# Ask the agent

> Ask questions about a Studio 5000 project in plain words and get answers that cite the rungs and tags the AI agent actually read.

Source: https://orbiscontrols.com/docs/ask-the-agent

The chat panel puts an AI agent next to your project. Ask the way you would ask a colleague who knows the code: why a rung trips, where a tag is written, what happens when a level goes high.

## How an answer looks

The agent reads the real project with Orbis tools and answers with the rungs and tags it used. The rung is drawn as ladder inside the answer, with a link to open it in the editor, so you can check it against the project instead of trusting it.

## Start from a suggestion

The chat offers "Start from" suggestions to begin with. You can also type your own question.

## Choose the agent

Orbis runs the agent you already use, signed in with your own account:

- **Claude Code**, with your Claude account.
- **Codex**, with your ChatGPT account.

Pick the model and the effort level from the chat box. The agent sends the conversation, including the project excerpts it read, to its provider under your account; Orbis does not receive it. Read the [privacy page](https://orbiscontrols.com/privacy).

## Next

When the agent proposes a change, review it: [Review changes](https://orbiscontrols.com/docs/review-changes).