# Interacting with Assistant

**Interacting with Tellius Assistant**

1. Select **Things you can ask Tellius Assistant** to view the **Search Guide** in the main canvas.
2. Click on any suggested question or start typing your question to get started.
3. As you start typing your question, Tellius suggests next valid component. Each button represents a column name or an operators (e.g., for), or a filter.
4. Click on the required button to continue.
5. To help you extract more information, Tellius Assistant displays a list of suitable follow-up questions after every response.

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6. The response (chart/table/text format as applicable) will be displayed in the chat window and the elaborate results will be displayed in the center canvas.
7. The chart acts as a Vizpad widget, which you can further drill down by clicking anywhere on the chart.
8. Based on the context of your question, Tellius suggests sequential actions to be applied to the search query.

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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://help.tellius.com/tellius-6.3/assistant/interacting-with-assistant.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.