Archive intelligence for regulated records

Decades of records, answered in seconds — with the source attached.

A public agency answering a disclosure request, an aerospace manufacturer facing an FAA audit, an electrical contractor on the compliance clock, a title company proving what's in the chain — all live by one job: find the exact record and prove it. Kotari turns the archive you've already digitized into instant, plain-language answers, each with its source document attached.

See it work · sample archive

Ask a records question.

A working demonstration on a sample archive. Switch the archive, tap a question — or type your own — and watch Kotari answer with its source.

Kotari · Records Assistant · "Demo County" archive
Try one of these public-records requests
Demonstration only · answers are pre-loaded samples · your real archive stays in your environment
Records stay where they live Every answer is cited Free pilot on your own records Built on 30+ yrs of Modus digitization
The path from box to answer

Three steps. The hard part is already done.

Modus has digitized records for Washington agencies, hospitals, firms and manufacturers since 1994. Kotari picks up where the scanner leaves off.

01 — MODUS

Digitized & indexed

Your paper, microfilm and files become searchable digital records — already done, or done by our partner.

Handled by Modus
02 — KOTARI

Made answerable

Kotari organizes and governs those records so they answer questions accurately — with the source attached to every answer.

This is what we do
03 — YOUR TEAM

Just ask

Staff ask in plain language in the tools you already use. Answers come back with a link to the exact record.

In Copilot, Claude, or web
Why Kotari

The boring parts are the point.

Anyone can bolt a chatbot onto a folder. Regulated organizations need answers they can trust and defend in a public-disclosure context. That's the work Kotari obsesses over.

Every answer cited

No black-box guesses. Each response links to the exact source record, so staff verify before they act or respond to a requester.

Governed access

Who can see what stays under your control, with an audit trail of every query. The wrong record never surfaces to the wrong person.

Your data stays put

Kotari works with records where they already live — in your environment or your secure repository. No new data sprawl.

Public Records Act-ready

Built for public-disclosure response — find, verify and release the right record under a statutory deadline.

Retention-aware

Designed around your records retention schedule, so nothing surfaces — or is disposed of — out of policy.

HIPAA-aware

Built with healthcare in mind: protected health information stays access-controlled and auditable.

One job · four worlds

Same job, wherever the records live.

Different rules, different documents — one recurring need: retrieve the exact record on demand and prove it with the source. Kotari does that job in each world below, and you can try all four in the demo above.

Public agencies

Public Records Act

Answer disclosure requests on a legal clock — releasing the right record, with exemptions handled and every request logged.

  • “When did we adopt the current retention schedule?”
  • “What did the council decide on the sidewalk budget?”
  • “When was the noise ordinance last amended?”
Released vs. redacted, disclosure-logged — every answer cited.
Aerospace manufacturers

FAA · 14 CFR Part 21

Walk into a surveillance audit with conformity, supplier, MRB and calibration records already in hand.

  • “Show the FAI and conformity records for part 7421-03.”
  • “What was the MRB disposition on lot 22-118?”
  • “Trace the bearings on AS-560 — 8130-3 to acceptance.”
Controlled documents, current-rev only, 10-year retention.
Electrical contractors

NFPA 70E · the compliance cycle

Assemble the prior study, one-lines and as-builts for the next arc-flash, NETA or life-safety cycle.

  • “Pull the last arc-flash study and its one-line.”
  • “Which panel feeds the rooftop chiller?”
  • “Pull certified payroll for the DOL audit.”
Cited — and never a safety determination; your engineer of record decides.
Title & escrow companies

Chains · starters · claims

Ask across recorded documents and your own examined files — and get the answer with the instrument cited, not a list of documents to read.

  • “What's the chain of title since 2005?”
  • “What does the easement actually say?”
  • “What did we except on this property in 2019, and why?”
Cited to the recorded instrument — never a coverage determination; your examiner and underwriter decide.
The pilot · low friction by design

From "yes" to your first answer in about a week.

No software to buy, no infrastructure to stand up, no data to move. We prove it on a slice of records you choose, then measure it against how you work today.

You pick a slice

One record type you field requests on often — e.g. council minutes 2005–2015.

Day 1 · 30 min

We connect it

We point Kotari at the already-digitized files. Nothing leaves your environment.

Days 2–5

You ask real questions

Your team tries actual requests and checks every cited source.

Day 6+

We measure the win

Time-to-answer vs. your current process, in your own numbers.

End of pilot
Who it's for

Built first for the people drowning in requests.

  • City & county records / public-disclosure officers — turn a multi-day PRA search into minutes.
  • Clerks & deputy clerks — find the resolution, ordinance or minute entry on demand.
  • Healthcare records & ROI staff — locate the right chart across decades of scans.
  • Legal & compliance — surface the right matter file or precedent instantly.
  • Commercial & industrial electrical contractors — assemble arc-flash, NETA, as-built and certified-payroll records for the next compliance cycle in minutes.
  • Title & escrow companies — assemble the chain, the easement language and the prior policy for the next commitment, audit or claim.
  • Aerospace quality & compliance teams — walk into an FAA Part 21 audit with conformity, supplier and calibration records on demand.
The offer

Start free. Prove it on your own records.

We begin with a free, narrow pilot on records you choose. You see real cited answers measured against your current process — before any commitment.

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In exclusive partnership with Modus Technology — Washington's document-digitization specialists since 1994.
Let's talk

See your own records answer a real request.

A 30-minute conversation about where your records pain is — and a free pilot if it's a fit. No pressure, no platform to buy.

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