Search & Deep Research
Julia has two search modes: quick search for real-time information via Brave Search, and deep research — where she works through a question over several rounds, reads full pages, and comes back with a sourced report.
When Web Search Is Useful
Julia automatically uses web search when she determines your question requires current information from the internet. Here are some common use cases:
Real-Time Information
Weather, stock prices, sports scores, traffic conditions — anything that changes frequently.
Current Events
Breaking news, recent announcements, industry updates, or anything happening right now.
Fact-Checking
Verify claims, find specific facts, or research topics you're unfamiliar with.
Research
Learn about companies, products, people, or any topic you need to understand quickly.
Examples
Weather Information
Julia
Online
What's the weather in Paris?
Currently in Paris:
🌤️ 12°C (54°F) — Partly Cloudy
• High today: 15°C (59°F)
• Low tonight: 8°C (46°F)
• Humidity: 72%
• Wind: 12 km/h from the West
• 20% chance of rain this afternoon
It's a good day to bring a light jacket. Would you like a forecast for the next few days?
Current Events
Julia
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What are the latest news about AI?
Here are today's top AI news stories:
1. OpenAI Announces GPT-5 Preview
Enterprise customers get early access to the next generation model with improved reasoning capabilities.
2. EU AI Act Enters Final Implementation Phase
New regulations requiring AI transparency for high-risk applications take effect next month.
3. Google DeepMind Achieves Protein Folding Breakthrough
New AlphaFold version can predict protein interactions, not just structures.
4. Microsoft Invests $10B in Autonomous AI Research
Focus on AI agents that can perform complex tasks independently.
Would you like me to search for more details on any of these?
Company Research
Julia
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Tell me about Anthropic as a company
Anthropic is an AI safety company founded in 2021:
• Founders: Dario Amodei (CEO) and Daniela Amodei (President), former OpenAI executives
• Focus: Building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems
• Main Product: Claude, a family of AI assistants
• Funding: Over $7 billion raised, valued at $18 billion
• Investors: Google, Spark Capital, Salesforce Ventures
• Headquarters: San Francisco, California
• Employees: ~500+
Key Differentiators:
• Constitutional AI approach for safety
• Focus on reducing harmful outputs
• Research-first culture
Would you like more details about their technology or products?
Quick Facts
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When was the iPhone first released?
The first iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, in the United States.
Some quick facts:
• Announced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007
• Original price: $499 (4GB) and $599 (8GB)
• Featured a 3.5-inch touchscreen
• Combined phone, iPod, and internet device
• Sold over 6 million units in the first year
It was a revolutionary product that effectively created the modern smartphone market.
How It Works
Julia uses Brave Search to find relevant information. When you ask a question that requires current data, she automatically formulates a search query, retrieves results, and synthesizes the information into a helpful response.
The Search Process
- 1Julia determines your question requires web search
- 2She formulates an optimal search query
- 3Brave Search returns relevant results
- 4Julia synthesizes the information into a clear answer
Deep Research
For topics that need real digging, Julia goes well beyond a single search. She works out what she needs to find, runs targeted searches, opens the pages that hold actual detail rather than trusting search snippets, and keeps going until she has the answer — then writes up the thing you asked for, with a source link against every fact worth checking.
How a report gets built
1. Plan
Turns your request into the specific things to find out
2. Search
Several narrow, targeted queries rather than one broad one
3. Read
Opens full pages — a snippet says a page exists, the page has the fact
4. Write up
The deliverable you asked for, with sources linked inline
A couple of minutes
Most reports land in 1–3 minutes
Full pages, not snippets
Typically 5–15 pages opened and read
Sourced
Links next to the facts they support
How many reports you get
Research is metered separately from messages, because one report is worth roughly thirty ordinary replies in what it costs to produce.
- Free — 1 quick report a month
- Plus — 6 quick reports a month
- Pro — 20 quick and 15 in-depth a month
- Executive — 40 quick and 30 in-depth a month
On Free and Plus, asking for a deep report runs a quick one instead — Julia says so rather than silently doing less. Out of reports? A €10 credit pack covers 10 more at your plan's depth.
Deep Research Example
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Do a comprehensive research on the state of quantum computing for drug discovery. I need an academic-level overview with sources.
Done — here's where quantum computing for drug discovery stands.
📊 How I got there
• 11 pages read across 4 rounds of searching
• 2 min 14 s
Key findings:
1. Variational quantum eigensolvers show promise for molecular simulation
2. IBM and Google have demonstrated quantum advantage on specific chemistry problems
3. Hybrid classical-quantum approaches are the most practical near-term path
4. Drug-protein interaction modelling is still some years from practical quantum advantage
Every claim above links to its source in the full report, attached as a PDF.
Guiding the research
Say what you want in the request itself — the angle to take, what to prioritise, and the shape you want back, whether that's an itinerary, a comparison table or a shortlist. Julia treats it as a brief. If something can't be confirmed she says so rather than filling the gap.
Limitations
- Results depend on what's publicly available. Julia can't access paywalled content or private information.
- Very recent events (within the last few minutes) may not be indexed yet.
- Deep research takes longer (1-3 minutes) and uses more tokens than quick search.