> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.assuric.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Ask Assuric: what it can do

> Open Ask Assuric, choose a mode, add files or documents, and pick what it searches.

<Note>
  **Quick summary**

  * Ask Assuric is Assuric's AI assistant, with 3 modes: **Auto**, **Hazard Log Assistant** and **Questionnaire Assistant**.
  * Ask Assuric answers from your workspace unless you choose *Web*. Open it with **Ctrl+J** or **Ask** in the sidebar.
  * Ask Assuric is in beta, so check what it tells you: you're accountable for what you act on or submit.
</Note>

## Open Ask Assuric

Click **Ask** at the top of the sidebar, or press **Ctrl+J**. A window opens on the **Ask Assuric** tab, next to **Go to**. Type a question or command and click **Send**, and the conversation opens as a full-page chat.

You can also click the AI bubble (the sparkle button) at the top right of the page to open a floating *AI Assistant* panel beside your work, with the same modes, *Think* and source picker.

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## Choose a mode

The 3 mode buttons sit under the message box; your pick shows as a label on your message.

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/assuric-docs/nTITDjxsAqD6F-03/images/ask-assuric/ask-dialog.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=nTITDjxsAqD6F-03&q=85&s=453bf97b07ae2c7310c5b22e26e0f4f1" alt="The Ask Assuric window with the mode buttons, the plus button, Think and the source picker numbered" width="620" height="428" data-path="images/ask-assuric/ask-dialog.png" />
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| Mode | Use it for |
| - | - |
| **Auto** | General [questions about your workspace](/ask-assuric/ask-your-workspace), documents and frameworks |
| **Hazard Log Assistant** | [Adding hazards, causes and controls](/ask-assuric/hazard-log-assistant) to a product's hazard log, and asking questions about it |
| **Questionnaire Assistant** | [Security and compliance questionnaires](/ask-assuric/questionnaire-assistant): paste or upload the questions and it drafts cited answers, including [the DSPT](/ask-assuric/questionnaire-assistant#for-the-dspt) |

## Add context and choose what it searches

Under the message box:

* **+** adds something to work with: **Upload file**, **Add document** or **Add evidence**.
* *Think* reasons through the question before it answers. It's off until clicked. Turn it on for harder questions, such as mapping a policy to several frameworks.
* *Assuric Docs* is the source picker. It starts there, so answers come from your workspace. Switch it to *Web* to search the web instead, one source at a time.

## Chat history

The full-page chat keeps every conversation in **Chat History** on the left, with **New Chat** above it. Each is titled automatically; its options let you **Rename** or **Delete** it.

Under each reply, *Assuric Docs* answers list their sources, and *Web* answers list their links under *Web Sources*.

## Settings

Click the gear at the top of the chat to open **Settings → AI Settings**:

| Setting | What it does |
| - | - |
| *Always show AI chat assistant* | Keeps the assistant button on every page, and if you turn it off you can still reach Ask Assuric from the sidebar. |
| *Floating chat size* | Sets the floating chat window to *Small*, *Medium* or *Large*, and you can also drag the window to resize it. |

<Warning>
  Ask Assuric is in beta and AI can make mistakes. You're accountable for whatever you act on or submit, so check answers against the source, especially anything going to a regulator or customer.
</Warning>

## Related articles

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Ask questions about your workspace" icon="messages-square" href="/ask-assuric/ask-your-workspace">
    Auto mode, Think, the Web, and your chat history.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add hazards with the Hazard Log Assistant" icon="shield-alert" href="/ask-assuric/hazard-log-assistant">
    Draft a hazard, cause and control and check the proposal first.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Answer security questionnaires" icon="file-question-mark" href="/ask-assuric/questionnaire-assistant">
    Paste or upload questions and get cited answers.
  </Card>
</Columns>


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