FlowSentricNotes on private AI for real businesses
Practical writing on privacy-first AI, the GDPR and the EU AI Act, and how to put agents and workflows to work. Written by the people building FlowSentric, not by a content team.
Where does your data go when you paste it into an AI chat at work?
A practical checklist for anyone using AI tools with customer data: what leaves your company, who keeps it, and five questions to ask before you paste.
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GDPR-compliant AI for tax advisors: mask the client, keep the draft
Kanzlei staff paste client files into consumer AI tools every day. Why that breaks GDPR and § 57 StBerG, and how masking values before the model fixes it.
DSGVO-konforme KI für Steuerberater: Mandant maskieren, Entwurf behalten
Kanzleimitarbeitende kopieren täglich Mandantenakten in Consumer-KI. Warum das DSGVO und § 57 StBerG verletzt und wie Maskierung vor dem Modell das Problem löst.
What you can actually build on the FlowSentric Free plan
4 agents, 2 workflows, 200,000 tokens a month, 10 documents and Privacy Guard, free forever. Three setups that fit inside those limits, and what doesn't.
Was ist PII-Maskierung, und wie macht FlowSentric das eigentlich?
PII-Maskierung verständlich erklärt: Was erkannt wird, wie Platzhalter funktionieren, warum nur Sie die echten Werte sehen und was ein Protokoll speichern darf.
What is PII masking, and how does FlowSentric actually do it?
PII masking in plain language: what gets detected, how placeholders work, why the mapping is reversible only in your view, and what a privacy log should store.
The EU AI Act for SMBs: what a limited-risk AI workspace actually has to do
Most business AI tools are limited-risk under the EU AI Act. That means Article 50 transparency duties, not a compliance mountain. What applies to you as a deployer.
Why your business shouldn't lock into one AI model (and how EU-hosted models work)
Model quality, price and availability change every few months. A multi-model workspace lets you switch per task, compare side by side and pick where a request runs.
How to build an AI agent without code, in about 15 minutes
A walkthrough of the FlowSentric agent builder: identity, model, tools, knowledge, testing, scheduling and publishing, with Privacy Guard on by default.
RAG, explained: how a knowledge base makes AI answer from your documents, with citations
Retrieval-augmented generation in plain terms: chunking, embeddings, hybrid search, reranking and citations, plus the German details that decide if it works.
n8n vs FlowSentric: automation for engineers, automation for everyone else
n8n is a great node-based automation tool for technical teams. FlowSentric is an AI workspace with workflows built in for everyone else. Where each one fits.
E-invoicing in Germany: ZUGFeRD, XRechnung and DATEV inside an AI agent
Since 2025 German businesses must accept e-invoices. What ZUGFeRD and XRechnung are, why DATEV export matters, and how an agent reads, validates and books invoices.
AI meeting notes without sending your audio to a US cloud
Most AI note-takers upload recordings to a US transcription API. FlowSentric transcribes on its own servers, deletes the audio and turns decisions into action items.