Locate
When someone knows the filename, record or exact term, ordinary keyword or metadata search is often the right answer.
No model step needed
Cited answers over your own documents
Enterprise search that shows
its working.
Ask across approved company documents. Marella retrieves the passages, writes a supported answer and keeps the source open for review.
Example question · not customer data
Approved documentsOne question, every source shown, including the stale one
Passages found3 selected
- 01Enterprise MSA · v3
Termination and renewal · §12.1
Exact policy language - 02Renewals guidance
Commercial operations · current
Supporting context - 03Enterprise MSA · v2
Archived · superseded March 2024
Version conflict
Answer, with sources Validation ready
The notice period is 90 days for enterprise agreements signed after March 2024. The current MSA sets that period for non-renewal, while the renewals guidance says notice should be recorded before the account review.
2 claims2 linked sources1 stale document excluded
The documentPage 14
12. Renewal and termination
12.1 Either party may elect not to renew an Enterprise Agreement by providingno fewer than ninety (90) days' written notice before the end of the then-current term.
12.2 Notice must be delivered to the address specified…
Choose the smallest useful tool
Search is not one job.
Understand
When the evidence is spread across policies, agreements or project records, Marella can pull it together and show every source.
Retrieval + answer + source review
Decide
Marella can gather the evidence. The person responsible still makes the judgement call.
A person still decides
How it works
The answer is the middle of the job.
- 01
Set the source boundary
Choose the approved documents, versions and identities before anyone asks a question.
Test: inaccessible, deleted and archived sources
- 02
Retrieve passages
Marella searches for relevant passages, not just matching filenames. Parsing and source freshness shape what can be found.
Test: known answers, distractors and difficult formats
- 03
Synthesise with citations
The answer links each claim to the passage it came from. A citation on its own does not prove the passage says it.
Test: correctness, completeness and conflicting evidence
- 04
Review the source
The reviewer opens the source, checks the controlling version and accepts, revises or rejects the answer.
Owner: the authorised person for the workflow
Four document setups
Test the awkward questions first.
A representative evaluation tells you more than a polished prompt. Write down the answer you expect before you run it.
Open the evaluation kitCaseDocument setupExpected behaviour
Known answer
Current source plus plausible distractors
Find the controlling passage and link it to the claim
Stale version
Current and archived documents use different wording
Prefer the current source and expose the conflict
Absent answer
The document set does not contain enough evidence
Qualify or decline instead of filling the gap
Revoked access
A previously visible source becomes unavailable
Respect the tested identity and connector boundary
Known limits
Every cited answer still needs a human check.
- Retrieval can miss relevant evidence or select a plausible distractor.
- A citation can be there and still not support the claim it sits on.
- Connector permission inheritance and freshness are tested per integration.
- Marella does not replace the authorised reviewer responsible for a consequential decision.
Direct answers
How is this different from a site search box?
A search box returns a ranked list of files and leaves the reading to you. This retrieves the relevant passages across documents and writes a synthesis linked back to them, which is only worth the extra step once you have tested the evidence behind it and how it behaves when it fails.
Does Marella search the public web?
Enterprise document search is scoped to the sources your organisation has approved. Web research is a separate configurable agent role, and the workflow should make it visible which of the two an answer came from.
Can it inherit all source permissions?
Do not assume that from an integration label. Test identity, revoked access, deletions and inaccessible content for the selected connector.
Evaluate enterprise search on the documents that matter.
Tell us what kind of documents they are. We agree a secure way to send them before anything moves.
Plan the evaluation