Product positioning — quick reference¶
Primary document: Problem statement
Disclaimer: disclaimer.md
One line¶
CAE Copilot — documentation assistant for CAE workflows; first adapter: ANSYS Rocky (DEM), v26r1 manuals, cited RAG + DEM helpers.
Terminology¶
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Adapter | CAE-product-specific KB, intents, and tools (ansys_rocky first). Registry: adapters/registry.py; add a new adapter = new manifest corpus + optional tool set |
| Portfolio demo | No live Rocky connection; answers from indexed manuals only |
| Orchestrator | Engineer — verifies citations, copies scripts, runs Rocky locally |
| HITL | Human-in-the-loop — mandatory for scripts and engineering decisions |
| Citation | Numbered source reference (manual + page) in the report |
| source_notice | Legal/attribution line prepended to API responses |
| Vector + filters | Shipped retrieval: cosine search + Qdrant payload filters |
| Hybrid retrieval | Planned: BM25 + vector fusion (not implemented) |
| Stage 1 / 2 / 3 | Data Foundation / Trusted Agent Layer / Live CAE integration |
Core loop¶
User query → Intent → Router → [RAG | Tools] → Report
Intents: knowledge, setup, scripting, calculation, unknown.
| Intent | Path |
|---|---|
knowledge, setup, scripting |
RAG → Report |
calculation |
Tools → Report |
unknown |
Report (direct) |
Use / avoid (marketing)¶
| Use | Avoid |
|---|---|
| Rocky documentation assistant (unofficial) | ANSYS Copilot |
| DEM workflow helper | Solver automation product |
| Cited manual retrieval | “AI knows Rocky” without sources |