Knowledge Bases

Use knowledge bases to find legal information related to a query.

What are Knowledge Bases?

A Knowledge Base (KB) is a database of legal information. You can use the retrieve API to query the Knowledge Base for items of legal data that match a query, such as legislation and court judgments. You can then use the returned information in your application, such as in a RAG or LLM agent workflow.

When you use the retrieve API to query the Knowledge Base, Laws.Africa performs a text and semantic search for the best portions of documents that match the query, and returns those portions and related metadata.

Knowledge Bases contain information for a particular region, such as a national, provincial or municipal level.

Explore the documentation to learn how to integrate Knowledge Bases into your application.

Types of Knowledge BasesUsing a Knowledge BaseQuery a Knowledge Base