along

Query your Safe’s knowledge graph in natural language. Along routes your request to the right data source and returns a grounded answer.

Overview

The along tool is your primary interface to Along’s knowledge graph. Pass any natural language question or request, and Along routes it to the appropriate data source — knowledge base documents, meeting transcripts, CRM records, calendar data, or entity relationship graphs — and returns a grounded answer.

You must have a Safe selected via along_select_safe before calling this tool. If no Safe is selected, the tool returns an error with instructions to call along_list_safes first.

When to use

• Searching documents, transcripts, and uploaded files
• Querying CRM data (deals, contacts, companies)
• Finding meeting recordings or summaries by keyword, date, or participant
• Getting calendar availability or upcoming events
• Exploring how people, companies, and topics relate to each other in the knowledge graph

Parameters

request · string · required

The user’s question or request in natural language. Pass it exactly as the user asked.

Capabilities

Along inspects your request and routes it to the right data source automatically.

Knowledge base

Searches documents, call summaries, transcripts, and uploaded files stored in the Safe.

Example requests

• “What did we discuss in the Q3 planning meeting?”
• “Summarize our product roadmap”
• “Find all notes about Project Phoenix”

Meetings

Searches meeting recordings and transcripts by keyword, date range, or participant name.

Example requests

• “Find meetings with Acme Corp from last month”
• “What were the action items from yesterday’s standup?”
• “Show me calls where pricing was discussed”

CRM (HubSpot)

Queries HubSpot deals, contacts, companies, tasks, tickets, and recent engagements. Available when HubSpot is enabled for the Safe.

Example requests

• “What’s the status of the Acme deal?”
• “Show me open tasks”
• “Who are my contacts at GlobalCorp?”
• “Get pipeline stats”

Calendar (Google Calendar)

Queries upcoming events, searches calendar entries, and checks free/busy availability. Available when Google Calendar is enabled for the Safe.

Example requests

• “What’s on my calendar today?”
• “Find my next meeting with Sarah”
• “Am I free Thursday afternoon?”

Knowledge graph

Explores entity relationships and connections between people, companies, topics, and documents.

Example requests

• “How is John Smith connected to the Acme deal?”
• “What companies are related to Project Phoenix?”
• “Show me the relationships around GlobalCorp”

Response structure

The along tool returns a JSON text content block. If the active Safe has instructions configured, Along prepends an [Instructions: ...] block to the response so your AI assistant can apply them when formulating the final answer.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 3,
  "result": {
    "content": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "text": "[Instructions: Answer questions using only information in this Safe. Cite sources.]"
      },
      {
        "type": "text",
        "text": "{\"results\":[{\"title\":\"Q3 Planning Meeting - 2024-09-15\",\"excerpt\":\"The team agreed to prioritize the enterprise tier launch...\",\"sourceType\":\"transcript\",\"documentId\":\"doc_abc\"}],\"query\":\"Q3 planning meeting decisions\"}"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Safe switching via natural language

You can also ask the along tool to switch Safes using natural language — you do not need to call along_list_safes or along_select_safe directly. Phrases like “switch safe”, “change safe”, “list safes”, or “use a different knowledge base” trigger the built-in safe management flow.

Error states

Error message	Cause
"No safe is currently selected"	Call along_list_safes then along_select_safe before using this tool.
"request is required"	The request argument was empty or missing.

Example

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 3,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "along",
    "arguments": {
      "request": "What were the key decisions from last week's product review?"
    }
  }
}