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title: Concepts
description: Understand how Prompter thinks - why it exists, how it works, and why you can trust what it says.
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import { CardGrid } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
import SimpleCard from '@components/SimpleCard.astro';

These pages explain Prompter rather than instruct - read them to understand why the bot behaves the way it
does.

<CardGrid>
  <SimpleCard title="Why Prompter" icon="open-book" link="/prompter/concepts/why-prompter/">
    The problem it solves, and when not to rely on it.
  </SimpleCard>
  <SimpleCard title="Architecture" icon="puzzle" link="/prompter/concepts/architecture/">
    How ingestion, retrieval, and answering fit together.
  </SimpleCard>
  <SimpleCard title="Grounded answers" icon="approve-check" link="/prompter/concepts/grounded-answers/">
    Why answers carry citations, why refusals are a feature, and how the knowledge stays current.
  </SimpleCard>
  <SimpleCard title="Privacy" icon="seti:lock" link="/prompter/concepts/privacy/">
    Exactly what Prompter stores, for how long, and your rights.
  </SimpleCard>
</CardGrid>