Ask

What you see

1. ConversationsEvery conversation in the project, newest activity first, with a Canon or Research icon, who took part and when. Search conversations looks through titles and message text. New starts an empty one.
2. Conversation headerThe title (the first question), who started it and when. Everyone on the project can read and reply.
3. MessagesEach question keeps its author. Canon answers are marked From your canon with a badge: Supported by canon, Related canon only or Unknown. Open Sources to read the cited facts and their quotes. Research answers are marked "From research, outside sources, not canon" and link to the full research note.
4. ComposerThe Canon / Research switch, Check continuity (in Canon mode), any attached context chips, the question box, Speak to dictate and Send.

Ask the canon a question

1. Open Ask and choose New, or type in an open conversation to continue it.
2. Make sure the switch below the conversation is on Canon.
3. Type your question and press Enter (or Send); Shift Enter adds a new line.
4. Read the answer and open Sources to check the facts and quotes it rests on.
5. If no accepted fact answers it, the badge says Unknown: nothing was guessed.

Answer a follow-up

1. If your question says "she" or "he" and several people fit, the answer asks who you mean instead of guessing.
2. Pick one of the offered names, or type your answer in the box.
3. The next message in the same mode continues that question; when only one person fits, the answer shows who it was asked about.

Ask about a passage or page

1. Open the document, entity or conflict you want to ask about.
2. Open Ask with the floating Ask button or Ctrl J / ⌘J; what the page is about appears as chips above the box.
3. Remove any chip you do not want to send with its close button.
4. Type your question and send it; the chips go with your message.

Check a passage for continuity

1. In the reader, select words and choose Check continuity (C); the check starts in the chat.
2. Or type or paste a passage into the box in Canon mode and choose Check continuity above it.
3. Wait for the report: it can take a minute.
4. Read each finding with the canon facts it cites; suggested fixes are text only and never change your documents.

Canon or Research

• Canon answers only from accepted canon and cites it. No evidence means "unknown".
• Research is for real-world questions: history, science, procedure. It uses outside sources, is slower, and is never added to canon. See Research.
• Each message keeps its own mode; you can switch modes within one conversation.

Ask everywhere

Outside the Ask page the chat opens as a drawer on the right. Its menu lists New conversation, recent conversations and All conversations; Open in Ask shows the open one full size. The reader has its own Ask tab in the side panel, and Write shows a chat column on wide screens. Teammates’ new messages appear on their own while the page is open.

How was this made?

Every AI answer links to How was this made?, which opens the run in Agent activity.

Who can do what

Viewer

Read every conversation, start new ones and post in any of them, in Canon or Research mode, and check continuity.

Editor

Everything a viewer can, plus Rename a conversation, and Delete one they started (it goes for the whole team; canon, research notes and continuity reports stay).

Admin, owner

Everything an editor can, and Delete any conversation.

Roles are per studio. Roles and permissions has the full list.