mxr ask

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Ask a question against the local archive. Returns a citation- validated answer; the daemon rejects LLM citations that point to messages outside the retrieved set

mxr ask [OPTIONS] <QUESTION>

Arguments

Flag	Description
<QUESTION>	The question to ask

Options

Flag	Description
--account <ACCOUNT>	—
--from <FROM>	—
--to <TO>	—
--after <AFTER>	—
--before <BEFORE>	—
--mode <MODE>	[default: hybrid] [possible values: hybrid, lexical, semantic]
--limit <LIMIT>	[default: 8]
--format <FORMAT>	[possible values: table, json, jsonl, csv, ids]
-h, --help	Print help

Use When

Synthesize a citation-backed answer over your local mail. Every claim cites a retrieved message id; uncited LLM output is rejected. See archive intelligence.

Everyday Examples

mxr ask 'what did Alice and I decide about pricing in Q2?'
mxr ask 'launch timeline' --from alice@example.com --after 2026-01-01 --format json
mxr ask 'open infra questions' --mode lexical   # skip semantic when index is rebuilding
mxr ask 'who owns the legal review' --format json | jq -r '.citations[].message_id' | xargs -I{} mxr cat {} --view reader

See also

• CLI overview — full command index
• Concepts — query operators, search modes, JSON shapes
• Automation contract — which commands support --format json, --dry-run, stdin