Source Citations & Verification

How Citations Work

When Sevrel answers a question, it includes numbered references throughout the response. Each number corresponds to a specific document from your Egnyte library.

What You See When You Click a Citation

Clicking a numbered citation reveals:

• File name — the exact document the information came from
• File path — where it lives in your Egnyte folder structure
• Relevant excerpt — the text passage that contains the cited information
• Download link — direct access to the original file in Egnyte

This allows you to verify any claim in seconds without leaving Sevrel.

Why Citations Matter in CRE

In commercial real estate, data accuracy isn't optional. Rent figures go into investor reports. Lease terms inform negotiation strategies. Financial data drives acquisition decisions. When AI provides an answer, CRE professionals need to know:

• Where did this come from? Which specific document contains this information?
• Is it current? Is the AI reading the latest amendment, or an outdated version?
• Can I verify it? Can I click through to the source and confirm the number?

Without citations, AI-generated answers require you to manually find the source document and verify every claim — which defeats the purpose of using AI in the first place. With citations, the verification step takes seconds.

Citations vs Hallucination

One of the biggest risks with general AI tools is hallucination — the AI generating confident-sounding but incorrect information. Sevrel's citation system provides a built-in check against this:

• If a claim has a citation, click it to verify the source matches
• If a claim lacks a citation, treat it with extra caution — it may be synthesized or inferred rather than directly stated in a document
• If the citation doesn't match the claim, the AI may have misinterpreted the source — try rephrasing the question to invoke deeper analysis

Best Practices for Verification

• •Always verify financial figures. Click the citation for any rent, expense, or valuation number before using it in reports or decisions.
• •Check for amendments. If the citation points to an original lease but you know amendments exist, ask Sevrel specifically about the most recent amendment.
• •Phrase analytical questions carefully. When a question involves interpreting legal language or complex financial provisions, framing it as an analytical request (“analyze”, “compare”, “interpret”) routes to a deeper-reasoning tier for more accurate responses.
• •Report discrepancies. If you find a citation that doesn't match the claim, rephrasing usually resolves it — but it also helps us improve.