Web search
Use web search for focused questions that need current sources. Good examples:- “Search the web for the latest pricing changes from this vendor.”
- “Find recent articles about this market and summarize the pattern.”
- “Compare these two tools using current public information.”
Visual replies in chat
Search and research replies may include citations, source previews, charts, or other visual formats when they help.
Deep Research Agent
Use Deep research when you need more than a quick lookup. The Deep Research Agent plans a broad question, works through focused sub-questions, gathers sources, and writes a synthesized report into Canvas. Good examples:- “Research the competitive landscape for AI meeting assistants.”
- “Build a sourced brief on recent changes in enterprise AI procurement.”
- “Find the strongest arguments for and against this product direction.”
What happens during a run
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Babbily plans the research
The agent turns your request into a concise title, research questions, and a report outline. If the scope is unclear, Babbily may ask you to clarify it first.
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Canvas opens with the plan
The report opens in Canvas before research begins. You can follow the questions being answered, the planned sections, progress, and sources found so far.
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The agent gathers and checks evidence
Babbily works through the plan with available research tools and selected connected apps. Source availability, blocked pages, and account permissions can affect coverage.
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The cited report streams into Canvas
Babbily writes the report into Canvas and returns a short summary in chat. Review the full report and its sources before relying on important conclusions.
Turn search or research on
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Open the composer menu
Use the tool control beside the message box.
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Choose Auto or Manual
Use Auto if you want Babbily to decide whether a tool fits. Use Manual > Deep research when you want to run the agent explicitly and it is available for the selected model.
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Ask a source-aware question
Include the scope, entities, timeframe, sources that matter, and how you want the report structured.
Approve plugin actions during research
If Deep Research uses a selected plugin and an action needs your approval, Babbily pauses the run and shows an approval card inline in the conversation. The Canvas report keeps the research gathered so far. Review the plugin, action, content, and destination. Choose Allow to run the action and continue the research. Choose Cancel to decline the action and end the paused research run; Canvas keeps the sources gathered before the pause.When a report ends early
If evidence gathering reaches its time limit, Babbily finishes a report from the available evidence and tells you its coverage is partial. If report writing reaches its time limit, Canvas keeps the written portion and labels the report incomplete. Review what it covers, then narrow the scope and run a follow-up when you need the missing sections. If the run fails before it can produce a report, try a narrower request, remove an unavailable source or plugin, switch to a supported model, or retry later.Read citations carefully
Citations help you check where an answer came from. They are especially important for fast-changing topics, pricing, policies, legal details, medical topics, and investment research.Built-in tools reference
Compare web search, deep research, site map, finance research, and other built-in tools.
Research recipe
Follow a step-by-step research workflow with citations.
Finance
Use Finance when your research is about markets, companies, earnings, prediction markets, or watchlists.