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Ask mode

Ask is the lightest-weight way to use VeraFrame. You type a question, you point at some source material, and VeraFrame gives you an answer with a trust report — no document generation, no template, just a direct validated response.

Ask is available to tenants with the tool_ask feature enabled (default).

When to use Ask

  • You need a specific fact (a price, a term, a date, a clause) from your own data.
  • You want to sanity-check what your source material actually says before drafting a longer document.
  • You are iteratively exploring source material — ask, get an answer with citations, ask a follow-up.

Ask is not a replacement for a general-purpose assistant. It is for questions where the answer must be grounded in your own sources and you need to see which source produced it.

What you give it

  • The question. For example: “What is the termination notice period in the 2026 master agreement?”
  • Source material. A source group or uploaded files. Ask works best with a focused source set.
  • (Optional) Previous output and refinement. If you are iterating, VeraFrame can continue from the previous answer and refine it.

What you get back

  • A direct answer — typically a short paragraph or a single value with context.
  • Citations — the specific passage or passages in the source material the answer came from.
  • A trust report — each factual element in the answer is tagged verified, needs review, mismatch, or missing in exactly the same way as in Generate mode.

When the sources conflict (for example, two contracts with different termination periods), Ask surfaces both values and asks you to pick which one you mean rather than choosing silently.

Step by step

  1. Open the main tool and select the Ask button (blue).
  2. Type your question. Short, specific questions produce the sharpest answers. “What is the deductible for fleet vehicles under the 2026 policy?” works better than “Tell me about insurance.”
  3. Select source material.
  4. Click Run.
  5. Read the answer and the citations. If anything looks off, click the citation to open the source passage directly.
  6. Refine if needed. Ask a follow-up that builds on the first answer — for example, “And what is the deductible for personal-use vehicles?”