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Asking questions

Ask in plain English. Every answer cites what it read, and "I cannot tell from this" is a real answer.

What you can ask

  • Which machines are unpatched on Northwind and why?
  • Show me every backup that has never been restore-tested
  • What changed on this server in the last week, and who changed it?
  • Why is this site slow?
  • What did you refuse last night, and why?

Every answer is grounded

Answers resolve to records. Where a figure appears, it clicks through to the rows behind it. Where Genie generated a query to answer you, the query is shown.

If he cannot ground an answer, he says so. He does not produce a plausible one — that is the failure this platform exists to prevent, and it is not permitted in the answer path either.

What he will not answer

  • Whether a client is compliant — that is a legal conclusion
  • Anything about another client than the one in scope
  • A prediction he cannot validate
  • A cause he cannot evidence, however likely

When he needs more

"I cannot determine that from what I have — collect X and ask me again" is a designed answer, not a failure. It is more useful than a confident guess and it tells you what to do next.

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