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Live intelligence

Research that reaches beyond one generic web query.

GearHead can combine live search with specialist APIs, business-data sources, codified playbooks, source inspection, and cited synthesis—then retry or broaden the work when the evidence is not good enough.

Search & Research

Fast answers are useful only when the evidence is current, relevant, and traceable. GearHead starts with the source best suited to the question, uses the open web when needed, checks whether the results actually cover the request, and keeps the AI involved in explaining what was found. The goal is not a longer link list. It is a more complete, source-backed answer.

What it does for you

Search quality comes from retrieval, verification, and synthesis working together.

Source-aware routing

Business, market, regulatory, location, news, and other research can start with the relevant connected API or playbook instead of forcing every question through the same search path.

Live web discovery

When the open web is appropriate, GearHead constructs and expands queries, retrieves current results, and opens promising sources instead of summarizing snippets alone.

Coverage and freshness checks

The research flow tests whether the evidence matches the entities, time window, and requested scope. Weak coverage can trigger reformulation or broader retrieval.

Specialist evidence

Dedicated market, business, public-record, industry, and connected-account sources can contribute facts that a generic search result may not expose cleanly.

Readable citations

Answers keep links close to the claims they support, distinguish sourced facts from inference, and preserve provenance through the final synthesis.

Truthful partial results

If a provider, source, or extraction step fails, GearHead can return the verified evidence it has with a clear limitation instead of pretending the search completed perfectly.

How it works

From setup to running in minutes

1

Understand the question

Resolve entities, dates, scope, and whether connected or specialist data should lead.

2

Retrieve broadly enough

Use the appropriate APIs, playbooks, web queries, and source pages for the requested depth.

3

Verify the evidence

Check relevance, freshness, authority, coverage, and conflicts before composing the answer.

4

Synthesize with citations

Explain the answer in GearHead's voice, cite the evidence, and state any remaining uncertainty.

Real-world examples

Who's using Search & Research

Business Owner

Research a decision, not just a topic

Compare vendors, locations, regulations, competitors, or trends with sources organized around the actual decision you need to make.

Sales & Marketing

Combine market and lead intelligence

Use live business data and public evidence to understand a market, identify prospects, and prepare a cited briefing before outreach.

Regulated Work

Trace claims back to authoritative sources

Prioritize current government, court, regulatory, or other first-party material where the question requires high-confidence evidence.

Existing Customer

Research with business context already attached

Ask a terse follow-up from a project or conversation and let GearHead combine live evidence with the permitted context it already knows.

Ask a question that needs real evidence.

Start with Pro, or request a walkthrough of live search, specialist sources, and cited research.