# What is Attributes To Snippet? How does it work?

The AttributesToSnippet setting is a way to shorten ("snippet") your long chunks of text to display them in the search results. Just think about the small pieces of text displayed below a Google result: it's built from a subset of the sentences of the page content, includes your matching keywords, and avoid flooding the search results page.

For example, if you limit the number of words of the "description" attribute to 10, the "\_snippetResult.description.value" attribute of the JSON answer will only contain the 10 best words of this description.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://samypesse.gitbook.io/algolia-faq/searching/what-is-attributes-to-snippet-how-does-it-work.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.