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Lesson 3 of 5 · 5:53

Ep.3 — Asking questions

What you’ll make

A concise planning answer you have checked against its sources.

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Chat with your sources. Ask a question, pick which sources to search, and click the numbered citations to jump to the exact passage an answer came from. Save good answers as notes, set the language answers come back in, and use Configure to give the AI a role and answer style.

Put it into practice · 7 minutes

Your lesson kit

Follow along with fictional workshop documents. Written guides and practice files are in English.

Read the lesson guide

A written companion to the lesson, not a verbatim transcript.

  1. Ask a focused question and specify the format you need: for example, an action table rather than a general summary.
  2. Open the citations and compare dates, names, and numbers with the source text.
  3. Separate confirmed decisions from open questions. Revise the prompt if the answer mixes them together.

Try this prompt

Use it with the sample sources in your notebook.

Act as the workshop coordinator. Using only these sources, create an action table with task, owner, and deadline. Then list unresolved questions separately. Cite supporting passages and write “not specified” for missing deadlines.

Your turn

  1. Run the prompt with both sources selected.
  2. Check every owner and deadline against the planning notes.
  3. Ask a follow-up question about the room and keep it on the unresolved list.
Compare with an example result

An illustrative answer based on the sample files. Your wording may differ.

Send invitation — Maya — 5 November. Prepare sample documents — Arun — 6 November. Book room — Pim — 7 November. Open question: which room will be used?

Check your work

All three tasks have the right owner and deadline; the undecided room is not presented as a confirmed booking.

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