AI Concierge for engineers

An alphabetical list answers "what was their name", which is the one thing you have already forgotten. The questions that actually come up are about capability and context.

• Who do I know that does anodising?
• Who was the contract manufacturer with the six-week tooling?
• Who did I meet at the show that made machined enclosures?
• Who helped with the thermal issue on the last project?

Type the question the way you would say it. The Concierge reads across your contacts, tags, and notes and answers with names and the context you recorded.

1. 1Record notes as you go: what they make, their constraints, where you met.
2. 2Open the Concierge and ask a plain-language question.
3. 3Get an answer with the specific contacts and the notes behind them.
4. 4Follow up in the same thread to narrow it down.

The Concierge does not know anything you did not tell it. It reads what you recorded, which is why the habit of adding a line at the booth is what makes it work later.

A contact noted "injection moulding, ABS and PC, six-week tooling, tight tolerances" is answerable. A contact with a name and a company is not.

The obvious use is finding a supplier under deadline. The quieter one is preparation: before a show or a review, ask what you already know about the companies you are about to see.

Walking into a booth already knowing what they quoted last year changes the conversation.

The Concierge answers over your own private data. Notes on suppliers, pricing, and constraints are not published, not shared with the company you recorded them about, and not visible to anyone you have not chosen to share with.

Scanning gets people into the list, notes give them context, and the Concierge is how you get them back out. Skipping the notes is what breaks the loop.