diff --git a/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py b/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
index 72b0421..c930db1 100644
--- a/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
+++ b/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ class AnswerEngine:
             _debug_log("route_parsed", {"classify": classify, "normalized": normalized})
             lowered_question = f"{question} {normalized}".lower()
             force_metric = bool(re.search(r"\bhow many\b|\bcount\b|\btotal\b", lowered_question))
+            if any(term in lowered_question for term in ("postgres", "connections", "pvc", "ready")):
+                force_metric = True
             cluster_terms = (
                 "atlas",
                 "cluster",