FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Common questions from advisors, operators, and transformation teams evaluating Use Case Foundry.

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You can start without perfect data quality.

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The workflow supports private evidence with human review controls.

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Outputs are designed for sponsor-level decision conversations.

Common questions

Answers for teams evaluating Use Case Foundry for AI roadmap assessment.

Do we need clean internal data before starting?

No. You can start with public context, notes, and partial evidence. The workflow highlights what evidence gaps matter most before major investment.

Does Use Case Foundry automatically discover AI opportunities?

Yes, in the sense that it automatically gathers and structures evidence from a company URL, documents, spreadsheets, and optional consent-first workflow signals. It then tests that evidence against 52 opportunity patterns and ranks supported candidates. Machine-drafted facts remain proposals until a person reviews them.

Is this only for consultants?

No. Advisors, PE/VC portfolio-operations and diligence teams, transformation teams, and functional leaders can all use the same evidence-first workflow with different framing.

How is this different from ChatGPT prompts?

General prompting can brainstorm ideas. Use Case Foundry structures evidence, scoring, and sequencing so decisions are easier to defend.

Can we use private or sensitive context?

Yes. Teams can use redacted or aggregated evidence and control what facts are accepted before recommendations change.

Is workstation capture employee monitoring?

No. Capture is opt-in per employee, records no screenshots, keystrokes, or file contents, and summarizes activity locally on the employee's machine. Only a redacted summary of recurring workflow patterns is shared, denylists exclude chosen apps, sites, and folders, and nothing enters the company model without human review.

What is the final output?

A ranked roadmap that separates quick wins, strategic bets, prerequisites, evidence gaps, and dropped generic ideas. Selected winners can continue into dossiers, agent blueprints, evals, pilot plans, production-handoff packages, and downloadable starter-code scaffolds.

Does Use Case Foundry deploy agents into production?

No. It produces an evidence-gated handoff package and starter-code scaffold. It never creates credentials, provisions infrastructure, or connects to customer systems on its own; a technical owner supplies endpoints and credentials, verifies remaining adapters, and decides what goes live.

Do we need an API key?

Analyze and the bundled deployment demos do not need an LLM key. Generate and live use of an exported LLM-backed agent require a configured OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Without a key, Auto-map and CLI generation can emit filled prompts for use elsewhere.

How long does an assessment take?

A bundled finished demo opens in minutes. A real company assessment is usually a multi-person, multi-session evidence program: start with a URL or files, analyze immediately, then close the highest-value gaps before generating build artifacts.

Can we self-host it?

Yes. The same server runs locally or in Docker and has documented Cloud Run, Fly.io, and Render deployment paths. Optional authentication adds private saved models; LLM keys remain server-side. Contact the team for hosted or pilot availability.

Can we challenge the scoring logic?

Yes. Scoring dimensions and rationale are visible so stakeholders can review and challenge assumptions directly.

Ready to apply this to your own AI roadmap?

Use a sample workspace now, or contact us to discuss your assessment workflow.