{"id":2887812,"date":"2025-07-09T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2887812"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:58:46","slug":"introducing-the-arcgis-documentation-assistant-beta","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/announcements\/introducing-the-arcgis-documentation-assistant-beta","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the ArcGIS documentation assistant (beta)"},"author":389112,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101],"tags":[758311,25891,770852,29901],"industry":[],"product":[421922,36571,36551,36561],"class_list":["post-2887812","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-ai","tag-arcgis","tag-arcgis-assistant","tag-documentation","product-arcgis","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":389112,"user_firstname":"Josh","user_lastname":"Jones","nickname":"Josh Jones","user_nicename":"josh_jones","display_name":"Josh Jones","user_email":"josh_jones@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2025-07-08 23:55:35","user_description":"Josh Jones is a Principal Product Engineer at Esri, serving as the lead for the documentation assistant, an AI-powered tool designed to help users find the information, tools, and workflows they need in real time, without having to search through pages of traditional documentation. His work brings together large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and Esri\u2019s documentation ecosystem to create a smarter, more responsive self-service experience for ArcGIS users.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/josh2017-465x465.png' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Announcing the launch of the ArcGIS documentation assistant (beta), a tool to help you quickly find answers and navigate product resources.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>We\u2019re excited to announce the beta release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/reference\/doc-assistant.htm\">ArcGIS documentation assistant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The documentation assistant uses artificial intelligence (AI) to read ArcGIS documentation and give grounded answers to your questions about Esri products. This capability is currently available throughout ArcGIS documentation sites.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about ArcGIS products and capabilities, the documentation assistant can help you navigate our extensive collection of resources.<\/p>\n<p>The assistant can add value to your work in a variety of ways, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Discovery<\/strong>. For newer users of the ArcGIS platform, the assistant can help you find and use tools that you may already have access to. Instead of browsing through documentation and product pages, simply ask your question in natural language.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed up workflows<\/strong>. For experienced users who already have established workflows, the documentation assistant serves as a quick reference guide. It can help you find your way around our documentation and speed up searches when looking for specific information, best practices, or configuration steps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Efficiency without handing off the work<\/strong>. The assistant helps you to speed up your existing workflows while keeping you in control. It provides guidance and documentation references rather than performing tasks for you, ensuring that you understand and learn as you work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Try it out!<\/h2>\n<p>To use the documentation assistant, the following items must be true:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must sign in with an ArcGIS Online organizational account<\/li>\n<li>AI assistants must be enabled in your organization<\/li>\n<li>Your ArcGIS Online administrator must turn off the \u201cBlock Esri apps and capabilities while they are in beta\u201d setting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/configure-assistants.htm\">configuring ArcGIS assistants here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once these requirements are met, you can access the documentation assistant by clicking the <strong>circular sparkle icon<\/strong> at the bottom right of any documentation page.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2887822,"id":2887822,"title":"doc_assist_signin","filename":"doc_assist_signin.png","filesize":105348,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_signin.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/announcements\/introducing-the-arcgis-documentation-assistant-beta\/doc_assist_signin","alt":"Location of the ArcGIS documentation assistant button","author":"389112","description":"","caption":"","name":"doc_assist_signin","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2887812,"date":"2025-07-09 20:59:04","modified":"2025-07-09 20:59:31","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1342,"height":915,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_signin-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_signin.png","medium-width":383,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_signin.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":524,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_signin.png","large-width":1342,"large-height":915,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_signin.png","1536x1536-width":1342,"1536x1536-height":915,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_signin.png","2048x2048-width":1342,"2048x2048-height":915,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_signin-682x465.png","card_image-width":682,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_signin.png","wide_image-width":1342,"wide_image-height":915}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>After you agree to the terms, you can ask any questions about the ArcGIS platform, and the assistant will find relevant documentation to build a response for you.<\/p>\n<p>The assistant includes a few additional helpful features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Automatic product detection<\/strong> to determine which products you are asking about and prioritize them in search<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add focus<\/strong> to prioritize results for specific apps or products (such as ArcGIS Pro)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reset<\/strong> button to clear the current conversation and start over<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-language support<\/strong> \u2013 communicate in your preferred language<\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow-up questions<\/strong> below the response to help guide the conversation forward<\/li>\n<li><strong>References<\/strong> for further reading<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feedback icons<\/strong> so that you can let us know how the assistant is performing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a practical example of how the documentation assistant could help streamline your work. In the following screenshot, we have set the focus area to ArcGIS Enterprise, then asked the question \u201cWhy is my geocoding service returning errors?\u201d The assistant gives a variety of ideas to look at and invites further conversation.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2887832,"id":2887832,"title":"doc_assist_focus_example","filename":"doc_assist_focus_example.png","filesize":122934,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_focus_example.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/announcements\/introducing-the-arcgis-documentation-assistant-beta\/doc_assist_focus_example","alt":"An example of setting the focus area for the ArcGIS documentation assistant","author":"389112","description":"","caption":"","name":"doc_assist_focus_example","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2887812,"date":"2025-07-09 21:00:04","modified":"2025-07-09 21:00:19","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1339,"height":915,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_focus_example-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_focus_example.png","medium-width":382,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_focus_example.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":525,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_focus_example.png","large-width":1339,"large-height":915,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_focus_example.png","1536x1536-width":1339,"1536x1536-height":915,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_focus_example.png","2048x2048-width":1339,"2048x2048-height":915,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_focus_example-680x465.png","card_image-width":680,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/doc_assist_focus_example.png","wide_image-width":1339,"wide_image-height":915}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>How to write effective prompts<\/h2>\n<p>The documentation assistant maintains context about your current conversation, retaining the last four messages plus the current prompt. This allows for natural follow-up questions. Here are some tips for best results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use clear and simple language<\/li>\n<li>Be specific about the product or capability that you\u2019re asking about<\/li>\n<li>If the first response isn\u2019t quite what you need, iterate with follow-up questions<\/li>\n<li>Use the \u201cAdd focus\u201d feature to narrow results to specific products<\/li>\n<li>Remember that each conversation is independent \u2013 use the reset button at the top right of the UI to start fresh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>We value your feedback!<\/h2>\n<p>During the beta stage, we anticipate that there will be issues, and your feedback is crucial to improve the experience. After each response you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click the thumbs up or thumbs down icons to rate the response<\/li>\n<li>Complete a brief survey to provide specific feedback about why you gave this rating<\/li>\n<li>Share what worked well, or what could be improved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your feedback will be shared anonymously, read by the development team, and help us to enhance the assistant\u2019s accuracy and usefulness. Even if you\u2019re completely satisfied with a response, your positive feedback helps us understand what\u2019s working well.<\/p>\n<h2>Final thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>At present, the assistant is trained on authoritative Esri publications including product documentation and tutorials for <span data-teams=\"true\"><a id=\"menurjb8\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/get-started\/what-is-agol.htm\" href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/get-started\/what-is-agol.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link ArcGIS Online\">ArcGIS Online<\/a>, <a id=\"menurjba\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/get-started.htm\" href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/get-started.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link ArcGIS Pro\">ArcGIS Pro<\/a>, <a id=\"menurjbc\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-solutions\/latest\/get-started\/get-started.htm\" href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-solutions\/latest\/get-started\/get-started.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link ArcGIS Solutions\">ArcGIS Solutions<\/a>, and more. Additional training data includes <\/span>the <a href=\"https:\/\/architecture.arcgis.com\/en\/\">ArcGIS Architecture Center<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/trust.arcgis.com\/en\/\">ArcGIS Trust Center<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.esri.com\/en-us\/knowledge-base\">Esri Support\u2019s Knowledge Base<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.esri.com\/\">Esri\u2019s video library<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/overview\">ArcGIS Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to continue improving the documentation assistant over time, including improvements to performance, accuracy, and integration of additional resource types (such as the Living Atlas, limited Esri Press book content, and more). While the assistant is still in beta and may occasionally provide imperfect responses, it\u2019s designed to help you find information faster and discover capabilities you might not have known existed.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that using the documentation assistant doesn\u2019t currently consume any credits, though the workflows it recommends may require credits to execute.<\/p>\n<p>As you explore this new tool, we encourage you to think of it as a knowledgeable colleague who has read all of Esri\u2019s documentation and can help point you in the right direction. It won\u2019t do the work for you, but it will help you be successful.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re excited to see how the documentation assistant enhances your ArcGIS experience. 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