Ask My Library
What is Ask My Library?
Libraryminds Ask My Library is a built-in capability. Ask My Library is a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system that treats your entire video library as a knowledge base. Ask a question in plain English and Libraryminds retrieves relevant transcript passages, synthesizes an answer, and cites available sources and timestamps.
- ✓ Answers grounded in your actual video content — not hallucinated
- ✓ Every answer includes source citations with timestamps
- ✓ Searches across your entire library in one query
- ✓ Handles multi-part and comparative questions
- ✓ Ideal for large libraries where manual search is impractical
Available on the Plus plan and above.
Use Cases
Synthesize research from dozens of interviews
A UX researcher asks 'What pain points did users mention about checkout?' and receives a synthesized answer pulling from 12 different user interview transcripts.
Prepare for a meeting using past recordings
Before a quarterly review, ask 'What commitments did we make about the product roadmap in Q3?' and get a timestamped answer from past all-hands recordings.
Study smarter across lecture libraries
A student asks 'Explain the difference between correlation and causation based on my statistics lectures' and gets a synthesized answer with specific lecture timestamps.
Audit what was said about a specific person or topic
A journalist asks 'What did each interviewee say about the regulation change?' and gets a per-source breakdown with citations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is RAG?
RAG stands for Retrieval-Augmented Generation. It combines vector search (to find relevant content) with AI text generation (to synthesize an answer) — ensuring answers are grounded in real content rather than AI imagination.
Which plan includes Ask My Library?
Ask My Library requires a Plus plan or higher.
How accurate are the answers?
Answers are as accurate as your transcripts. Every claim in the answer is tied to a specific passage in your library. You can always click through to verify the original source.
Can I ask about a single video or only my whole library?
You can use Ask My Library across your entire library or scope it to a specific video using Video Q&A. Both features are available.
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