But doesn't my cloud drive already do this?
Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox already connect to AI — so why Knowra? Those native connectors are real, but they have three gaps that matter for HR. They expose your entire drive, so every query returns noise from folders that have nothing to do with HR. They use keyword matching, so asking "what's our parental leave policy?" finds nothing if the document says "primary carer entitlement." And if your resumes are in Google Drive but your policies are in OneDrive, you need two separate queries and still have to piece the answer together yourself. Knowra connects only the folders you choose, searches by meaning not keywords, and consolidates Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox into one knowledge base — so you get one answer, with a citation, from the right document.
The problem
HR and recruiting teams sit on vast libraries of resumes, candidate assessments, onboarding documents, policy manuals, and compliance records — spread across Google Drive, OneDrive, and shared folders. A strong candidate from eight months ago sits buried in a folder while you write a new job ad for the same role. An employee asks about parental leave and you spend ten minutes hunting through a policy handbook to find the answer. The knowledge is there. The problem is getting to it instantly.
How Knowra helps
Knowra indexes your HR document library and connects it to your AI assistant via MCP. Ask 'do we have any candidates with CFO experience in the healthcare sector from the last two years?' and get matches from your actual resume files — with the relevant lines cited. Ask 'what's our parental leave policy?' and get the exact clause, the document name, and the page number. Your files stay where they are. Nothing to migrate.
Common use cases
- Candidate search across resume and CV libraries by role, skills, and background
- Policy and procedure Q&A — answer employee questions without opening a single document
- Interview preparation — pull everything you know about a candidate before a call
- Job description retrieval and comparison across historical roles
- Onboard new HR staff with instant access to institutional knowledge
- Compliance document Q&A for HR regulatory requirements
See the difference in practice
Questions your team actually asks — and what they get back.
"Do we have any candidates with CFO experience in the healthcare sector from the last two years?"
Native connector
Keyword-matches "CFO" and "healthcare" across your drive. Returns a list of files — resumes, job descriptions, email exports. You open each one manually and decide if they're relevant.
Knowra
Searches semantically across your entire candidate library. Returns the specific people who match with the relevant lines from their resumes cited — in seconds, without opening a single file.
"What's our policy on paying contractors who work across multiple states?"
Native connector
Finds documents containing "contractor" and "states." Returns your entire contractor policy PDF — and probably several others. You still have to read through to find the clause.
Knowra
Returns the exact clause, the document name, and the page number. One answer, one source, nothing to dig through.
"What do I know about Sarah Chen who's coming in for a Head of Finance interview this afternoon?"
Native connector
Returns whichever file has her name in it — probably just the resume. Can't synthesise across a resume, a screening notes document, and a previous interview assessment.
Knowra
Pulls relevant passages from every document that mentions her — resume, screening notes, prior assessment — and presents a consolidated picture with citations from each source.
"Have we placed anyone in a VP Operations role at a manufacturing company in the past 18 months?"
Native connector
Keyword-matches "VP Operations" and "manufacturing." Returns a pile of files to manually review and cross-check dates yourself.
Knowra
Searches semantically across your placement records and returns matching results with context — who was placed, at which company, and when — drawn from your actual files.
Your files stay in Google Drive, OneDrive, or Dropbox. Nothing to migrate.