Research
Beginner
17 min
Ask Your Document — turning a 60-page PDF into an action list
The problem
A 60-page tender document arrives with a five-day deadline. You need to know the eligibility criteria, the submission requirements, the payment terms and the penalty clauses. You read the whole thing, take four hours, and still miss the clause on page 41 that requires a three-year turnover certificate you do not have.
The workflow
1Upload
2List your real questions
3Ask with page references
4Extract obligations
5Ask what is missing
6Verify three answers
7Act
★Keep the reference list
What you need
Document: 62-page government tender for supply of steel furniture. Why: deciding whether to bid, five days to deadline.
The tool
Claude or Gemini — both handle very long inputs
The prompt
Subscribers. The full prompt is part of the SMEMinds AI Playbook. See plans.
What comes back
Q1 — Eligibility. Three criteria.
Verify before you use it
Human review required. Check every line below before this leaves your screen.
- Open pages 41, 36 and 44 and verify the three items you did not ask about. These change the bid decision and must be confirmed against the text.
- Obtain Annexure C before doing anything else. A missing annexure referenced in the delivery schedule is a bid-stopper.
- Check the turnover figure against your own accounts. ₹2 crore average over three years is a hard gate.
- The 9.3 versus 12.1 interaction is a legal question. Send it to a lawyer, not to AI.