---
title: docs ask cli command
description: Ask a question about Elastic documentation using AI (single answer) 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4268/reference/elastic-cli/cli/docs/ask
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# docs ask cli command
```bash
elastic docs ask [<question>] [options]
```

Ask a question about Elastic documentation using AI (single answer)

## Arguments

<definitions>
  <definition term="<question> string">
    Question to ask
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--accept-experimental">
    Acknowledge that this command is experimental and may be removed; suppresses the warning
  </definition>
  <definition term="--question string">
    Question to ask
  </definition>
</definitions>


## docs Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--no-validate">
    skip input validation and send the request as-is
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--output-fields string">
    comma-separated list of fields to include in output (dot-notation supported)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--output-template string">
    Mustache-like template for custom text output (e.g. "{{id}}: {{name}}")
  </definition>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>