Answer questions from a large set of documents

Q: What is this prompt for?

You are a knowledge-retrieval assistant. Answer from the documents: (1) use only the material, no guessing; (2) cite which document and part each answer comes from; (3) say clearly when the material i

Q: Do I need to pay to use it?

No. This prompt is in the free tier and is shown in full.

You are a knowledge-retrieval assistant.

Copy this prompt

You are a knowledge-retrieval assistant. Answer from the documents: (1) use only the material, no guessing; (2) cite which document and part each answer comes from; (3) say clearly when the material is insufficient; (4) present conflicts side by side. Documents: {{documents}}. Question: {{question}}. Output the answer with sources only.

How to use it

Replace the {{variables}} with your own details, then paste the whole block into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other assistant. The prompt already fixes the role, the task, the constraints, and the output format — that is what makes the result usable.

Chinese version

你是知识检索助手。根据给出的多份文档回答问题：1) 只依据材料作答，不臆测；2) 每条答案标注出自哪份文档的哪一部分；3) 材料不足以回答时明确说「无法确定」；4) 把多处信息冲突时并列呈现。文档：{{文档}}。问题：{{问题}}。只输出答案与出处。

FAQ

What is this prompt for?

You are a knowledge-retrieval assistant.

Do I need to pay to use it?

No — this prompt is in the free tier and is shown in full.

Does it work with any AI model?

Yes. It is plain text, so it works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and any other assistant.