AI explanations
How the optional Explain button works, what StackHangar sends to produce an explanation, what it never sends, and the monthly limits on Free and Solo.
Every finding on Home and on a project page has an optional Explain button. It asks an AI model to describe the finding in plain language and suggest steps. This page explains what is sent, what never is, and the limits.
An AI explanation only explains. It never creates a finding, changes how urgent it is, or acts on your account. The rules that decide findings are fixed. See Findings.
#Use it
- Select Explain on a finding. The panel shows "Asking Claude…".
- Read the AI explanation: a summary, why it matters, and Suggested steps.
- Select Hide explanation to close it.
The panel is labelled AI explanation and says it was written from the type of finding only, not your data, and that it can be wrong. Treat the steps as suggestions. The text is shown as plain text only, with no links.
Explain is also available on some playbook steps. See Playbooks.
Nothing is sent until you select Explain.
#What is sent
StackHangar builds the request on your device from a short fixed list of categories:
- The kind of finding, for example "expires soon" or "no reminder set".
- Which group it is in, and whether it stops something working or affects production.
- The provider, but only if it is one StackHangar knows. Anything else is sent as "other".
- The item type and environment, such as API key and Production.
- For a domain, whether auto-renew is on.
- Roughly when it is due, as a range (overdue, today, 1 to 7 days, 8 to 30 days), never a date.
For a plan finding, only the kind of finding and the provider are sent. For a playbook step, the step and the item's provider, type and environment.
#What is never sent
- Names of items, projects or accounts, and sign-in emails or usernames.
- Values, passwords, keys or notes.
- URLs, places an item is used, scopes and database details.
- Exact dates, costs, prices, plan names, limits and seat counts.
- Agent names and IDs.
- Anything about a business. Business findings have no Explain button.
The request can only contain the categories above. The server checks it again and refuses anything else.
#Limits and plans
AI explanations are available on both plans, with a monthly allowance:
| Plan | Explanations a month |
|---|---|
| Free | 20 |
| Solo | 300 |
The panel shows how many you have left this month. An answer that was already generated for the same kind of finding is reused and doesn't count against your allowance. It is marked "this one was free (cached)".
If you reach your limit on Free, the panel says so and offers Upgrade to Solo. On Solo, the allowance resets on the 1st of the month. See Plans.
#If something goes wrong
- "AI explanations aren't available right now. Try again later." means the service is off or unreachable.
- "AI explanations are busy today. Try again tomorrow." means a daily cap across all users was reached.
- "Couldn't get an explanation. Try again." means the request failed. Select Try again.
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