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# How do unanswered questions become new deposits?

Title suggestion: AGENT - FAQ - How do unanswered questions become new deposits?
Shelf: Work
Tags: faq, asker, intelligent-netware, loop, gaps, deposits, feedback

## Public answer

**Question people actually type:**
How do unanswered questions become new deposits?

Every question your room can't answer is a gift. It tells you exactly what someone wanted to know and couldn't find. The Asker turns that moment into your next deposit.

Here's the path.

**1. The room admits the gap.** A visitor asks something your shelf doesn't cover, and the room says so honestly.

**2. The visitor chooses to send it.** They can press the Ask button with your name on it to send the question, or share the whole thread with you. Nothing is sent unless they choose to send it.

**3. It lands on your desk.** The question arrives as work to do. You can answer it at your desk in Compa by speaking or typing, or from the road by emailing your agent. Either way, your answer becomes a draft deposit.

**4. You approve it.** Once approved, it joins the shelf, and the next person who asks a similar question gets your real answer.

You can also be your own visitor. On a walk or between meetings, ask your room the question that just occurred to you. If it can't answer, you've found a gap, and you can fill it when you're back at your desk.

Why does this matter? Most owners never build a full knowledge base, because staring at a blank page and guessing what people want to know is hard. The loop removes the guessing. Your visitors tell you what to write next, one real question at a time. Over weeks, the shelf fills in the shape of the questions your market actually asks.

There's an older version of this you may remember: the website contact form. It was meant to be a feedback loop, but spam turned it into a closed door. The Asker's version brings the question in with its full context, because the visitor has already tried to find the answer and can show you what the room said.

A tip for busy weeks: you don't have to answer every gap the same day. Collect them, and spend twenty minutes at the end of the week turning the best ones into deposits. Speaking your answers into Compa makes that quick.

## Related questions

- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_05-the-honest-empty-shelf|What happens when the Asker doesn't know the answer?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_07-what-is-a-deposit-and-where-to-start|What is a deposit, and what should I deposit first?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_18-do-i-see-visitor-questions|Will I see the questions visitors ask?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_26-update-by-email-from-the-road|Can I update my Asker by email from the road?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_37-can-my-team-contribute|Can my team contribute to the knowledge base?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_00-INDEX|All Asker FAQs]]

_Written by Daniel Comp with GB, Director of Operations, Intelligent Netware._