indexing pipelines

Permission-aware access for internal/tenant data

Measurable accuracy via eval sets and regression tests

Features

What we deliver

Ingestion pipelines

Connect PDFs, docs, wikis, websites, help centers, tickets, and databases with clean normalization and metadata.

Chunking + metadata strategy

Right-sized chunks with stable IDs, versioning, and filters so retrieval stays accurate as content changes.

Vector database setup

Schema, indexing, backups, and performance tuning for Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, or pgvector based on your constraints.

Hybrid search + reranking

Combine keyword + semantic retrieval and rerank results to improve precision for exact terms, error codes, and product names.

Citations + excerpt UX

Answers include sources and highlighted passages so users can verify and drill into the original content.

Evaluation + monitoring

Golden queries, regression checks, retrieval metrics, and dashboards so quality improves continuously after launch.

Process

How we work

1
2–4 days

Discovery

Sources, permissions, query goals, and evaluation criteria.

2
4–8 days

Ingestion

Connectors, parsing, normalization, and metadata.

3
1–2 weeks

Retrieval

Embeddings, vector DB, hybrid search, and reranking.

4
3–6 days

Answer UX

Citations, excerpt UI, and fallback behavior.

5
4–8 days

Evals + launch

Regression tests, monitoring, and rollout plan.

Tech Stack

Technologies we use

Core

OpenAI / AnthropicEmbeddingsHybrid searchReranking

Tools

Pinecone / Qdrant / Weaviatepgvector (Postgres)LangChain / SDK-firstNext.js

Services

Node.js / PythonSentry / tracing

Use Cases

Who this is for

Support knowledge base assistant

Answer tickets from docs and policies with citations and escalation when evidence is weak.

Internal SOP / runbook search

Search across internal procedures and knowledge while respecting access rules and audit needs.

Product docs + developer assistant

Explain APIs, error codes, and configuration with precise citations and up-to-date versioning.

Compliance / policy Q&A

Ground answers in official policy docs, track sources, and provide safe “I can’t confirm” fallbacks.

Sales enablement assistant

Find the right case studies, pricing rules, and product positioning fast—without misinformation.

AI Case Examples

Micro case studies (anonymous)

A few safe examples of outcomes we build for real operations—no client names, just results.

Secure Mobile Solution in Australian Defence Ecosystem

Problem: Secure data workflows were required in a regulated environment with strict access controls.

Solution: Hardened architecture with strict auth, encrypted storage, and audit-friendly engineering patterns.

Outcome: Deployed securely within a regulated ecosystem with clear handoff and operational guidance.

AI Knowledge Base Across 2,000+ Pages

Problem: Teams needed fast answers across long PDFs, but search was slow and results were inconsistent.

Solution: RAG with hybrid retrieval and reranking, plus grounded answers and safer fallback behavior.

Outcome: Reliable answers with <10s response times and measurable improvements on real queries.

Ops Automation with AI + n8n

Problem: Manual approvals and CRM syncing created delays and data inconsistencies across tools.

Solution: Event-driven automation with validation gates and AI-assisted classification where it improved routing.

Outcome: Reduced manual workload significantly with more reliable workflows and operator visibility.

Decision Guides

Not sure which to choose?

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

It depends on your constraints. Pinecone is managed and operationally simple, Qdrant/Weaviate are great for self-hosting, and pgvector is strong if you’re already on Postgres. We recommend based on scale, cost, and infra preferences.

Yes. We can implement per-user or per-tenant filtering, source-level permissions, and auth integration so retrieval respects access rules.

We improve retrieval quality, require citations/excerpts, add low-confidence fallbacks, and test with evaluation queries that reflect real user needs.

We build incremental indexing and scheduled refresh pipelines so new or updated docs are reflected without full re-ingestion.

Yes. Hybrid retrieval and reranking are often the biggest accuracy unlocks for production RAG systems.

A first production RAG system often ships in 3–6 weeks depending on sources, permissions, and UX complexity.

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