Typical answer-oriented RAG
- Question
- Retrieve relevant chunks
- LLM answer
RAG AND EVIDENCE-BOUND OPERATIONS
RAG finds relevant answers. Orbivell completes verifiable document work.
Orbivell uses retrieval where it works best—then adds exact source locators, cross-source reconciliation, deterministic checks, revision-impact tracking, user approval, editable deliverables, and audit trails.
Orbivell
- Source revision
- Exact evidence
- Reconcile and verify
- User approval
- Editable artifact
- Audit trail
FAIR COMPARISON
Retrieval remains; the operating controls expand
| Area | Typical RAG | Orbivell |
|---|---|---|
| Primary outcome | Evidence-grounded answer | Verified, approved work result and editable file |
| Evidence granularity | Relevant chunks and document citations | Revision, page, clause, table, cell, and field locators |
| Structured-data reconciliation | Optional and implementation-dependent | Cross-checks across documents, Excel, CSV, and approved read-only data |
| Deterministic numeric/date checks | Model explanation or separate logic | Reproducible validators recalculate values |
| Conflict handling | The model may synthesize | CONFLICT, AMBIGUOUS, and UNVERIFIABLE remain explicit |
| Revision impact | Usually retrieve or generate again | Stale impact propagates to claims, obligations, reports, and slides |
| Execution control | Implementation-dependent | Preview → approval → bounded execution |
| Editable outputs | Answers, summaries, and drafts | Editable PPTX, DOCX, and PDF |
| Source protection | Product-dependent | No source write, move, delete, rename, or overwrite |
| Auditability | Conversation and citation logs may be available | Claim ledger, approval hash, manifest, SHA-256, and verifier |
RAG implementations vary. Advanced Graph RAG and agentic RAG may include more capabilities; this page compares a typical answer-oriented pattern.
When RAG may be enough
Simple document Q&A, fast summaries, FAQ discovery, and draft ideas.
When Orbivell adds value
Contract expiry and notices, document-to-spreadsheet checks, formal reports, regulation impact, editable external deliverables, and audit evidence.
WORKED EXAMPLE
When does Company A's contract expire, and when is notice due?
- Link the base and amended contract revisions
- Pin expiry and notice-clause evidence
- Calculate dates and business days deterministically
- Preserve conflicts and missing evidence
- Show affected schedules, reports, and slides
- Request user approval
- Create a new deliverable and audit trail
FAQ
Technical questions
Does Orbivell use RAG?
Yes. RAG is part of the retrieval layer.
Is every RAG system limited to simple Q&A?
No. Implementations vary; this comparison uses a typical answer-oriented pattern.
Why separate deterministic checks from the LLM?
Numbers, dates, permissions, paths, and approvals require reproducible rules.
Does Orbivell upload documents automatically?
No. Local processing is the default; managed AI receives only explicitly approved evidence.
Can it create editable files?
Yes, according to the licensed plan and verified renderer support.