# AI Forum Helper cannot access some categories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-forum-helper-cannot-access-some-categories/332416
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** ai, ai-bot
**Created:** [October 23, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-forum-helper-cannot-access-some-categories/332416 "2024-10-23T18:26:07Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-forum-helper-cannot-access-some-categories/332416/2 "2024-10-23T18:51:02Z")

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> [@markschmucker](#):
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> When I use the AI Forum Helper, it can easily list the Hot Topics in the public categories, but cannot find any topics in the premium category. I expected it would respect my permissions.

For that to work you will need to

1. Create a new persona
2. Add the search tool to it
3. Check the `Search Private` option on this persona

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