These are canonical documents for the AI to refer to. They encode institutional
knowledge so analysis reflects how your business actually operates.
Department Operating Guides (Sales, Marketing, Support, Finance)
- Outcome: The AI understands how each department works and frames analysis in the right operating context.
- Include: Org structure and responsibilities; core processes and handoffs; SLAs; cadences (pipeline reviews, forecast calls); definitions of success; common edge cases.
- Link to: Department/team nodes; key models; core metrics and dimensions; relevant entities (e.g., Opportunity, Ticket, Invoice).
- Title examples:
Sales Operations Guide,Marketing Analytics Operating Model.
Business Glossary and Taxonomy
- Outcome: Consistent terminology and fewer misunderstandings across teams.
- Include: Canonical terms; synonyms and forbidden terms; calculation notes; naming conventions; examples and counterexamples for tricky concepts.
- Link to: Models, metrics, and dimensions the terms govern.
- Title examples:
Enterprise Segment Glossary,Attribution Taxonomy.
Metric Interpretation and Decision Rubrics
- Outcome: Analyses read metrics the way your business does and recommend actions consistent with policy.
- Include: Metric purpose; leading/lagging relationships; how to read changes; expected ranges and seasonality; common pitfalls; decision criteria and next-best- actions.
- Link to: Metric nodes and the dimensions used to break them down.
- Title examples:
ARR Interpretation Guide,Activation Rate Decision Rubric.
Data Lineage, Quality, and Ownership
- Outcome: The AI respects data limitations and routes questions to the right sources.
- Include: Source systems; refresh cadences; known gaps/quirks; authoritative vs. derived datasets; owner contacts and escalation process.
- Link to: Models and pipelines; metrics that depend on them; data owner/team nodes.
- Title examples:
Revenue Model Lineage & Quality Notes,Attribution Data Owner Guide.
Strategic Initiatives and Quarterly Focus
- Outcome: Business Reviews and analyses prioritize current strategic goals.
- Include: Objectives and hypotheses; guardrails; success measures; relevant time windows; key stakeholders and dependencies.
- Link to: Project/initiative nodes; teams; impacted metrics; regions/categories.
- Title examples:
Q1 Growth Initiatives,Cost Optimization Program Overview.
Customer and Segment Definitions
- Outcome: Customer-facing analyses reflect real segmentation and account context.
- Include: Segmentation logic; named segment lists; strategic customers; lifecycle stages and triggers; notable exceptions.
- Link to:
Customer/Accountentities; segment dimensions; revenue/retention metrics. - Title examples:
Enterprise Segmentation Framework,Strategic Accounts Playbook.
Pricing, Discounts, and Policy Constraints
- Outcome: Analyses interpret revenue and conversion with the right pricing context.
- Include: Discount policy; approval thresholds; common exceptions; how pricing impacts key metrics; reporting caveats.
- Link to: Revenue metrics (
ARR,Bookings); deal/opportunity entities; Finance team. - Title examples:
Discount Policy Guide,Pricing Context for Revenue Analysis.
Seasonality and Event Calendars
- Outcome: Variance is attributed correctly given seasonal effects and events.
- Include: Calendars (holidays, events, campaigns); expected uplift/drag; blackout periods; known interactions (e.g., weather, geo-specific patterns).
- Link to:
Region,Category, andCampaignnodes; affected metrics and dimensions. - Title examples:
Retail Holiday Context,Event & Seasonality Calendar.
Do vs Avoid
- Do: Make titles and descriptions explicit about scope and audience
- Do: Link to the exact nodes users query so the right guidance is referenced
- Avoid: Over-linking high-level nodes that pull unrelated context
- Avoid: Vague titles like “Marketing Guide” without scope or ownership

