Case Study: Multimodal RAG Knowledge Base

Upload a Document. Ask a Question.
Get Answers With Real Images.

Your team has hundreds of PDF manuals, technical specs, and compliance docs. Nobody reads them. When someone needs an answer, they ask a colleague, open a support ticket, or Google it — and get wrong information. What if they could just upload the document and ask it questions — with diagrams included?

The Documentation Black Hole

Product manuals, technical specs, compliance docs — companies generate thousands of pages that nobody can search effectively. Traditional search finds keywords but misses context. Users need to know which page, which diagram, which step — not just which document. And when the documentation includes diagrams and images? Regular search completely ignores visual content.

AI That Reads, Sees, and Answers — In Your Language

KnowledgeBase Pro ingests any PDF — extracts text, detects embedded images, annotates every diagram with AI vision, and stores everything in a vector database. When you ask a question, the AI searches both text and images simultaneously, returning precise answers with inline diagrams from the original manual. Ask in English, Ukrainian, or Spanish — get the answer in your language with the exact relevant images.

Live System — Tested on Real Product Manuals

Real-World Example: Upload Any Product Manual
Ask in Any Language — Get Steps + Diagrams

This system was tested with Apple AirPods, AirTag, HomePod, GoPro HERO, and Beats Studio manuals. Every question returns precise text answers with relevant images from the PDF.

Build Your Knowledge Base
Built with n8n, Supabase pgvector & OpenRouter
Free consultation · Custom deployment
95%
Document Retrieval Accuracy
<10s
Answer Delivery Time
Any Language
All languages supported
6+ Channels
Telegram · Slack · Teams · Web

Your Documents Finally Talk Back

Upload once. Ask forever. Text + images, any language.

One-Click Document Onboarding

Any team member uploads a document — PDF, DOCX, PPTX, or even a scanned image — and the knowledge base builds itself. Text is extracted, images are annotated by AI vision, everything is indexed. No IT involvement, no manual tagging.

Visual Search — Text + Diagrams in One Answer

Employees ask a question and get precise answers with the exact diagram from the original document. No more scrolling through 50-page PDFs to find one wiring diagram or assembly step.

Multilingual Teams — One Knowledge Base

Your documentation is in English but your field team speaks Spanish? They ask in Spanish, get the answer in Spanish — with the same technical diagrams. Works in any language. Tested: EN, UA, ES, DE, FR, JP.

Zero Hallucinations — Only Verified Content

The AI strictly answers from uploaded documents only. If the answer is not in the knowledge base, it says so and suggests rephrasing. Critical for compliance-sensitive industries where wrong information has real consequences.

See It In Action: Document Upload → Vector Database

Send a PDF, DOCX, or PPTX via Telegram. The system extracts text, annotates images with AI vision, and stores everything in a searchable vector database.

AirPods Pro 3 PDF uploaded to Telegram — text indexed, 2 images annotated by AI vision, 30 vector entries created

AirPods Pro 3 manual: 2 images annotated, 30 vector entries created

AirTag PDF uploaded to Telegram — text indexed, 3 images annotated by AI vision, 45 vector entries created

AirTag manual: 3 images annotated, 45 vector entries created

Ask in Any Language — Get Answers With Diagrams

The AI searches text and images simultaneously, responds in your language, and includes relevant diagrams from the original PDF.

🇬🇧English"how to charge hero gopro"
🇺🇦Ukrainian"як заряджати AirPods Pro 3"
🇪🇸Spanish"cómo montar una GoPro Hero"
🇩🇪German"wie man die Lautstärke regelt"
🇫🇷French"comment allumer les Beats Studio"
🇯🇵Japanese"Beats Studioを充電するには"
Two English queries on GoPro HERO manual: charging instructions with USB cable diagram, then firmware update with latch mechanism diagram

EN · GoPro charging + update — two queries, two diagrams

English query: how to pair AirTag to iPhone and pull the plastic tab — returns 3 images (AirTag with tab, Bluetooth screen, setup animation) and 4-step pairing instructions

EN · AirTag pairing — 3 images + step-by-step

Ukrainian query: як заряджати AirPods Pro 3 та підключати до iPhone — full answer in Ukrainian with charging case and pairing animation images

UA · AirPods Pro 3 charging + pairing — Ukrainian

Spanish query: cómo montar una GoPro Hero en la superficie — full answer in Spanish with mounting diagrams

ES · GoPro mounting — Spanish response

German query: Können Sie mir zeigen, wie man die Lautstärke am HomePod 2 regelt — answer in German with HomePod diagrams

DE · HomePod volume — German response

Two queries on Beats Studio manual: French question about turning on headphones with power button diagram, then Japanese question about charging with charging port diagram

FR + JP · Beats Studio — French & Japanese on same manual

Two Steps to Transform Your Documentation

Step 1: Upload

Send any document — PDF, DOCX, PPTX — to the bot. Text is extracted, images are annotated by AI, everything is stored in a vector database. Takes under 2 minutes.

Step 2: Ask

Ask any question in any language. Get a precise answer with diagrams from the original document. Your team stops searching — they start asking.

Built for Real Business Problems

From field technicians to legal teams — any department that works with documentation benefits immediately

Product & Equipment Manuals

Field technicians upload equipment manuals and get instant troubleshooting answers with diagrams — in their language, on their phone.

Compliance & Legal Documentation

Legal teams query regulatory documents and get precise answers with exact clause references. No hallucinated legal advice — only what the document says.

Internal IT & HR Knowledge Base

Employees ask "how to set up VPN" or "what is the PTO policy" and get step-by-step answers from your internal documentation — 24/7, no ticket needed.

Training & Onboarding Materials

New hires upload training PDFs and ask questions as they learn. The AI becomes their personal tutor that knows every page of every manual.

Deploy Where Your Team Already Works

This demo uses Telegram and n8n web chat — but the same AI knowledge base integrates with any platform your team uses

Telegram

Upload PDFs + ask questions via bot — ideal for mobile-first teams and field workers

Web Chat Widget

Embed on your company website or portal — customers self-serve from your documentation

Slack

Query your knowledge base directly from Slack channels — answers appear in threads

Microsoft Teams

Integrate with Teams for enterprise environments — adaptive cards with images

WhatsApp

Perfect for customer support — users send questions and get visual answers on WhatsApp

Company Portal

Custom integration via API — embed the knowledge base into any internal tool or CRM

We build the integration for you — just tell us which platform your team uses

How It Works: 6-Phase Pipeline

From PDF upload to AI-powered answers — fully automated, zero manual steps

1

PDF Upload

Send a PDF via Telegram or web chat. System detects file and starts processing.

2

Text & Image Extraction

Docling parses the PDF — extracts all text passages and detects embedded images.

3

AI Image Annotation

Each image is analyzed by AI vision (Gemma 4) to generate a text description for search.

4

Vector Storage

Text chunks + image annotations are embedded (BAAI/bge-large) and stored in Supabase pgvector.

5

Semantic Search

User question triggers dual vector search — finds relevant text AND matching images simultaneously.

6

AI Response

LLM composes an answer using only search results — includes inline images from the original PDF.

Real Example: GoPro HERO Manual — 22 Images, 330 Vector Entries

Full ingestion flow: PDF upload → text extraction → AI vision annotates every diagram → all stored in vector database

GoPro HERO PDF uploaded to Telegram — processing starts, text indexed, first 4 images annotated with AI vision descriptions

Upload → text indexed → AI annotates each image one by one

GoPro HERO ingestion complete — 22 images annotated, 330 vector entries stored, ready for questions

All 22 images annotated → 330 vector entries → ready for questions

Technology Stack

Open-source foundation — no vendor lock-in, fully self-hosted

N8
n8n
Workflow orchestration — 93-node pipeline
SU
Supabase
pgvector storage + Supabase Storage for images
DO
Docling
Document parsing (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, HTML, images)
OP
OpenRouter
AI chat (Nvidia Nemotron) + Vision (Gemma 4)
HU
HuggingFace
BAAI/bge-large-en-v1.5 embeddings (1024-dim)
TE
Telegram
File upload + AI chat interface

Success Story: Product Manual Knowledge Base

How we turned static PDF manuals into an intelligent, multilingual Q&A system

Challenge Solved

  • Users couldn't find specific steps or diagrams in PDF manuals
  • Traditional search ignored images and diagrams entirely
  • Non-English speakers had no way to query English-only manuals
  • Support teams answered the same questions repeatedly

Technology Stack

n8n
n8n Workflows
SB
Supabase pgvector
AI
OpenRouter AI
TG
Telegram Bot
95%
Retrieval accuracy
<10s
Answer delivery
Any lang
All languages supported
6+
Chat integrations available
Case Study: Multimodal RAG Knowledge Base

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