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Search Capabilities

GC AI provide powerful search functionality that helps you quickly find the documents you need within your files. The search system works across your entire document collection, regardless of folder structure.

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How Search Works

Searching in Files
You can search by:
  • Filename: Find documents by their names
  • Content: Locate specific text within your documents
  • Semantic: Discover documents with similar concepts, even if they use different terminology
To search your files:
  1. Open the right sidebar
  2. Type at least 3 characters in the search bar
  3. View results from all accessible Files
  4. Drag any search result directly into your chat

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Quick Access from Chat

You can open Files search directly from any chat:
  1. Click the + button in the chat input (tooltip: Add files and prompts)
  2. Select Add from Files
  3. GC AI opens the right sidebar to Files and focuses the search bar
  4. Start typing right away to search
When documents are attached to a chat, GC AI can search within them using specialized tools:
  • Keyword search: GC AI can search across your attached documents for specific terms, phrases, or patterns
  • Semantic query: GC AI can find conceptually related passages even when different terminology is used
  • Targeted reading: GC AI can read specific sections of a document to answer detailed questions
These searches happen automatically as part of the AI’s response — you don’t need to trigger them manually. Simply ask your question and GC AI will search the relevant documents.

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Search Techniques

Use simple keywords to find relevant documents: 
quarterly report 2024
This returns documents containing these terms. Find conceptually similar documents even when they use different terminology: 
data processing or privacy agreement
This returns documents related to data privacy, even if they don’t use these exact words.

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Search Results

Search results display:
  • File name and location
  • Preview of matching content
  • File type indicator
  • Last modified date

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Drag and Drop Integration

After finding documents through search:
  1. Drag any search result directly into your chat
  2. Ask GC AI questions about the document
  3. Receive cited responses with references to the source material

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Limitations

  • Search requires at least 3 characters to activate
  • Results are limited to files you have permission to access
  • Search performance may vary with very large document collections

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Best Practices

  • Use specific, descriptive search terms
  • Try different phrasings if you don’t find what you need
  • Save frequently used documents in organized folders
  • Use semantic search for concept-based queries
  • Use the + menu to quickly select Add from computer or Add from Files (which opens the right sidebar to Files and focuses search)