Ask Mary about your workspaces
Last updated: November 8, 2026
Ask Mary lets you question the workspaces you have already created and reviewed in Mary, such as chronologies, people & entities tables, document indexes, financial analyses and draft documents. Ask about one workspace or several at once, and every answer cites back to exactly where in the workspace and documents the facts have come from, so you can check the supporting material.
Ask a question
Open the workspace from My workspaces.
Select Ask Mary in the top right hand corner of your screen. This will open the Ask Mary chat panel in the right side of the screen.
Ask any questions about the workspace.
For example:
Summarise what happened between Epic and Apple in August 2020, and list any entries still marked as needs review.
Ask Mary can use the facts, flags, underlying source documents, and other metadata associated with your workspace to answer your questions.
Ask Mary lets you question the workspaces you have already created and reviewed in Mary, such as chronologies, people & entities tables, document indexes, financial analyses and draft documents. Ask about one workspace or several at once, and every answer cites back to exactly where in the workspace and documents the facts have come from, so you can check the supporting material.
Ask a question
Open the workspace from My workspaces.
Select Ask Mary in the top right hand corner of your screen. This will open the Ask Mary chat panel in the right side of the screen.
Ask any questions about the workspace.
For example:
Summarise what happened between Epic and Apple in August 2020, and list any entries still marked as needs review.
Ask Mary can use the facts, flags, underlying source documents, and other metadata associated with your workspace to answer your questions.
Example questions
What you want to do | Example question |
|---|---|
Summarise a workspace or period | Summarise the key events in this chronology. |
Find specific facts | What did Epic ask Apple for before the Fortnite update? |
Count entries | How many entries are dated after Fortnite was removed from the App Store? |
Focus on a person | Which entries involve Phil Schiller, and what was his role in each? |
Work out events around a date | What happened in the two weeks before the developer account was terminated? |
Calculate | Total the commission figures by year. |
Compare workspaces | Where do the master chronology and the case outline disagree? |
Test a draft | Which parts of the case outline need stronger evidence, what evidence contradicts them? |
Go deeper on an event | Find additional evidence that supports or contradicts the entry dated 13 August 2020. |
Understand flags | Which of the contradiction flags are most important for me to review first? |
Check review status | Which entries have been verified, and which still need review? |
See what changed | What changed in the latest update to this workspace? |
See who edited what | Which entries were added or edited by a person? |
Examples by practice area
Commercial litigation: "Across the chronology and the people and entities table, who knew about the anti-steering rules and when?" or "Which entries support each element of the claim in the case outline?"
Family law: "In the financial analysis, total the payments to each recipient by year, and list the five largest." or "Which transactions are flagged, and do any fall after the separation date?"
Personal injury: "Summarise the treatment history in this chronology, separating liability facts from quantum facts." or "Are there gaps in the medical chronology longer than three months?"
Investigations: "Which entries mention the supplier, and which of those rely on a single source?" or "Compare the two witness chronologies and list where their accounts differ."
Check the answer
Every statement in an answer carries a citation badge. Select it to check what the statement rests on:
Workspace citations open the relevant workspace entry or lines.
Source document citations open the source viewer at the cited page, spreadsheet cells or email message.
Coming soon
Currently, Ask Mary answers questions about your workspaces. It does not yet edit them or create new ones.
Upcoming capabilities include:
Edit workspaces in natural language. Describe the changes you want to make, such as “Add more detail to the supporting evidence column.”
Creating new work from existing workspaces. Use one or more workspaces to create a chronology, table, draft or analysis. For example, “Draft a letter of advice based on this chronology.”
Get guidance on how to complete a task. Describe your objective and ask Mary which tools could help. For example, “I need to prepare court submissions. My argument is … Which tools can help me and how?”
Need help?
If you need help, contact Mary support through the in-app chat.