# Search better in your community with Ask AI

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-better-in-your-community-with-ask-ai/411346
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** ai, ask-ai
**Created:** [1 september 2026 om 06:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-better-in-your-community-with-ask-ai/411346 "2026-09-01T06:08:43Z")
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### Author: ![nat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nat/32/235063_2.png) [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [8 september 2026 om 03:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-better-in-your-community-with-ask-ai/411346/19 "2026-09-08T03:47:37Z")

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> [@EricGT](#):
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> I know I missed what **Ask** was intended to do

In an earlier iteration, the follow up box was not pre-filled and had a “Ask a follow-up” placeholder. Perhaps that could work, unsure. We’ll wait for more feedback.

 ![Screenshot 2026-09-08 at 11.43.30 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/8/d/b8d7c68d084d17b4c2f3f663d187ff6066fade49.png)

> [@EricGT](#):
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> Today, a Codex issue was posted, and I followed my usual workflow. Using ChatGPT, I was able to identify a valid, closely related open Codex GitHub issue.
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> I then tried essentially the same prompt using Discourse search, except instead of providing a link to the specific forum topic, I selected **“This topic.”**
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> The result was:
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/a/f/8affe702b04be1722bf24d3f041866693567b26a.png)
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> I then tried **“AI”** :
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/9/b/f9befa6030ebee485c5d535cbca5c394443c3480.png)
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> I understand that the first search is intended to limit results to topics within the forum. However, once users become accustomed to using **“Ask”** for broader, AI-assisted queries, the distinction between the two behaviors may not be obvious.

I think I am unsure about the wording of the feedback here (a bit like Moin): do you want to use Ask AI only within a topic, or do you want Ask AI to work with context outside the forum? It is not meant to help with the latter.

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