Ask and Investigate in AGENT
ASK is now a capability inside AGENT, not a separate selectable mode. Describe what you want to understand and AGENT decides which read-only context and tools are relevant.
Good requests
Section titled “Good requests”- Explain what the current script does.
- Diagnose why a calculation returns
?. - Compare two scripts or fields.
- Plan a change before building it.
- Review a script for correctness, performance, or maintainability.
- Use current web information when Web Search is available and enabled.
How it works
Section titled “How it works”- Open AGENT.
- Refer to the current script or line, use Add Selection, attach a file, or add known metadata when it helps.
- Ask the question in ordinary language.
- AGENT reads only the context it needs and may ask one focused clarification.
- Review the answer. No FileMaker change is made from a question-only turn.
An open script is not automatically treated as the target of every request. AGENT binds it only when your request refers to the current script or trusted context identifies it as relevant.
Moving from understanding to implementation
Section titled “Moving from understanding to implementation”You do not switch modes. Continue in AGENT and ask for the script or data change. Genie will keep the proper safety boundary:
- The free version returns complete human-readable steps, calculations, and implementation guidance.
- Coding Access can promote a valid script request into a reviewed native Preview/Copy/Create/Apply card.
- A DATA write becomes a reviewed DATA card and still requires a fresh native confirmation.