Chifty Knowledge
SharePoint content as a knowledge source for AI
How does AI search SharePoint documents?
Chifty Knowledge connects SharePoint as a knowledge source. Approved content becomes searchable and available to the AI in Chifty Chat and Chifty Office. Permissions stay intact: the AI only draws on sources the asking person is allowed to see, and every answer shows the sources it used.
What gets connected
SharePoint often holds a large part of a company's documented knowledge: policies, project files, meeting minutes, and document libraries grown over years. Chifty Knowledge connects this content as a knowledge source to your central knowledge base – alongside other sources such as Google Drive, OneDrive, or HubSpot, plus directly uploaded documents and notes. There's nothing to copy or reorganize: existing content becomes usable right where it already lives.
The connected knowledge is used where your team already works. In Chifty Chat, employees ask questions in plain language and get answers with cited sources instead of clicking through folder structures. In Chifty Office, approved knowledge flows into email drafts – every draft is reviewed and sent by your team.
Permissions stay intact
The principle is simple: the AI must not bypass permissions. In Chifty, you decide who can access which knowledge – personally, for specific roles and teams, or company-wide. Answers draw exclusively on sources approved for the asking person.
Technically, the permission filter is applied directly in the search, before a result exists – the AI itself cannot influence it. Sensitive areas such as HR, finance, or management stay protected when classified accordingly. And because every answer shows its sources, it stays traceable what it is based on.
Honest limits
- The connection needs read access to the SharePoint content you want to use as a knowledge source. What you don't share, Chifty doesn't see – and therefore can't use in answers.
- Chifty is a young product, and the connectors keep evolving. Which of your content can be connected in detail is best clarified in a personal conversation.
- The quality of the answers depends on the quality of the content: outdated or contradictory documents in SharePoint lead to correspondingly limited answers.