Learn about Global AskFred

Last updated: May 24, 2025

This article explains the Global AskFred feature of Fireflies.

Related article: AskFred: Ask Fred questions from your meetings in Fireflies and get answers

About Global AskFred

  • Global AskFred helps you search across all your past meetings and instantly retrieve information using AI. Think of it as the ChatGPT for all your conversations.
  • With Global AskFred, you can:
  • Search across all your meetings to answer specific questions.
  • Extract important information like action items, key updates, and decisions.
  • Generate content effortlessly, including follow-up emails, tweets, social media posts, and more.

How to use AskFred to search across your meetings?

  • Click the AskFred icon at the top of your home screen.
  • A pop-up AskFred window will appear. You can see four summarization options.
  • Click on either to see instant results:
    • Highlights: Generate the top 5 soundbites that represent highlights from meetings in the last week
    • Action Items: List out action items from the past week.
    • Topics: What topics were covered in my meetings this week?
    • Updates: List the updates for key topics discussed in the last week.
  • If you have a specific query, type in your question and press Enter.
  • You can further enhance your Global AskFred results by applying filters.
  • To apply, click the + icon.
  • You will get 4 filter options:
    • Date range
    • Channels
    • Meeting Host
    • Meeting Participants
  • Click on the icons to select and apply the filters you want.