{"id":"tuhi-assistant.why-wont-tuhi-answer-general-questions","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/why-wont-tuhi-answer-general-questions","category":{"id":"tuhi-assistant","title":"Tuhi, your storage assistant"},"subcategory":{"id":"what-tuhi-knows","title":"What Tuhi knows"},"question":"Why won't Tuhi answer general questions like the weather or coding?","alt_questions":["Tuhi says that's outside what I can help with","Can Tuhi write code?","Can I chat with Tuhi about anything?","Tuhi won't tell me a joke","Is Tuhi a general chatbot?","Tuhi off-topic questions"],"short_answer":"Tuhi is focused on your Mac, its storage and Storage Studio, so it politely declines general questions like the weather, jokes or coding. That focus keeps its answers grounded in your real storage.","answer_markdown":"Tuhi is focused on your Mac, its storage and Storage Studio, so it politely says a question is \"outside what I can help with\" when it's about general knowledge, the weather, other apps or coding. Keeping to that scope is what lets every answer be grounded in your real storage rather than guessed.\n\nIt will still tell you about your Mac itself — its name, model, macOS version, memory, free space or the time — and suggest where it can help, such as freeing space or showing what's using your disk.","answer_html":"<p>Tuhi is focused on your Mac, its storage and Storage Studio, so it politely says a question is &quot;outside what I can help with&quot; when it&#39;s about general knowledge, the weather, other apps or coding. Keeping to that scope is what lets every answer be grounded in your real storage rather than guessed.</p>\n<p>It will still tell you about your Mac itself — its name, model, macOS version, memory, free space or the time — and suggest where it can help, such as freeing space or showing what&#39;s using your disk.</p>","answer_text":"Tuhi is focused on your Mac, its storage and Storage Studio, so it politely says a question is \"outside what I can help with\" when it's about general knowledge, the weather, other apps or coding. Keeping to that scope is what lets every answer be grounded in your real storage rather than guessed.\n\nIt will still tell you about your Mac itself — its name, model, macOS version, memory, free space or the time — and suggest where it can help, such as freeing space or showing what's using your disk.","tags":["tuhi","scope","off-topic"],"related":[{"id":"tuhi-assistant.what-can-tuhi-help-with","question":"What can Tuhi help me with?","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-can-tuhi-help-with"},{"id":"tuhi-assistant.what-can-tuhi-tell-me-about-my-mac","question":"Can Tuhi tell me my Mac's model, macOS version or memory?","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-can-tuhi-tell-me-about-my-mac"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"Why won't Tuhi answer general questions like the weather or coding? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Tuhi is focused on your Mac, its storage and Storage Studio, so it politely declines general questions like the weather, jokes or coding. That focus keeps its answers grounded in your real storage.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Tuhi, your storage assistant","path":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/"},{"name":"Why won't Tuhi answer general questions like the weather or coding?","path":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/why-wont-tuhi-answer-general-questions"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/why-wont-tuhi-answer-general-questions","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why won't Tuhi answer general questions like the weather or coding?","alternateName":["Tuhi says that's outside what I can help with","Can Tuhi write code?","Can I chat with Tuhi about anything?","Tuhi won't tell me a joke","Is Tuhi a general chatbot?","Tuhi off-topic questions"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Tuhi is focused on your Mac, its storage and Storage Studio, so it politely says a question is \"outside what I can help with\" when it's about general knowledge, the weather, other apps or coding. Keeping to that scope is what lets every answer be grounded in your real storage rather than guessed.\n\nIt will still tell you about your Mac itself — its name, model, macOS version, memory, free space or the time — and suggest where it can help, such as freeing space or showing what's using your disk.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/why-wont-tuhi-answer-general-questions"}}]},"fragment":"<div class=\"wrap fl-wrap\"><div class=\"fl-layout\"><aside class=\"fl-side\" aria-label=\"FAQ topics\"><details open><summary>All topics</summary><ul class=\"fl-tree\"><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\">Getting started</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/freeing-space/\">Freeing up space</a> <span>182</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/moving-folders/\">Moving folders</a> <span>144</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/apps/\">Apps</a> <span>146</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/external-drives/\">External drives</a> <span>169</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/finder-location/\">Finding things in Finder</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/\">Cloud accounts</a> <span>158</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/icloud/\">iCloud &amp; iCloud Photos</a> <span>168</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/data-transfers/\">Data Transfers</a> <span>119</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/backups/\">Backups &amp; restore points</a> <span>126</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/delta-drive/\">Delta Drive, Delta Trust &amp; My Drive</a> <span>125</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/bridge-devices/\">Bridge &amp; your devices</a> <span>111</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/duplicates/\">Duplicate files</a> <span>74</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/junk-yard/\">Junk Yard</a> <span>113</span></li><li class=\"fl-open\"><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\" aria-current=\"true\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a> <span>105</span><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#about-tuhi\">About Tuhi</a> <span>9</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#asking\">Asking Tuhi</a> <span>8</span></li><li class=\"fl-on\"><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#what-tuhi-knows\">What Tuhi knows</a> <span>29</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#apple-intelligence\">Apple Intelligence</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#privacy\">Privacy and history</a> <span>11</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#actions\">What Tuhi can do for you</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#support\">Contacting support</a> <span>12</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#ai-access\">AI access for other assistants</a> <span>17</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#troubleshooting\">When Tuhi doesn&#39;t help</a> <span>7</span></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"/faq/settings/\">Settings &amp; keep-time</a> <span>88</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/performance-battery/\">Performance &amp; battery</a> <span>62</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/privacy-safety/\">Privacy &amp; safety</a> <span>85</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/\">Licensing &amp; payments</a> <span>131</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/\">Troubleshooting &amp; messages</a> <span>180</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/comparisons/\">Comparisons &amp; alternatives</a> <span>75</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/mac-storage-basics/\">Mac storage basics</a> <span>315</span></li></ul></details></aside><div class=\"fl-main\"><nav class=\"fl-crumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"/\">Home</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/\">FAQ</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a></li><li aria-current=\"page\">Why won&#39;t Tuhi answer general questions like the weather or coding?</li></ol></nav>\n<form class=\"fl-search\" action=\"/faq/search\" method=\"get\" role=\"search\" data-fl-search>\n<label class=\"fl-visually-hidden\" for=\"fl-q\">Search the FAQ</label>\n<input id=\"fl-q\" type=\"search\" name=\"q\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Search 2,816 questions…\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<button type=\"submit\">Search</button>\n<div class=\"fl-suggest\" role=\"listbox\" hidden></div>\n</form>\n<article class=\"fl-entry\">\n<p class=\"eyebrow fl-eyebrow\"><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a> · <a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#what-tuhi-knows\">What Tuhi knows</a></p>\n<h1>Why won&#39;t Tuhi answer general questions like the weather or coding?</h1>\n<p class=\"fl-short\"><strong>Short answer:</strong> Tuhi is focused on your Mac, its storage and Storage Studio, so it politely declines general questions like the weather, jokes or coding. That focus keeps its answers grounded in your real storage.</p>\n<div class=\"fl-answer\"><p>Tuhi is focused on your Mac, its storage and Storage Studio, so it politely says a question is &quot;outside what I can help with&quot; when it&#39;s about general knowledge, the weather, other apps or coding. Keeping to that scope is what lets every answer be grounded in your real storage rather than guessed.</p>\n<p>It will still tell you about your Mac itself — its name, model, macOS version, memory, free space or the time — and suggest where it can help, such as freeing space or showing what&#39;s using your disk.</p></div>\n\n<p class=\"fl-meta\">Last reviewed <time datetime=\"2026-10-01\">October 1, 2026</time></p>\n\n<section class=\"fl-related\"><h2>Related questions</h2><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-can-tuhi-help-with\">What can Tuhi help me with?</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-can-tuhi-tell-me-about-my-mac\">Can Tuhi tell me my Mac&#39;s model, macOS version or memory?</a></li></ul></section>\n<p class=\"fl-formats\">Also available as <a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/why-wont-tuhi-answer-general-questions.md\">Markdown</a> and <a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/why-wont-tuhi-answer-general-questions.json\">JSON</a>.</p>\n</article></div></div></div>"}