What the documents look like
For procurement in MCN operations, this page examines FastGPT citation tracing. Loan-equipment returns, purchase requests and supplier identity cannot prove one another. The examples are hypothetical.
Constraints at the citation tracing step
A proposed MCN procurement exercise pairs a loan-equipment ledger saying camera awaiting return, a request proposing similar equipment and a contact sheet naming an on-site coordinator. A question about buying this camera directly from that person needs all three roles preserved. The ledger concerns a loan, the request expresses demand and the sheet identifies a contact role. None supplies a sales arrangement or supply confirmation. Similar equipment is not necessarily this borrowed camera, and a coordinator cannot become the supplying party merely because the documents mention the same equipment category.
Configuration and implementation checks
| Procurement source check | Proposed material and scope | Evidence action |
|---|---|---|
| Loan subject | Camera awaiting return | Inspect ownership and sales arrangement. |
| Demand subject | Similar equipment proposed | Do not identify it as this borrowed camera. |
| Procurement state | Request differs from order | Seek applicable confirmation. |
| Contact role | On-site coordination | Check supplying party for this transaction. |
| Source separation | Ledger, request and contact sheet | Inspect actual citation identity. |
Documented conditions
| Documented item / implementation check | Condition |
|---|---|
Associated knowledge bases | Knowledge bases associated with one search node must use the same embedding model. |
Citation output | The output is an array; an empty array can continue. |
Citation input handoff | Inspect citations actually received by the answer step. |
Citation display check | Trace displayed sources to their originals. |
Document-validity check | Inspect source identity and applicable version separately. |
Three common errors
First, equipment awaiting return may be described as available to buy; inspect ownership and the actual sales arrangement. Second, a proposed purchase request may become an approved order; seek procurement confirmation rather than relying on the request title. Third, the coordinator may be treated as supplier; inspect the person role and party material for this transaction. These require loan-relationship, procurement-process and supplier-identity evidence separately. A shared name or broad camera category cannot connect them into a transaction that the supplied texts do not establish.
How to verify the setup
Acceptance should ask what the loan ledger concerns, what the request proposes and which role the contact sheet establishes before addressing a specific purchase. Retain awaiting return, similar equipment and coordination as separate scopes, with required material identified. Inspect whether the citation array merged ledger, request and contact sheet into one apparent source; an accessible link still requires its actual text read. Empty references do not establish that procurement never occurred, while populated references cannot establish resale permission or real supply capability without the applicable evidence.