Web search and Deep Research
Search lets Intra AI use current web pages in an answer. Deep Research runs a longer multi-step investigation and creates a separate report. Both require web search on your instance. Search may be offered in a trial; the instance configuration decides.
Search and Research controls in the message box
Example instance with sample data. Available controls depend on your role and configuration.
Run a web search
- Turn on Search in the composer.
- Ask a specific question and name the period, region or preferred sources.
- Open the source cards and check the cited passages.
Search persists as a preference in ordinary chat. With an agent, it is locked on or hidden according to the builder grant.
Find the German rule currently in force on this topic.
Prefer the responsible authority and the legislation itself.
Give the publication or update date and link every source.
Use Deep Research
Turn on Research for work requiring several search and checking steps. It applies to the next message only and resets when you change conversation. Progress appears during the run, which you can stop. Computation and tokens already used remain consumed.
If an agent is selected, its instructions can guide the report. Its other tools, files and knowledge are not used as they would be in an ordinary agent run. The interface discloses this before you start.
Check sources
Source cards open a reader view where the page could be fetched. A citation initially proves only that a page was found or read. For important decisions, check:
- whether the claim appears at the cited location;
- whether the source and date match the question;
- whether it is a primary source;
- whether multiple sources are independent.
What reaches the search service
Web search runs through Staan, a European search service, which receives the query text. When a particular page is read, its address is fetched as well. There is no alternative search provider used automatically if Staan is unavailable. Web search is therefore not processing confined to your instance.
The platform limits search calls and runtime per answer. If a run reaches a limit, its answer can rely on the sources collected so far and may be incomplete.
Troubleshooting
- Search is absent: the feature switch or Staan access is not configured; an agent may also lack the tool grant.
- No results: simplify search operators, try alternative terms or search for a known primary source.
- A page cannot be read: sign-in, robots rules, a paywall or technical protection can block retrieval.
- Research takes too long: Deep Research is multi-step. Stop a poorly scoped run and restart with a narrower question.