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id: KB-MA-006
url: https://app.codecontract.io/help/marta/questions-that-save-you-a-morning
idioma: en
categoria: marta
audiencia: usuario
nivel: avanzado
actualizado: 2026-08-13
tambienEn: [es]
relacionados: [KB-MA-002, KB-MA-004, KB-MA-014]
citadoPor: [KB-MA-007, KB-MA-009, KB-MA-011]
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# Questions that save you a morning

_The ones that return something actionable, with their exact shape._

**Responde a:** example questions for the assistant · how to ask the ai better · get reports by asking · what can i ask marta

The difference between a question that returns a list of names and one that returns a useless paragraph is three things: the subject, the timeframe, and what you intend to do with the answer.

## The shape that works

**Specific subject + timeframe + purpose.** "Which suppliers on the Getafe site have something expired or expiring this quarter, and what are they missing?" returns a list you can phone from. "How are things going?" does not.

## The highest-yield ones, by moment

| When | What to ask |
| --- | --- |
| Monday morning | "Which cases have had no movement for over two weeks, and who are they waiting on?" |
| Before a client meeting | "Show me everything for this client over the last year, by date" |
| Before an audit | "Which cases on this site are incomplete, and what exactly is missing?" |
| At month end | "What was signed this month and what was left unsigned?" |
| When a dispute arrives | "Reconstruct this case's sequence with its dates" |

## Two tricks

- Chain it: ask, look at the answer, refine on top of it. That beats trying to phrase the perfect question first time.
- Ask for the format you need: "as a list with name and date" saves you reordering it yourself.

> [!WARNING]
> Whatever it returns for a decision with consequences, check it at source. It got you to the fact in two seconds: checking is still far faster than having searched.

> [!NOTE]
> If a question serves you every week, that is a filter worth saving. The assistant is for exploring; what repeats belongs one click away.

**Can I ask it to draft an email?**

It can help with the wording, but you launch the send.

**Does it understand long questions?**

Yes, and they usually work better than short vague ones.

**Can I ask in another language?**

Yes.

## Ejemplos

**A manager spends an hour every Monday reviewing cases one by one.**

- Asks what has been stuck over two weeks and who it is waiting on

→ The hour becomes five minutes and a list of four calls.

**A hundred files are walked to see what is missing.**

- Asks what is outstanding and from whom

→ The morning is recovered.

**A figure is hunted across twenty documents.**

- Asks for the figure and its source

→ You get there in a minute.

**A meeting is prepared by reading a whole file.**

- Asks for a status summary

→ Preparation takes five minutes.

**You want to know what expires this month.**

- Asks for the period's expiries

→ The list comes out without building it.

**Two periods are compared by hand.**

- Asks for the difference between them

→ The comparison is immediate.