Does Ask search the open web?

No. Ask answers from content in your LinkWise library belonging to your account.

Is Ask available on Free?

Cited Ask is a Pro capability. Free still gives unlimited saves, keyword search, and monthly AI enrichment.

What if citations look weak?

Treat that as a signal. Open the passage, check whether processing finished, and do not treat the answer as authoritative until evidence is clear.

Yes when public captions produced a transcript. Without public captions, the video remains a link card and Ask has little transcript evidence.

Cited Ask

Ask your bookmarks with citations—not a black box

When the job is an answer—not another card—you need replies grounded in what you saved. LinkWise Ask retrieves supporting passages from your library and links back to the evidence, including YouTube timestamps when public captions exist.

Preview a source on /try, then save it and use Ask after processing. Free libraries include unlimited saves and 10 AI enrichments/month; cited Ask is Pro. Product overview: Ask with citations docs.

What cited Ask is for

Use Ask when you remember a claim, a definition, or a comparison but not which tab held it. It is not a general web search and should not invent facts outside your library.

Prefer concrete questions (“What did this paper say about sample size?”) over vague prompts. Weak or missing evidence should produce uncertainty—not confident filler.

Ask one item when you already opened an article or video
Ask the library when the answer may span several saves
Open citations before relying on an important conclusion

How LinkWise keeps answers grounded

Answers are built from content belonging to the signed-in user. Article full text and public video transcripts (when available) are preferred evidence; AI summaries stay secondary.

Citations should point to a passage or timestamp you can reopen. If processing is incomplete, Ask works poorly—wait for article or caption jobs to finish. See read articles and YouTube transcripts.

A practical workflow

Save the sources you actually trust (extension, Add, or /try then save).
Confirm keywords so Free search stays usable alongside Pro Ask.
Ask one item for deep reading; ask the library when clusters matter.
Click citations, then export useful notes via Obsidian export when you leave the app.

Free vs Pro boundaries

Cited Ask (single item and library-wide), semantic search, and explained connections are Pro. Free includes unlimited saves, keyword search, and a monthly AI enrichment allowance.

For category framing, see AI-powered bookmark knowledge base. For retrieval when wording differs, see find bookmarks by meaning.

FAQ

Does Ask search the open web?: No. Ask answers from content in your LinkWise library belonging to your account.
Is Ask available on Free?: Cited Ask is a Pro capability. Free still gives unlimited saves, keyword search, and monthly AI enrichment.
What if citations look weak?: Treat that as a signal. Open the passage, check whether processing finished, and do not treat the answer as authoritative until evidence is clear.
Can Ask use YouTube?: Yes when public captions produced a transcript. Without public captions, the video remains a link card and Ask has little transcript evidence.