What the Chatbot Can and Cannot Do
What AI Chat Can Do
AI Chat helps you work more efficiently with the data already available in Octostar. It can retrieve relevant evidence from your workspace, summarize it, connect structured and unstructured information, and point you back to the underlying sources for verification.
Capabilities
| Capability | What it means |
|---|---|
| Retrieve and summarize indexed content | Summarize documents, extract key facts, and highlight relevant passages from workspace content |
| Analyze enriched evidence outputs | Use transcripts, OCR text, metadata, and other structured annotations created during ingestion and processing |
| Connect structured data | Explain how records, concepts, and relationships relate to each other and where supporting evidence appears |
| Perform semantic retrieval | Retrieve relevant content using keyword and vector search, even when wording differs across sources |
| Provide traceable answers | Reference the source documents and records used to generate an answer so you can verify the evidence |
| Use enabled tools when configured | In deployments that support agent workflows, use available tools such as launching an app or preparing an export, within your permissions |
Example prompts
- “Summarize all WhatsApp conversations related to luxury vehicle sales and list recurring sellers. Provide citations.”
- “How is this record connected to the suspect’s phone number? Show the relationship path and cite sources.”
- “List all IBANs and phone numbers mentioned in these documents, grouped by file.”
What AI Chat Cannot Do
AI Chat operates within clear technical and permission boundaries. It can support investigative work, but it cannot replace validation or access content outside the scope of your environment.
| Limitation | What it means |
|---|---|
| Access systems that are not integrated or enabled | If a database, external service, or workspace is not connected to Octostar, AI Chat cannot retrieve it |
| Override permissions | AI Chat cannot access files or records that you are not allowed to open |
| Guarantee exact counts across large datasets | Responses are based on retrieved context and may miss items that were not retrieved |
| Replace validation or legal review | It does not replace investigative judgment, chain-of-custody procedures, or formal legal review |
| Analyze content that is not ingested and indexed | Only content processed and made available in Octostar can be used |
Your responsibility
You remain responsible for how AI Chat output is interpreted and used. For critical findings, always verify the underlying evidence before acting on the result. When validating an answer:
- ask for citations
- open the referenced documents or records
- confirm names, dates, amounts, and identifiers in the source material
- document how the conclusion was validated before using it in reporting or decision-making