We've worked with enough operators in Nowra to know that the brief that arrives in our inbox is rarely the brief that ends up shipped. The first thing we do on any semantic search (RAG) project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
For Nowra operators who want a working pilot in weeks, not a year-long programme.
What semantic search (RAG) actually does
Search that understands intent, not just keywords. Your team types what they mean - and gets the right document, ticket, or product from across every system, with citations.
- 01 Indexes Drive, SharePoint, Notion, Slack, your CRM
- 02 Returns answers with source links - no hallucinations
- 03 Permissioned so staff only see what they should
- 04 Re-indexes nightly so results stay fresh
Built on: Pinecone Claude Postgres pgvector Vercel AI SDK
Without Koala Dynamics
With Koala Dynamics
The Nowra context, plainly.
- Nowra and the Shoalhaven run on defence, dairy and tourism, with a summer population that multiplies the customer base overnight.
- HMAS Albatross anchors a defence services sector, alongside dairy, food production and a coastal tourism strip. Compliance-heavy defence work and seasonal tourism work sit in the same town and need very different systems.
We work with teams across Nowra: Nowra CBD · Bomaderry · Worrigee · South Nowra · Huskisson.
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How we build semantic search (RAG) for a Nowra team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Nowra business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI search over your data.
Talk to usThe outcome for Nowra teams
If we build the right slice first, Nowra teams feel the difference inside the first month. Average search time drops from 6 minutes to 12 seconds.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
What's a typical engagement length for Nowra businesses?
Six to twelve weeks for the build, then a short managed-services month while the system goes from "shipped" to "owned by your team". After that you keep us on retainer if you want, or take it from there yourself.
Are there hidden costs we should plan for?
Three to know about: model/API spend (which we set up under your own account, not ours, so you see and control it), any new SaaS subscriptions we recommend, and your team's time during rollout. We surface all three in the quote so there are no surprises.
Can you walk us through a comparable build?
Yes - on the first call we'll pick the closest engagement we've shipped to what you're describing and walk through the outcome, the headcount and the time it took. Average search time drops from 6 minutes to 12 seconds.
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. The default semantic search (RAG) stack we reach for is Pinecone, Claude, Postgres pgvector, Vercel AI SDK, but we'll bend it around whatever you already run - Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Cin7, your own in-house apps. The discovery week maps every data source before any build starts.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it - no obligation.