Web search and reading web pages

Let the agent look up facts and current information on the internet. Web search and reading web pages are turned on and off separately.

Web search

Use it to check facts outside your story, such as real history, geography, jobs, institutions, and terms. It’s on by default.

Example: Find out how a 1990s prosecutors' special investigation unit was organized

• Facts from the web come with source links.
• Search queries are sent to an outside search provider. The agent doesn’t put your manuscript text or character names in its queries.
• There’s a limit on how many searches the agent can do in one reply.

To turn it off, switch off Web search in Settings > Agent.

Read web pages

The agent opens and reads web page addresses you give it. It’s off by default.

1. Open Settings > Agent.
2. Turn on Read web pages.
3. Paste an address in the chat and ask. For example: https://… summarize this article

If it’s off and you give an address, the agent says it can’t read it and tells you where to turn it on.

Caution

When Read web pages is on, the addresses it reads and the page contents are not covered by the no-AI-training condition. Your manuscript and chats stay covered.

• Pages that need a login and paywalled articles can’t be read.
• Page contents are only used in that reply. To keep something for later, ask the agent to write it into its answer.

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• Custom instructions and memory
• Plans and Credits