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Make Your AI Quote Your Documents, Not Guess
Four plain-language frameworks that force AI to cite its sources, admit what it doesn't know, and earn your team's trust in 30 days.
You've watched AI answer questions about your business with total confidence and total fiction. In a law firm, a medical practice, or a ministry, one invented answer isn't embarrassing. It's a liability. So the tool sits unused while competitors figure it out.
This guide gives you the fix. Hallucination is an engineering problem with a known solution, and you don't need to write code to understand it. You'll get four named frameworks, the exact questions to ask any vendor, a 25-question accuracy exam with trap questions, and a week-by-week plan to launch a system your team can verify in seconds.
Montalvo Corp builds Claude-powered systems and AI governance for real businesses: law firms, medical practices, financial advisors, trades, and churches. No hype, no jargon, just infrastructure you can defend to a client, a regulator, or your board.
Inside the guide
Clean your knowledge base with the Clean Shelf Principle so AI retrieves one source of truth, not four conflicting versions
Force every AI answer to cite the exact document and passage using the Show-Your-Work Rule
Block weak, guess-prone answers with the Bouncer at the Door relevance check and three-door response system
Prove accuracy with the Trust Ledger: a 25-question exam with trap questions and a monthly scorecard
Launch in 30 days with a week-by-week plan, vendor questions included, without hiring a developer
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What is Building Retrieval Systems That Don't Hallucinate?
A plain-language guide to building AI retrieval systems that quote your real documents instead of making things up. Four frameworks plus a 30-day rollout plan for firms, practices, and ministries. It's a free 11 min guide from Montalvo Corp, available as an instant PDF download.
What will I learn in this guide?
Clean your knowledge base with the Clean Shelf Principle so AI retrieves one source of truth, not four conflicting versions. Force every AI answer to cite the exact document and passage using the Show-Your-Work Rule. Block weak, guess-prone answers with the Bouncer at the Door relevance check and three-door response system. Prove accuracy with the Trust Ledger: a 25-question exam with trap questions and a monthly scorecard. Launch in 30 days with a week-by-week plan, vendor questions included, without hiring a developer.
Who is this guide for?
Business owners and operators, especially legacy professionals (law, medical, financial, trades, professional services) and faith-based organizations. Difficulty level: Intermediate. No technical background required.
How do I get the guide?
Enter your name and email at montalvocorp.com/guides/retrieval-without-hallucination and the PDF arrives in your inbox immediately, free.
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