A knowledge base is typically one product’s documentation site, a repo, or an internal wiki. Knowledge bases live inside a workspace and own everything needed to answer questions about that product — sources, client keys, agents, actions, and analytics.

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Create a knowledge base

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Create the knowledge base

From the dashboard at app.beforequery.com, open your workspace and click New Knowledge Base. Give it a name.
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Connect your first source

Point the knowledge base at a docs URL — the fastest way to get answers flowing — or pick any other source type from the Sources tab.
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Test in the Playground

Once the first sync finishes, ask a question in the Playground and check the citations.
The number of knowledge bases you can create depends on your workspace plan — see Billing & Plans.

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Knowledge Base settings

Each knowledge base carries its own answer configuration, editable under Knowledge Base → Settings:

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What a knowledge base owns

  • Sources — websites, git repos, connectors, files, and more.
  • Source groups — model docs versions or products within one knowledge base.
  • Client keys — per-knowledge-base credentials for the widget, SDKs, and public API. See Authentication.
  • Agents & actions — agent graphs, AI actions, and approval queues.
  • Analytics & evals — knowledge gaps, per-source citations, answer quality.

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Archive a knowledge base

Archiving takes a knowledge base out of active use without deleting its indexed content — use Knowledge Base → Settings → Archive. To remove a knowledge base and its documents permanently, use Delete instead. Both actions are recorded in the workspace audit log.

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One knowledge base or many?

  • One product, multiple docs versions → one knowledge base with source groups (v1, v2, latest).
  • Multiple products with separate audiences → separate knowledge bases, each with its own widget, keys, and analytics.
  • Internal + external knowledge for the same product → one knowledge base; mark internal pages restricted (see Roles & Permissions) or isolate them in an internal-only source group.