# Providing Context Cleric can access documentation from multiple sources to understand your system architecture, operational procedures, and environment-specific context. Cleric references this context when planning investigations and interpreting results. ## Documentation via Integrations Cleric can search and retrieve documentation during investigations using the [Atlassian](/integrations/supported-integrations.md#atlassian-confluence--jira) and [GitHub](/integrations/supported-integrations.md#github) integrations. Combined with [Memories](/learning/memories.md) that Cleric learns from your conversations and [Skills](/learning/skills.md) that you configure, documentation integrations are a meaningful way to set up Cleric with a comprehensive understanding of your environment. ## Global Guidance Global Guidance lets you provide preferences and context that apply to all investigations. Configure this from **Settings** in your Cleric dashboard. Write guidance in plain text. Be direct and specific. Cleric references this context when planning and conducting investigations. Use Global Guidance for preferences and tribal knowledge that isn't captured in Skills or Memories: ``` Always check for recent deployments first when investigating performance issues. When investigating database issues, check the read replicas before the primary. The checkout service depends on inventory-api and pricing-api. If checkout is slow, check those services first. Our staging environment uses the naming pattern *-staging. The payments-api service is owned by the payments team (#payments-oncall). ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.cleric.ai/setup/providing-context.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.