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# Ask content

> Ask a natural language question and stream a generated answer from project content

## Overview

Streams an AI-generated answer to a natural language question, grounded in your project's content. Uses SSE (Server-Sent Events) to deliver tokens incrementally. Returns source citations once the stream completes.

For integration guidance, see [Ask Content](/sdk/search/ask).

## Usage Example

```tsx theme={null}
import { useAskContent } from "@replyke/react-js";

function AskUI() {
  const { answer, sources, streaming, loading, error, ask, reset } = useAskContent();

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={() => ask({ query: "How do I reset my password?" })} disabled={loading || streaming}>
        Ask
      </button>
      {answer && <p>{answer}{streaming && " ▋"}</p>}
      {sources.map((s) => <div key={s.record.id}>[{s.sourceType}] {s.record.id}</div>)}
    </div>
  );
}
```

## Parameters

Call `ask` with:

<ParamField path="query" type="string" required>
  The natural language question.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="sourceTypes" type="(&#x22;entity&#x22; | &#x22;comment&#x22; | &#x22;message&#x22;)[]">
  Limit the content types searched for context.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="spaceId" type="string">
  Scope context lookup to a specific space.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="conversationId" type="string">
  Scope context lookup to a specific conversation.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="limit" type="number">
  Maximum number of source records to use as context.
</ParamField>

## Returns

<ResponseField name="answer" type="string">
  The AI-generated answer. Grows token by token while `streaming` is `true`.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="sources" type="ContentSearchResult[]">
  Source records used as context. Populated after streaming ends.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="streaming" type="boolean">
  `true` while the SSE stream is open and tokens are arriving.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="loading" type="boolean">
  `true` from `ask()` call until the first token arrives.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="error" type="string | null">
  Error message if the request failed.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="ask" type="(props) => void">
  Starts a new question. Aborts any in-flight stream first.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="reset" type="() => void">
  Aborts in-flight stream and clears all state.
</ResponseField>

<Note>
  In React Native, SSE streaming requires polyfills. Install `react-native-fetch-api`, `web-streams-polyfill`, and `react-native-polyfill-globals`, then call `polyfillGlobals()` at app startup before using this hook.
</Note>