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Ask Gemini Enterprise a focused question about your company’s documents, then check the answer against its sources.

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Ask Gemini Enterprise a focused question about your company’s documents, then check the answer against its sources. You will leave with a short internal brief that separates documented facts from unanswered questions.

Before you start

  • Access to an organization-provided Gemini Enterprise web app and its sign-in instructions. This walkthrough follows Google Cloud’s Standard, Plus, Pay-as-you-go, and Frontline documentation; Business edition has separate help.
  • An administrator who has provisioned your access and connected the relevant company content. Which sources and features you can use depends on that setup and your permissions.
  • One document you already know you can open, its exact title, and a narrow question; for example, what a website launch checklist requires before launch.

Want to do it yourself?

Difficulty
4 out of 10
Estimated completion time
30–60 minutes with organizational access ready

Skills you’ll need: Find the intended work document, ask a focused question, and verify the cited evidence before drafting a brief.

How this helps your brand

Answers grounded in the current company policy help people follow a consistent process. Checking the original passages and unresolved questions supports decisions that match the rules your business has approved.

  1. Step 1: Open your organization’s app

    Use the Gemini Enterprise address supplied by your organization and sign in with the assigned work account. If access is denied, ask your administrator to check the account and app access before continuing.

    Keep a known document open separately. You will use it to check whether Gemini finds the right information, rather than judge the answer only by how convincing it sounds.

  2. Step 2: Ask one question with a document name

    Type your question in the assistant’s chat box. Include the exact document title, project name, and the decision you need to make. For example: “Using Website Launch Checklist, what evidence do we need before approving the new home page?”

    Ask for a source for each requirement and for gaps to be called out. Start with a question whose answer you partly know; this makes an incorrect document or outdated policy easier to notice.

  3. Step 3: Open the evidence before using the answer

    For a response with supporting sources, click Sources at the end of the latest answer. Hover over a listed source to see the supported portion, then open the underlying material to check it in context.

    Compare the title, relevant passage, date or revision information, and any exceptions. A cited sentence about a draft process may not establish the current rule. Keep separate notes for confirmed requirements and unresolved points.

    Tip: The Sources button belongs to the latest grounded response. Earlier inline citation chips remain, but the previous Sources button can disappear after a follow-up.

    Illustrated exampleFollow a claim back to the passage that supports it
    Example answer to verify

    “Test the mobile menu before approving the home page.”

    Sources
    Open the underlying document
    Example company document
    1Website Launch Checklist

    2Revision 3 · 24 September 2026

    Launch checks

    “Before approving the home page, test the mobile menu and submit a test quote request.”

    3Applies to the main website. Campaign pages use a separate checklist.

    1. 1
      Right document?

      The exact title matches the question.

    2. 2
      Current revision?

      Check the date and confirm this version with the owner.

    3. 3
      Right scope?

      The passage covers the home page. It does not approve campaign pages.

    The passage supports the menu test. Confirm the revision before retaining the requirement.

    This fictional source shows what to inspect: the exact title, the revision, and the scope around the highlighted passage. A citation helps you find evidence; you still need to confirm it applies.
  4. Step 4: Recover a missing or irrelevant result

    If Gemini cannot find your document, try its exact title and a distinctive phrase from it. Check that you can still open it yourself. Ask the administrator whether its source is connected if repeated searches miss known content.

    Do not treat a missing result as proof that a policy does not exist. Record the gap and ask the document owner where the current version lives. If two sources disagree, ask Gemini to show both positions and verify the conflict with that owner.

  5. Step 5: Draft a brief from the checked facts

    Ask a follow-up that turns only the checked requirements into a short checklist. For each item, keep its source and what evidence would demonstrate completion. Put unanswered questions in their own list.

    Save the brief in an approved work location and retain references to the source documents. Have the responsible person resolve any gaps before using it to approve work.

    Illustrated exampleKeep requirements, completion evidence, and gaps distinct
    Example internal briefHome page launch review
    Awaiting answers
    Requirements checked against the source
    1. Test the mobile menuSource: Website Launch Checklist · rev. 3 · launch checks
      Evidence to collect

      Phone test recording showing the menu opening.

    2. Submit a test quote requestSource: Website Launch Checklist · rev. 3 · launch checks
      Evidence to collect

      Test submission and confirmation of receipt.

    A checked requirement still needs evidence that the work is complete.

    Open question for the document ownerNo matching source found

    Which accessibility review is required before launch?

    Record the gapAsk the ownerResolve before approval
    After confirming the source version, retain each checked requirement with its reference and the evidence still needed. A missing search result leaves an open question for the owner; it does not establish that no review is required.

You're done when

  • The answer refers to the intended company documents and you can open its supporting material.
  • Every retained requirement matches a passage you checked, with conflicts and missing information recorded.
  • You have a saved internal brief with source references and a list of questions for the document owner.

Your prompt

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COPY AND PASTE

Using our connected company sources, answer this question: [specific decision or question]. Start with [exact document title] for [project or team].

For each requirement, give the source document and the passage that supports it. Distinguish documented requirements from suggestions. Call out missing evidence, conflicting versions, and any uncertainty about which policy is current. Do not infer approval from missing information. Finish with a short checklist and questions I should take to the document owner.

Paste into your organization’s Gemini Enterprise web assistant. Replace the document, project, and question with material you are authorized to use.

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