Ask
Ask is Slite's permission-aware AI search that answers team questions with sourced results from your wiki and connected apps.
Ask is worth paying for when Slite already holds your team's canonical docs — the permission filtering plus the Agent's drift detection and human approval loop is a maintenance workflow you won't find in Notion AI or Guru. On Basic at $10/user/month you get AI search limited to Slite docs with 30 monthly questions per seat; cross-tool search and the self-maintaining agent need Pro at $20/user/month. A September 2026 engine rebuild cut agent credit consumption to roughly a third for the same
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- Remote-first teams with a large, decaying documentation set and no clear owner for maintenance
- IT and Operations teams that need docs verified, current, and permission-safe
- Product and Engineering teams fielding the same question in Slack every week
- Scaling companies using sourced AI answers to shorten new-hire onboarding
- Solo users who don't need a knowledge base or a permission model
- Teams that need project management or issue tracking — that's Linear or Asana
- Notion or Confluence shops unwilling to migrate their canonical docs into Slite
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Skip Ask if your canonical documentation lives in Notion or Confluence and you have no plans to migrate it into Slite — the permission-aware sourcing and Agent drift detection only pay off when Slite is your source of truth.
Basic caps AI search at 30 questions per seat per month and confines it to Slite docs — heavy askers hit the wall and need Pro to search connected tools.
Basic at $10/user/month fits small teams who mostly need AI search inside Slite docs plus verification workflows. Pro at $20/user/month is where cross-tool search and the Slite Agent land, making it the tier that actually competes with Notion AI and Guru for knowledge maintenance. Enterprise is custom-priced for larger orgs needing audit logs, SCIM, and HIPAA compliance.
In short
Ask — Ask is Slite's permission-aware AI search that answers team questions with sourced results from your wiki and connected apps. Best for Remote-first teams with a large, decaying documentation set and no clear owner for maintenance, IT and Operations teams that need docs verified, current, and permission-safe, Product and Engineering teams fielding the same question in Slack every week. Free to start; paid plans from $10/user/mo.
What's new in Ask
Checked 9 days agoAcross the latest 6 updates: 3 feature updates, 1 launch and 2 changelog entries.
Slite Agent rebuilt on a faster, cheaper engine
Slite Agent runs on a rebuilt engine: same answer quality, roughly a third of the credits, live on web, Slack, API, MCP and scheduled automations.
Slite MCP listed in the Claude directory
Slite MCP is now in the Claude directory; agents can place notes in the sidebar and upload files into docs. New AI usage page shows per-feature credit breakdown per user with CSV export.
Ask now shares the Slite Agent interface
Ask and Slite Agent render through the same components for consistent answers, sources and follow-ups. Custom permissions added for Notion and Attio agent sources.
Help Center AI search plus agent edit attribution
Natural-language AI search is live on slite.com/help, returning sourced answers. Doc history now attributes each edit to Slite Agent, Claude or ChatGPT.
Slite Agent source marketplace launches
A marketplace consolidates available agent sources in one place, with example use cases, category browsing and service accounts on Enterprise.
Slite desktop app adds full tab support
Desktop tabs match the browser: open docs in new tabs, reorder, command-click, drag out for side-by-side view. Windows gets native window controls.
What people actually say about Ask — is it worth it?
We ran a structured research pass across product reviews, community discussions, and post-purchase forum threads to surface the patterns vendors won't publish themselves. Below: the recurring strengths, the hidden costs people mention most, and the cohort that consistently regrets adopting this tool.
96 mentions across 7 sources (Hacker News, YouTube, Product Hunt, App Store, Stack Overflow, Lemmy, Tech Press) · researched Aug 1, 2026.
Average across the 7 sources that answered — each source counts once, not each post.
- +Permission-aware answers ensure users only see what they're allowed to see.
- +Seamless Slack integration delivers answers directly in the flow of work.
- +Chrome extension brings answers to your browser without switching tabs.
- +Slite Agent detects doc drift and suggests fixes with block-level diffs.
- +20+ integrations including BigQuery, GitHub, Linear, and Google Docs for cross-tool search.
- −Critical App Store reviews report inability to post or send messages.
- −Users feel paywalled features don't deliver as promised — 'wasted 8 bucks'.
- −Community feedback is sparse, especially outside App Store and Product Hunt.
- −Generic AI chatbots can answer without the need for another tool.
- −Free tier limits AI search to Slite docs, not connected tools.
- • Users have accused paid tiers of not delivering expected value — one called it a scam.
- • Slite Agent and advanced features may require higher-tier plans, adding up for large teams.
Viability Score
How well maintained and how widely used is Ask? Built from what the vendor actually publishes (docs, changelog, tutorials, integrations, pricing), whether the site is live, and how much real users discuss it. How we calculate this
Last calculated: October 2026
How we score →Key Features
- AI search and sourced answers grounded in Slite docs
- Permission-aware results that only surface docs you can view
- Filter answers to verified docs only
- Cross-tool search spanning Linear, GitHub, Google Docs and BigQuery
- Knowledge gap identification when no good source exists
- Multi-language questions with translation of relevant content
- Question suggestions when you type a keyword
- Slack integration auto-answers channel questions without a trigger
- Chrome extension for in-browser answers
- Slite Agent detects documentation drift across 20+ connected tools
- Agent proposes block-level fixes routed through human approval
- Doc fact-checking with suggested fixes
- Per-author edit attribution in doc history for Slite Agent, Claude or ChatGPT
- MCP access listed in the Claude directory for agent read and write
- AI usage page with per-feature credit breakdown and CSV export
About Ask
Ask is the AI search and answer layer inside Slite, aimed at teams whose knowledge is spread across a wiki, Slack channels, and a stack of connected apps. Type a question in plain language and Ask returns an answer with the documents it drew on attached, so you can verify the work rather than trust a black box. Answers stay permission-aware: Ask only reaches docs you can already view, and you can filter to verified docs so a half-finished draft never leaks into a response. Coverage extends past Slite itself. On the Pro plan, search runs across connected tools, and the source list includes Linear, GitHub, Google Docs, BigQuery, Notion, and Attio alongside your Slite docs. The Slack integration listens to channels and answers questions on its own, without anyone tagging a bot, and a Chrome extension puts the same search inside your browser. Multi-language support means you can ask in one language and get relevant content translated back. Since August 2026, Ask renders through the same interface components as the Slite Agent, so answers, sources, and follow-ups look consistent whether you are searching or delegating. Ask also flags knowledge gaps when a question has no solid source, and suggests questions as you type a keyword. The Agent side of the product detects documentation drift across 20+ connected tools and proposes block-level fixes that route through human approval, with pending badges and per-author edit attribution in doc history. It's less a chatbot you chat with than a maintenance loop for a knowledge base that keeps going stale. The trade-off is structural: Ask is best when Slite is your canonical doc home. Teams that keep the real answers in Notion or Confluence, or that just want a general assistant, get thinner returns than a Slite-native shop does.
Behind the Verdict
The honest answer on Ask is that it is not a standalone purchase. It is a layer that rewards consolidation. If Slite is where your docs actually live, Ask turns that archive into something people query instead of scroll, and the sourced-answer format means you can check the work rather than take it on faith. We'd reach for it in the exact scenario the vendors describe and buyers rarely admit: a 300-person company where nobody owns the wiki and everyone answers the same Slack question every third week. Where it bites is scope. Basic caps AI answers within Slite docs at 30 questions per seat each month, so a heavy-support team will burn that quickly and land on Pro at $20/user/month whether they planned to or not. The cross-tool search — Linear, GitHub, Google Docs, BigQuery — lives on Pro too, which is where the permission-aware story gets interesting and where the real cost sits. The closest comparison is Notion AI, which is cheaper to adopt if Notion is already your home base and which does not push a migration. Guru is the other one worth pricing, since its card-verification workflow overlaps with Slite's doc verification and the Agent's approval loop. Slite's edge over both is the maintenance side: drift detection across 20+ sources, block-level suggested fixes, and a human approval gate with per-author attribution in doc history. That is a genuinely different job from answering questions. Watch the credits. The September 2026 rebuild to a faster engine brought agent credit consumption to roughly a third of the previous cost for comparable answers, and the new AI usage page breaks down credit spend per feature and per user with CSV export. That transparency is useful, but Pro still ships 50 monthly credits per seat — budget-conscious teams should model their
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Real-world workflow fit
Concrete scenarios for the personas Ask actually fits — and what changes day-one when you adopt it.
On day one, they open Slite and type plain-language questions about onboarding, tooling, and process into Ask, which returns sourced answers from verified docs with the underlying pages attached.
Outcome: They reach working context far faster than digging through a wiki, contributing to the reported 75% faster onboarding.
Engineers ask a recurring question in Slack and Ask answers automatically without a trigger, pulling from Slite docs plus Linear, GitHub, and Google Docs.
Outcome: The 'where is X?' thread stops repeating, and the same answers show up in the asker's history.
The Slite Agent scans 20+ connected sources, detects docs that have drifted from reality, proposes block-level fixes, and routes them to a pending approval badge for human review.
Outcome: Documentation stays current without a dedicated maintenance owner, and each accepted change is attributed by author.
Use Cases
- Onboard new hires 75% faster by letting them ask any question about company docs.
- Answer repetitive team questions automatically in Slack without manual lookup.
- Keep documentation accurate with the Slite Agent detecting drift across tools.
- Find decisions and context from codebase issues and pull requests via git integration.
- Reduce meeting prep time by instantly surfacing knowledge from connected apps.
- Highlight knowledge gaps so teams know what needs updating.
- Deflect support tickets with self-serve sourced answers on a public help center.
Models Under the Hood
as of 2026-09-23
Limitations
- Ask's scope depends on your plan: Basic includes 30 monthly questions per seat and confines AI search to within Slite docs, while Pro extends search to connected tools and includes 50 monthly agent credits per seat, with extra credits purchasable.
- The Slite Agent only reasons over sources you connect, and every proposed change goes through a human approval step, so fully autonomous maintenance of docs isn't possible.
- Answers are permission-aware, so if a teammate can't access a doc, Ask won't surface it to them either — which is correct but means your permissions need to be in order.
- An internet connection is required.
as of 2026-09-22
Verification history
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12-month cost
Project the real annual outlay, including the implied monthly cost when only an annual tier is published.
Vendor list price only. Add-on usage, seat overages, and contract minimums are surfaced under Hidden costs & gotchas.
Plans compared
For each published Ask tier: who it actually fits, and what it adds vs. the previous tier. Cross-reference the cost calculator above for projected annual outlay.
Free Trial
$0
Basic
$10/user/mo billed yearly
Ideal for
Small teams or early-stage companies that mainly need AI search inside Slite docs plus doc verification and a tidy knowledge panel.
What this tier adds
Starting tier: unlimited docs, Ask confined to Slite docs at 30 monthly questions per seat, MCP and API access.
Pro
$20/user/mo billed yearly
Ideal for
Growing teams whose answers live in connected tools like Linear, GitHub, and Google Docs, and who want the Slite Agent to maintain docs.
What this tier adds
Adds the Slite Agent, search across connected tools, doc fact-checking with suggested fixes, unlimited AI questions, and 50 monthly agent credits per seat.
Enterprise
Custom
Ideal for
Larger organizations with compliance, provisioning, and support requirements that the published tiers don't cover.
What this tier adds
Adds reader-only seats, advanced security and controls, audit logs, SCIM, HIPAA compliance, a dedicated account manager, and custom agent sources.
Where the pricing makes sense
The company stage and team size where Ask's pricing actually pencils out — and where peers do it cheaper.
Basic at $10/user/month fits small teams who mostly need AI search inside Slite docs plus verification workflows. Pro at $20/user/month is where cross-tool search and the Slite Agent land, making it the tier that actually competes with Notion AI and Guru for knowledge maintenance. Enterprise is custom-priced for larger orgs needing audit logs, SCIM, and HIPAA compliance.
Setup time & first value
How long it actually takes to get something useful out of Ask — broken out by persona, not the marketing-page minute.
For a small team already on Slite, first answers arrive the same day you enable Ask. Teams connecting external sources like Linear, GitHub, Google Docs, and BigQuery should budget a few days to wire sources and set permissions. Enterprise setups with SCIM, audit logs, and custom agent sources take longer, and Slite provides migration and onboarding support at that tier.
Switching to or from Ask
How to bring data in from common predecessors and how to get it back out — written for the switcher, not the buyer.
- →From Notion or Confluence: export your pages and import into Slite, then let Ask index them and rely on verified-doc filtering to keep drafts out of answers.
- →From Tettra or Google Docs: import your existing docs, connect any remaining live sources, and stand up Ask on top of the new knowledge home.
- →From Super (standalone): if you used both Slite and Super, Super now lives inside the Slite sidebar, so the switch is largely a UI change rather than a data move.
- →From Guru or Slab: migrate canonical knowledge into Slite, connect the tools that still hold live answers, and let the Slite Agent start drift detection.
- ↗To Notion or Confluence: export Slite docs via PDF, Markdown, or HTML and rebuild pages in the destination wiki, then recreate permissions and verification status by hand.
- ↗To Guru or Slab: export content in Markdown or HTML, import into the new knowledge platform, and reconnect Slack and other sources to the replacement.
- ↗To a generic AI assistant: keep a separate document store, since Ask's value depends on the Slite knowledge base and permission model rather than a standalone chatbot.
Integrations
Resources & Guides
Tutorials & Learning
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Official links
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