Reading the answer

Every answer is meant to be checkable. Here’s how to read one.

Citations

Inside the answer you’ll see small numbered markers like [1] and [2]. Each marks a claim that’s backed by a source. Select a marker to jump to the matching entry in the sources panel.

If a claim isn’t supported by an approved document, the assistant won’t make it — so every factual statement should carry a citation.

The sources panel

Next to the answer is a list of the documents the answer drew from. For each source you can see:

• The document title.
• Which part of the document was used.
• A relevance score — roughly, how closely that excerpt matched your question. Higher is a closer match.

Screenshot

An answer with citation markers and the sources panel — added in a later docs update.

Always worth a glance

The citations let you verify the answer in seconds. For anything important, open the cited source and confirm it says what you expect. That habit is the whole point of grounding — see Why answers are trustworthy.

The workflow view

You may notice the assistant shows the steps it took (receiving your question, checking permissions, retrieving documents, composing the answer). This is there so you can see how an answer was produced, not just what it says. The same steps power Agent tasks, where they really come to life.