ASK

Ask your documents. Check every answer.

Ask answers in plain language using only passages from documents each person can open. Every [n] marker opens the passage it came from — and when the evidence isn’t there, it says so.

ANSWERS WITH[n]Cited passages0Abstains without evidenceACLEach person’s permissions∞Saved conversations
WHERE ANSWERS COME FROM

Only your documents. Only what you can open.

Ask searches the workspace’s indexed documents, filters them by the asker’s permissions and answers only from those passages. No outside knowledge.

POLRemote Work Policy● Indexed
Published version v2
HRIndexed
CONBeta Supplier Master Agreement● Indexed
Published version v3
ProcurementIndexed
RETData Retention Policy● Indexed
Published version v3
LegalIndexed
HRCHR Confidential● No access
Private collection
Not visible to Laura
NEWWelcome Handbook● Pending
Not indexed yet
Ask flags it
COLSupplier contracts● Collection
2 documents
Ask this collection
Left out: anything the person can’t open — and drafts while a published version exists.
Reaches the answer: the retrieved passages, with the document and version behind each citation.
HOW IT ANSWERS

From a question to an answer you can check.

1 · RETRIEVESearch by meaning

Finds the passages closest to your question among indexed documents.

2 · FILTERApply your permissions

Only passages from documents you can open get through — the same rule as the library.

3 · DECIDEAnswer or abstain

When the evidence is weak, it says so without calling the AI or inventing sources.

4 · CITEMark every source

Each [n] marker opens the passage behind the statement.

And it warns you: if documents in that scope aren’t indexed yet, the answer says so.
TRY IT — SAMPLE WORKSPACE

Ask like someone on the team. See where each answer comes from.

“Acme Legal” · 3 indexed documents · Laura (editor).

About Remote Work Policy v2
How many remote work days are allowed?
ANSWER

Up to three days a week, with manager approval 1

[1] REMOTE WORK POLICY · v2

“…up to three days per week with prior approval from the direct manager…”

Answered from your documents · 1 passage

Sample data. Conversational Ask is part of Connected Intelligence.

HONEST BEFORE IT ANSWERS

If it can’t show it, it doesn’t say it.

01Real abstention

With weak evidence it says it found too little — without calling the AI.

02Pending documents

If documents in that scope aren’t indexed, the answer says so.

03Your permissions

Retrieves only from what you can open — the same rule as Library and Search.

04The official version

Uses each document’s published version; a draft never replaces it.

Clear limits

What Ask applies to every answer.

ItemValueWhereNote
Passages retrieved5 (20 with identifiers)AskSeveral per document
Conversation memory10 messagesConversational AskReopens with its citations
Questionup to 2,000 charactersAll
Single-document analysisAnalyze (×4)Document pageCounts as 4 queries
HONEST BY DESIGN

Answers you can verify, not answers you must trust.

Cites the passage

Every marker opens the source excerpt — no page numbers.

No outside knowledge

The model answers only from the retrieved passages.

Saved conversations

Kept so you can pick them up with their citations; only their author sees them.

Where it’s available

Conversational Ask comes with Connected Intelligence. Analyze (×4) and the API work in any workspace.

THREE WAYS TO ASK

In a conversation, about one document, or from your systems.

Conversational Ask keeps the thread and pins the scope to a document or collection. Analyze (×4) studies one document in depth. The /api/v1/ask API returns answers with sources to your systems.

Conversational AskAsk this collectionAnalyze (×4)POST /api/v1/ask
Analyze this documentBeta Supplier Master Agreement · v3
PASSAGES20from this document
QUERIES×4per analysis
SCOPE1document
Summarize obligationsNotice periodsPenalties
Detailed analysis — Based on 20 passages from this document.
A SAMPLE ANSWER

Ask about a contract. Open the clause.

The answer cites the exact passage of the published contract and takes you there in one click.

What’s the non-renewal notice period in the Beta contract?
FROM YOUR DOCUMENTS · BETA SUPPLIER MASTER AGREEMENT v3

The non-renewal notice is 60 days before expiry 1

SOURCE

Beta Supplier Master Agreement · 2 passages

Answered from your documents
Indexed documents

Ask answers from what’s indexed in your workspace.

Any role

Viewers, editors and admins ask; each sees their own.

Connected Intelligence

Required for conversational Ask in the app.

API

A key with the “ask” scope to ask from your systems.

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Tell us which documents your teams look things up in. We’ll show you Ask on them.

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