Agentic AI vs Generative AI: A Guide for Technical Writers

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  • Content unification
  • Headless delivery
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  • Portal
  • User experience
  • Analytics

Content Unification

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    Collect and automatically sync content from multiple sources (CCMS, LMS, SharePoint, etc.) into a central knowledge repository.

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    Restructure diverse formats and optimize them for AI tools, semantic search, and the next generation of content delivery.

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    Enrich your content and applies consistent metadata and taxonomies.

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    Get full DITA support, including all specializations, customizations, cross-references, and keys.

Learn more about Content Unification
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Headless Delivery

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    Feed content simultaneously across documentation portals, chatbots, AI agents, in-product help and more.

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    Connect all channels to a central knowledge hub for a consistent user experience from any touchpoint.

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    Manage delivery and permissions from a single point.

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    Access APIs and build custom integrations or automate workflows tailored to your needs.

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AI Search

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    Benefit from both keyword and semantic search to improve precision, delivering relevant results for exact terms and conversational queries.

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    Leverage user behavior, role, and preferences to customize search results, prioritizing content that is most relevant to individual users' profile and product.

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    Automatically turn any metadata into a filter to efficiently narrow results and help users find exactly what they need.

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    Ensure results are always up to date with real-time indexing.

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    Give chatbots and AI systems access to the content they need to operate through purpose-built APIs.

Discover our Search capability
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Portal

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    Launch a fully featured, ready-to-use documentation portal for mobile and desktop in just a few hours.

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    Configure every aspect of your portal to align with your brand and product strategy, without any technical skills.

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    Deliver unique, personalized experiences to each audience through one central knowledge hub.

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    Protect your content and ensure only authorized users can access it.

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    Guarantee uninterrupted access to essential resources with offline mode, keeping content available wherever and whenever it’s needed.

More about the Portal Designer
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User Experience

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    Serve personalized and contextualized answers to any product question.

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    Give every user an AI assistant that helps product adoption and support.

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    Maintain the same excellent level of service, regardless of the content or user language.

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    Access social features such as content commenting, sharing and bookmarking, that transform the portal into an active knowledge-sharing environment.

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Analytics

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    Understand what users search for. Spot knowledge gaps, refine tagging, and boost discoverability.

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    Track how users navigate your content. Identify content bottlenecks, optimize popular topics, and streamline the path to answers.

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    Monitor bookmarks, shared links, and personalized books. Learn which content users save and share and why it matters.

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    See how users interact with AI features like chatbots or translation.

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    Assess how many issues are handled through self-service and the cost savings achieved.

About Fluid Topics Analytics
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Content unification

Content Unification

  • Icon checklist.

    Collect and automatically sync content from multiple sources (CCMS, LMS, SharePoint, etc.) into a central knowledge repository.

  • Icon checklist.

    Restructure diverse formats and optimize them for AI tools, semantic search, and the next generation of content delivery.

  • Icon checklist.

    Enrich your content and applies consistent metadata and taxonomies.

  • Icon checklist.

    Get full DITA support, including all specializations, customizations, cross-references, and keys.

Learn more about Content Unification
Image of a Technical Documentation Helpdesk interface, featuring search functionality and sections for Developers, Engineers and Generic Support, along with icons for various tools and formats like Word, PDF, and GitHub.
Headless delivery

Headless Delivery

  • Icon checklist.

    Feed content simultaneously across documentation portals, chatbots, AI agents, in-product help and more.

  • Icon checklist.

    Connect all channels to a central knowledge hub for a consistent user experience from any touchpoint.

  • Icon checklist.

    Manage delivery and permissions from a single point.

  • Icon checklist.

    Access APIs and build custom integrations or automate workflows tailored to your needs.

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AI search

AI Search

  • Icon checklist.

    Benefit from both keyword and semantic search to improve precision, delivering relevant results for exact terms and conversational queries.

  • Icon checklist.

    Leverage user behavior, role, and preferences to customize search results, prioritizing content that is most relevant to individual users' profile and product.

  • Icon checklist.

    Automatically turn any metadata into a filter to efficiently narrow results and help users find exactly what they need.

  • Icon checklist.

    Ensure results are always up to date with real-time indexing.

  • Icon checklist.

    Give chatbots and AI systems access to the content they need to operate through purpose-built APIs.

Discover our Search capability
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Portal

Portal

  • Icon checklist.

    Launch a fully featured, ready-to-use documentation portal for mobile and desktop in just a few hours.

  • Icon checklist.

    Configure every aspect of your portal to align with your brand and product strategy, without any technical skills.

  • Icon checklist.

    Deliver unique, personalized experiences to each audience through one central knowledge hub.

  • Icon checklist.

    Protect your content and ensure only authorized users can access it.

  • Icon checklist.

    Guarantee uninterrupted access to essential resources with offline mode, keeping content available wherever and whenever it’s needed.

More about the Portal Designer
A webpage titled "Welcome to our Technical Documentation Center," featuring a search bar and sections for developers, engineers, and support, along with user profile images at the top.
User experience

User Experience

  • Icon checklist.

    Serve personalized and contextualized answers to any product question.

  • Icon checklist.

    Give every user an AI assistant that helps product adoption and support.

  • Icon checklist.

    Maintain the same excellent level of service, regardless of the content or user language.

  • Icon checklist.

    Access social features such as content commenting, sharing and bookmarking, that transform the portal into an active knowledge-sharing environment.

Graphic showing a flowchart for the "LightShipper Drone," featuring a Drone Expert linked to a Maintenance Guide and a Developer linked to API Documentation, with relevant images of each individual holding a drone.
Analytics

Analytics

  • Icon checklist.

    Understand what users search for. Spot knowledge gaps, refine tagging, and boost discoverability.

  • Icon checklist.

    Track how users navigate your content. Identify content bottlenecks, optimize popular topics, and streamline the path to answers.

  • Icon checklist.

    Monitor bookmarks, shared links, and personalized books. Learn which content users save and share and why it matters.

  • Icon checklist.

    See how users interact with AI features like chatbots or translation.

  • Icon checklist.

    Assess how many issues are handled through self-service and the cost savings achieved.

About Fluid Topics Analytics
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AI Search

Offer a search experience designed to truly understand your users, delivering intelligent results and solutions that make everyday tasks quicker, easier, and more effective.

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Generative AI

Leverage Generative AI to elevate the content experience, guiding users seamlessly from consuming content to discovering and achieving the solutions they need.

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Automate processes that require accurate information by connecting your AI agents to your company’s product knowledge through our MCP server.

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