---
title: Your first answer
description: Ask Prompter your first question on the Cratis Discord and learn every way to summon it.
---


import { Steps, Tabs, TabItem } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
import Recap from '@components/Recap.astro';
import YouWillLearn from '@components/YouWillLearn.astro';

<YouWillLearn>

- ask Prompter a question and get a cited answer back
- verify an answer through its sources
- all four ways to summon the bot
- how your 👍/👎 makes the docs better

</YouWillLearn>

All you need is to be a member of the [Cratis Discord](https://discord.gg/kt4AMpV8WV).

<Steps>

1. **Ask by mentioning.** In any channel Prompter can read, mention it with your question in the same
   message:

   ```text
   @Prompter how do I append an event in Chronicle?
   ```

2. **Read the answer - and its receipts.** Prompter replies to your message with an answer and a `Sources:`
   line linking the documentation pages it used. Open a source link: the answer should be recognizable from
   the page. That link is your verification path - answers without sources don't exist.

3. **React.** Every answer carries 👍 and 👎. React honestly - verdicts feed the quality measurements and
   tell the docs team where documentation is missing. If an answer looks wrong, react 👎 and say so in the
   channel; a human picks it up.

</Steps>

## All the ways to summon it

<Tabs>
  <TabItem label="@mention">
    Works in any channel the bot can read - question and mention in the same message. Prompter replies
    in-thread, right where you asked.

    ```text
    @Prompter what's the difference between a projection and a reducer?
    ```
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem label="/ask">
    The slash command, for a clean one-off question anywhere. Prompter acknowledges immediately and follows
    up with the answer in the channel.
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem label="Ask channel">
    In the dedicated ask channel, every message is treated as a question - no mention needed. Just type.
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem label="Help forum">
    Post in the help forum as you normally would. Prompter answers first, automatically, so you get an
    immediate starting point - and a human follows up in the same thread.
  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

:::note[When it says "I don't know"]
That's by design. Prompter only answers from the documentation - if it can't find grounding, it says so
instead of guessing, and your question goes to the community.
:::

<Recap>

You asked, got a cited answer, verified it at the source, and reacted. That's the whole loop - the rest is
understanding *why* it behaves this way: [Grounded answers](/prompter/concepts/grounded-answers/) explains
the citations, the refusals, and how the knowledge stays current.

</Recap>