Web search: the AI looks things up

The Coach mostly answers from what it learned during training. But your writing may need fresh facts ("does the job of lighthouse keeper still exist in 2024?"). For questions like that the Coach searches the web on its own and weaves the sources it used into the reply — there's nothing for you to switch on.

How it works

Web search is automatic — the Coach decides and runs it on its own, and there's no toggle in the chat input:

1. You ask (e.g. "Does the job of lighthouse keeper still exist?")
2. The AI decides whether a search is needed
3. If so → it searches → reads the top results
4. It answers and names the sources it relied on (URLs / where it came from) right in the reply, so you can click through and check

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When this helps

Realist fiction, non-fiction, biography, technical writing often use it:

• Fact-check: "1924 Scottish lighthouse keeper daily routine"
• References: "modern lighthouse engineer's toolkit"
• Phrasing: "colloquial Scottish phrases from the 1920s"
• Historical locations: "exact location of the Pentland Firth lighthouse"

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When this doesn't help

• Don't use it as a search engine — Google directly is faster
• Don't treat it as authoritative — the AI summarises and can misread; for important facts, click through and verify
• Don't use for real-time data (stock prices, weather) — what the AI sees is a snapshot

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Transparent sources

When the AI used Web search, it names the sources it relied on inside the reply, so you can see where each fact came from and avoid picking up rumours / misinformation. For anything important, click through and verify it yourself.

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Cost

Web search costs a bit more credit (search + fetch tokens) — which is why the Coach only reaches for it when it judges a lookup is genuinely needed.

See: AI cost & quota

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Privacy

Web search sends only the search queries the AI judged necessary — not your book content.

See: Privacy Policy

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Related

• What the AI Coach is
• AI cost & quota