How to Analyze a Guide (Ask Vamp)

The Ask Vamp feature (also referred to as Guide Analysis) empowers you to quickly glean insights and answers from your conducted Guide interviews using AI. This powerful tool allows you to ask natural language questions about your interview data and receive AI-generated responses. This article will guide you through accessing and using Ask Vamp, understanding its requirements, asking effective questions, and utilizing the various chat controls for in-depth analysis.

Select Guide

First, navigate to the Guides page in the navigation menu.

Use the Search bar to locate the Guide you want to analyze by name.

The “Search” bar in the Guides page.

Alternatively, the Date Created dropdown menu allows you to sort the Guide listing by “Guide Name”, “Date Created”, or “Date Published”.

Additionally, toggling the Show Archive button will display archived Guide entries.

The “Date Created” dropdown menu and “Show Archive” button in the Guides page.

Next, from the Guide listing, select the View Guide button next to the specific Guide you want to analyze. This will direct you to the Guide's detail page.

The “View Guide” button in the Guide listing.

Accessing Ask Vamp

On the Guide’s detail page, click the Analysis button (a brain icon) located towards the upper right side. You can also use the following keyboard shortcuts:

Mac: Command + I
Windows: Control + I

The “Analysis” button.

This will open the Analysis drawer.

If you do not have a Pro or Enterprise plan, you will see a 'Pro' badge next to Ask Vamp and a message prompting you to upgrade to access this feature.

Ask Vamp is only available to Pro and Enterprise plan subscribers.

The “Pro” badge and subscription prompt.

Additionally, Ask Vamp requires at least one interview to have been conducted within the Guide. If there are no interviews, you will see an alert stating that Ask Vamp will be available after the first interview is conducted.

The no-interview alerts.

Once you meet these requirements, the Ask Vamp chat window will appear within the Analysis drawer, ready for your queries.

The “Ask Vamp” chat window.

Asking Questions and Getting AI Responses

Once the Analysis drawer is open and available, you can begin to ask questions about your Guide’s interview data.

Type your question in the text area at the bottom of the Analysis drawer. For example, you might ask: “What do users think of the Bluetooth connectivity?”

Submit your question by pressing Shift + Enter on your keyboard or by clicking the Submit button.

The question in the text area and the “Submit” button.

The AI will take a moment to process your query. Once completed, you will receive an AI-generated response based on the insights from your interviews.

The AI-generated response.

Reviewing Source Interviews

After Ask Vamp provides a response to your query, you have the option to review the specific interviews that contributed to the AI’s answer.

Locate and click the Open Interviews button at the bottom of the AI’s response.

The “Open interviews” button.

This action will fetch and expand the relevant interviews within the Interviews tab of the Guide’s detail page, which is visible in the background.

The source interviews in the “Interviews” tab visible in the background.

To view these interviews in their full context, you will need to close the Analysis drawer (your current session will be preserved, allowing you to easily reopen it and continue). You can do this by:

Clicking the X button at the top right of the drawer.
Using the keyboard shortcut (Command + I on Mac or Control + I on Windows).

Clicking on any empty space outside the Analysis drawer.

The “X” button and the available keyboard shortcut.

The source interviews in their full context.

Once you have reviewed the interviews, you can reopen the Analysis drawer to return to your chat dialog and continue your analysis.

Managing Your Chat Sessions (Chat Controls)

The Analysis drawer includes several controls within the text area to help you manage your chat sessions effectively.

Copying Chat Transcripts

Click the copy to clipboard button in the text area at the bottom of the Analysis drawer.

This action will copy the entire chat history to your clipboard, allowing you to paste it into another document or application.

The “copy to clipboard” button.

Clearing the Chat

Click the brush button located in the text area at the bottom of the Analysis drawer.

This will clear all previous messages from the chat window, preparing it for a fresh Ask Vamp session.

The “brush” button.

Reviewing Ask Vamp History

The Analysis drawer includes an Ask Vamp History panel that allows you to review your past analysis chat sessions.

Accessing History

Click the History button located in the text area at the bottom of the Analysis drawer.

The “History” button.

The Ask Vamp History panel will open within the Analysis drawer, displaying a list of your previous Ask Vamp chats.

The “Ask Vamp History” panel with a list of previous chats.

Managing History Entries

Click on any history entry to expand it and view the full chat transcript.

Click the copy to clipboard button next to a history entry to copy its transcript to your clipboard.

An expanded history entry and the “copy to clipboard” button.

Resuming Analysis from History

To resume a past analysis session, click the Resume button next to the desired history entry.

This action will repopulate the main chat window with that specific past chat.

When you ask a new question, the AI will use the context of that resumed chat to inform its answer.

Any subsequent questions and AI responses added to this resumed chat will update that particular history entry, ensuring your analysis record remains current.

The “Resume” buttons.

To close the Ask Vamp History panel and return to the main Analysis drawer, click the X button located at the top of the Ask Vamp History panel.

The “X” button to close the “Ask Vamp History” panel.