Looking for One Answer, Ending Up with Ten Tabs?

2026-02-05
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With so many AI tools around, why does finding answers on a website still feel so hard?

One search turns into ten tabs—documentation, GitHub issues, pull requests—yet none of them quite match what you're looking for. That’s why Ask AI is now available on the Apache IoTDB website.

Faster search. More precise answers.

It Usually Starts with a Simple Question

You just want to check one thing.

  • A parameter name.

  • A feature detail.

  • Something you know you've seen before.

So you:

  • search the website

  • open the first tab — a blog

  • open the second tab — a GitHub issue

  • then another one

  • maybe a PR, just in case

Now you have ten tabs open—and still no clear answer. Not because the answer doesn’t exist—but because traditional search can’t surface it.

Sound familiar?

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Ask AI Knows Where the Answer is

Apache IoTDB now provides Ask AI, an AI assistant built directly into the official website. It's powered by a custom LLM with access to:

Instead of manually searching through documents, issues, or examples, Ask AI helps you locate the most relevant existing answers directly from trusted IoTDB sources.

What Can Ask AI Help With

Ask AI is best suited for users who want to quickly locate existing, authoritative information about Apache IoTDB, including:

  • understanding system behavior and data models

  • tuning performance and configurations

  • checking whether an issue is known or previously discussed

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It helps you find the right part of it—especially when you don’t know where to start.

More Than a Chat Bot

Ask AI goes beyond one-off questions. With support for multi-turn conversations and a “Deep Thinking” mode, it helps users examine a topic more thoroughly by bringing together relevant references from IoTDB documentation and GitHub.

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Rather than casual chat, it is designed for focused technical exploration within the IoTDB ecosystem.

Try It Next Time You're Stuck

The next time you’re about to open over ten tabs, try Ask AI instead. You’ll find it on the official Apache IoTDB website.

Try Now: https://iotdb.apache.org/
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