ask_redpanda_question
Search Redpanda Sources
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Search the official Redpanda documentation and return the most relevant sections from it for a user query. Each returned section includes the url and its actual content in markdown. Use this tool for all queries that require Redpanda knowledge. Results are ordered by relevance, with the most relevant result returned first. If you know the user's deployment platform, pass "platform" so results from the other platform's docs are excluded. Note that "platform" filters the sections already retrieved rather than re-running the search, so it can return substantially fewer sections: on a broker-level question where most matches come from the other platform's docs, it can cut a 15-section response to 1 or 2. Omit "platform" if you would rather have more context and judge platform relevance yourself from each section's url. If you know which Redpanda version the user runs, pass "version" (use 'current' for the latest release; its release number is also accepted). Unlike "platform", "version" is applied during retrieval, so it does not shrink the result set: it stops the same page being returned once per indexed version, which is otherwise most of the response. Version-neutral docs (Cloud, Connect, Agentic Data Plane, API reference) are always included. Omitting "version" searches the latest release.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| question | string | yes | |
| platform | string | no | The user's deployment platform. 'cloud' excludes Self-Managed sections; 'self-managed' excludes Redpanda Cloud sections. Platform-neutral docs (Connect, API reference, labs) are always kept. Applied after retrieval, so it shrinks the result set rather than finding more of the right platform's pages. Omit to search all docs. |
| version | string | no | Docs version to search, written as the docs URLs spell it (23.3, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1, current). Use 'current' for the latest release; a release number newer than every listed one is also read as the latest release. Applied at retrieval, so unlike "platform" it does not shrink the result set: every section returned is from this version, plus version-neutral docs (Cloud, Connect, Agentic Data Plane, API reference), which are always included. Omit to search the latest release. Any other value is rejected with the list of valid versions. |
| top_k | integer | no | Maximum number of sections to return, applied after platform filtering. Must be a positive integer. |
| context | string | no | Optional. In one concise sentence (third person), describe what the user is trying to accomplish with this request. Do not include credentials, tokens, personal data, or verbatim secrets. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"question": {
"type": "string"
},
"platform": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"cloud",
"self-managed"
],
"description": "The user's deployment platform. 'cloud' excludes Self-Managed sections; 'self-managed' excludes Redpanda Cloud sections. Platform-neutral docs (Connect, API reference, labs) are always kept. Applied after retrieval, so it shrinks the result set rather than finding more of the right platform's pages. Omit to search all docs."
},
"version": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Docs version to search, written as the docs URLs spell it (23.3, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1, current). Use 'current' for the latest release; a release number newer than every listed one is also read as the latest release. Applied at retrieval, so unlike \"platform\" it does not shrink the result set: every section returned is from this version, plus version-neutral docs (Cloud, Connect, Agentic Data Plane, API reference), which are always included. Omit to search the latest release. Any other value is rejected with the list of valid versions."
},
"top_k": {
"type": "integer",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"description": "Maximum number of sections to return, applied after platform filtering. Must be a positive integer."
},
"context": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional. In one concise sentence (third person), describe what the user is trying to accomplish with this request. Do not include credentials, tokens, personal data, or verbatim secrets."
}
},
"required": [
"question"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}