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id: KB-MA-002
url: https://app.codecontract.io/help/marta/what-to-ask-marta
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categoria: marta
audiencia: usuario
nivel: intermedio
actualizado: 2026-08-13
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relacionados: [KB-MA-001, KB-TL-008]
citadoPor: [KB-ET-006, KB-MA-003, KB-MA-009, KB-MA-011, KB-MA-012, KB-MA-014, KB-IN-010, KB-MA-008, KB-MA-004, KB-MA-005, KB-MA-006]
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# What to ask Marta

_The questions it answers well, the ones it does not, and why._

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Marta answers about what is in your organisation: your cases, your documents, your dates. It knows nothing that is not there, and that is an advantage — what it tells you comes from your data, not from a guess.

**En corto**

- Ask for what you want to know, not for where it might be.
- It sees only what you can see: it will not show what is not yours.
- If it does not know, it says so instead of inventing.

## Questions it answers well

- "Which cases have been stuck for more than two weeks?"
- "Which suppliers have insurance expiring this quarter?"
- "Who has not signed the May amendment?"
- "Show me what this subcontractor delivered last year."

## Questions it does not

- Anything not on the platform: it does not know what you agreed by phone.
- Legal opinions: it will not tell you whether a contract is good for you.
- Predictions: it does not know whether that supplier will deliver on time.

> [!WARNING]
> Check what it tells you when the decision matters. It is a fast route to the data, not an authority over it.

## How to ask better

Pin down the timeframe and the subject. "What is missing?" gives a useless answer; "what does the Muñoz subcontractor still need in order to start on site?" gives an actionable list.

**Does it see other teams' documents?**

Only if you do. It inherits your permissions, it does not widen them.

**Is what I ask stored?**

Queries are logged, like any access to data.

**Can it do things or only answer?**

It answers and takes you there. Actions that change something you confirm yourself.

## Ejemplos

**A manager wants to know what is stuck before Monday's meeting.**

- Asks which cases have had no movement for over two weeks

→ Arrives with a list of six names instead of a vague sense that things are stuck.

**Something far too general is asked.**

- Narrows it to the file, period or supplier

→ The answer is usable.

**A field that was never extracted is asked about.**

- Checks whether that field exists

→ You learn whether the data or the question is missing.

**The same question is asked every week.**

- Turns the query into a report

→ The answer arrives by itself.

**Something outside the scope is asked.**

- Checks which files it can see

→ Expectations are set.

**Three questions are chained into one.**

- Asks them one at a time

→ Each answer is clear.