diff --git a/AI/lib/cli.js b/AI/lib/cli.js
index 425a4b6..49d1a80 100644
--- a/AI/lib/cli.js
+++ b/AI/lib/cli.js
@@ -111,9 +111,15 @@ async function cmdAsk() {
 
     let r;
     try {
+        // section and kind must be forwarded here too. They were not, so both filters worked
+        // under `search` and were silently ignored under `ask` — the documented
+        // --section=CONFIGURATION usage retrieved from the whole index and the answer looked
+        // plausible, which is the worst way for a filter to fail.
         r = await search({
             dbPath: db, url, embedModel: embed, query: q,
             k: parseInt(arg('k', '6'), 10), perFile: parseInt(arg('per-file', '2'), 10),
+            section: arg('section', null),
+            kind:    arg('kind', null),
         });
     } catch (e) {
         fail(`retrieval failed: ${e.message}`, 2);