Answers from your company files. With a quote and a link.

Answer from my files is a DFIRST skill that answers questions from your own company files. Firsty, the DFIRST agent, searches inside your documents, your earlier sessions and a connected Drive or Notion, reads every passage it will quote, and replies with short quotes and a link to each file. When the answer is not there, it says so and shows where it looked.

Every answer links to a real file
If it isn't in your files, Firsty says so
Two versions that disagree are both shown, with dates

Works with

Answer from my files

Get answers from your own company files, with a quote and a link to each file, or a clear note when it isn't there.

What should Firsty work on?

What did we promise the Seattle client about delivery dates?
What's the Black Friday budget split in our plan?
Can we put our logo on a red background? Check the brand guide.

Open in DFIRST

Join the waitlist to open it. Firsty starts the skill as soon as your access starts.

Examples. What you ask, what you get back.

Can the SOL CLUB logo go on our orange beach photos? Check the brand guide.

A yes with two conditions, each quoted word for word with the page it sits on. What the guide does not cover is said plainly, not filled in.

Can the SOL CLUB logo go on our orange beach photos? Check the brand guide.

Yes, with the white logo and enough clear space. The brand guide allows the logo on photos under two conditions:

“On photography, use the white logo only.”
SOL CLUB brand guide v3.pdf, page 14

“Leave clear space equal to the height of the sun mark on every side.”
SOL CLUB brand guide v3.pdf, page 15

The guide says nothing about orange backgrounds, so it neither allows nor rules them out.

SOL CLUB brand guide v3.pdf

What’s our Black Friday budget split between Meta and Google for ZESTA?

Two versions of the media plan gave different splits. Both are shown with their dates, the newer one first, and the total they agree on is stated once.

What’s our Black Friday budget split between Meta and Google for ZESTA?

Two files disagree, so here are both. I went with the newer one by default. Worth a quick word with Laura before you book anything.

“Black Friday: 50% Meta, 50% Google, €18,000 in total.”
Q4 media plan v2.xlsx, edited 3 Nov

“Black Friday: 70% Meta, 30% Google, €18,000 in total.”
Q4 media plan.xlsx, edited 14 Oct

The total is the same in both files. Only the split between the two channels changed.

Q4 media plan v2.xlsxQ4 media plan.xlsx

What did we promise the Denver retailer about delivery dates for the KINETRA trail shoe?

Nothing was made up. Firsty said it found no answer, listed the places it searched and named the nearest file without passing it off as proof.

What did we promise the Denver retailer about delivery dates for the KINETRA trail shoe?

I didn’t find it. No file mentions the Denver retailer together with delivery dates.

I searched inside the files in your Data Room, your earlier sessions and the Google Drive you connected. The closest is KINETRA wholesale terms 2026.pdf: it has a general delivery clause but names no retailer, so I have not used it as an answer.

How it goes. The same steps every time.

Firsty follows the skill’s steps in order and stops where the choice is yours. Nothing paid starts without your yes.

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Firsty searches inside your files, not just their names
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Firsty also checks earlier sessions, and Drive or Notion if connected
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Firsty opens every file it will quote and reads the passage
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Firsty answers with short quotes and a link to each file

Done when

Every answer links to a real file
If it isn't in your files, Firsty says so
Two versions that disagree are both shown, with dates
Nothing in your files is changed

At a glance.

What Answer from my files needs from you and what it hands back.

You bring: A question in plain words. There is nothing to fill in first.
You get: An answer with short quotes, a link to every file it used and a Sources list under the answer.
Where it looks: Inside the files in your Data Room, in your earlier sessions, and in Google Drive or Notion when they are connected.
When it is missing: Firsty answers “I didn’t find it” and lists the places it searched.
Versions: Files that disagree are both shown with their dates. A question that points at several files gets one choice, with the newest picked by default.
Your files: Read, never edited. Nothing is moved, renamed or changed.

Questions people ask.

About Answer from my files and how it fits the rest of DFIRST.

How do I ask questions about my company documents?

Type the question as you would ask a colleague, for example what the brand guide says about the logo or what a contract promises. Firsty searches inside your files, opens the ones it will quote, and answers with short quotes and a link to each file, so you can check every line yourself.

Which files can Firsty search?

The documents in your Data Room, such as PDFs, Word files and spreadsheets, plus your earlier sessions. When Google Drive or Notion is connected in Connections, it looks there too, and it asks you before it reads from a connected app.

What happens if the answer is not in my files?

Firsty says “I didn’t find it” and lists where it searched. It does not fill the gap from the web or from memory. For questions about a market, a trend or an audience, the Research skill reads outside sources and names each one.

What if two documents say different things?

You see both, each with its date, so it is clear which one is newer. When a question points at several versions of one file, Firsty offers a single choice and uses the newest file unless you pick another.

Will Firsty change or move my files?

No. This skill only reads. Your files stay where they are, exactly as they were, and the answer stays in your session with a link back to each source. When you want a new document built from your files, the Deck from company files skill makes one.

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