I was getting annoyed with ChatGPT when I needed help with workflow automation coding and setup. The responses weren’t specific enough for what I was trying to do. Maybe my prompts weren’t good enough, but I wanted a better solution.
So I set up a local AI assistant and used its document integration feature. I loaded the workflow automation documentation from their GitHub repo into the system’s memory and connected it to GPT-4. Now when I ask questions, the answers are way more accurate and relevant. Plus I can see exactly which parts of the documentation the AI is referencing when it gives me answers.
This has made my workflow development so much smoother. Has anyone else tried a similar approach with local AI setups for technical documentation?
I’ve been running something similar for six months now - total game changer. The big difference? You can fine-tune responses for your exact use cases instead of getting generic garbage. I threw in our internal API docs plus all the third-party tools we use regularly. Context awareness blows away cloud solutions since you’re feeding it exactly what you need instead of crossing your fingers it knows your stack. Heads up - document processing takes forever upfront, but once it’s indexed, queries are way faster and actually hit the mark. Being able to trace back to source docs is huge when you need to verify implementation details or share references with the team.
Been there too - generic automation responses drove me crazy. What hooked me was versioning the knowledge base with my actual code. When I update docs in the repo, I just refresh the local model and everything stays in sync. Plus I’m not shipping proprietary workflow stuff to outside services. One hard lesson: clean your docs before feeding them to the model. Garbage formatting and old examples will show up in every response. I also throw example configs and common errors into the knowledge base, not just official docs.
that’s a great idea! I’ve been considerin’ that too but not sure about the setup time. how long did it take you? also, what kinda hardware do you have? my laptop ain’t the best! lol