More about how Concierge was made

The ideas for Concierge started in 2015 when Mick Douglas was doing penetration testing. A common task in post exploitation was finding key data (sometimes called "data pilfering"). As part of this, he had to come up with novel methods for finding and organizing data. One of his experiments involved the use of vector databases. This same technology are the underpinning of how Concierge handles local data. Over the years, several non-public projects by Mick were done that allowed rapid discovery and analysis on large volumes of data.

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The final "ah ha moment" needed to make the initial version of Concierge came at SANS CDI 2023. Dave Hoelzer gave an "@Night Talk" where he was using a local AI to solve some common workflow problems. The neat twist was how he constrained the AI's response with a simple "you must respond based only on the context provided, you may not bring in additional information".  This is such a core part of Concierge that similar wording exists in all the prompts.

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Dave was kind enough to make his scripts with Mick. The rest... is history.