---
title: "Ask a plain-English question about commercial real estate lending and get a short answer grounded in Relendi's knowle..."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/tools/ask_cre_question"
tags: ["Knowledge"]
---

# Ask a plain-English question about commercial real estate lending and get a short answer grounded in Relendi's knowle...

`POST /api/v1/tools/ask_cre_question`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://relendi.com`
- URL: `https://relendi.com/api/v1/tools/ask_cre_question`
- Auth: none declared

Ask a plain-English question about commercial real estate lending and get a short answer grounded in Relendi's knowledge base, with citations. For loan math prefer size_loan or run_scenario, which are exact.

## Request body

- object
  - `question` string, required

## Response `200`

The computed result.

- object
  - `tool` 'ask_cre_question', required
  - `deterministic` boolean
  - `result` object, required: Result fields: answer, citations, grounded.

## Other responses

- `400`: Error. Possible codes: invalid_input.
- `404`: Error. Possible codes: unknown_tool, not_found.
- `405`: Error. Possible codes: method_not_allowed.
- `429`: Error. Possible codes: rate_limited, quota_exhausted.
- `500`: Error. Possible codes: tool_error.
- `503`: Error. Possible codes: flag_off.

---

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