# Latest Kapa Research

Stay informed with the latest research developments from the Kapa Applied AI Research team.

**What 1,192 conversations taught us about knowledge base search in AI agents**  
**Research**  
May 19, 2026  
[Read more](/content/blog/knowledge-base-search-in-ai-agents/index.html)

**Reading the screenshots, diagrams and tables in technical documentation for LLMs**  
**Research**  
Jun 1, 2026  
[Read more](/content/blog/how-we-index-images-for-rag/index.html)

**We shipped 30 tools to our agent. The most-used one just reads our documentation.**  
**Research**  
May 19, 2026  
[Read more](/content/blog/knowledge-base-search-in-ai-agents/index.html)

**A practical methodology for replacing gut-feel vendor comparisons with scores you can actually trust.**  
**Research**  
May 13, 2026  
[Read more](/content/blog/how-to-properly-evaluate-ai-assistants-for-technical-documentation/index.html)

**We evaluated leading PDF converts across heading hierarchy, table extraction, figure detection, and text fidelity to find the best fit for our ingestion pipeline.**  
**Research**  
Apr 29, 2026  
[Read more](/content/blog/why-we-built-our-own-pdf-converter-benchmark/index.html)