Get real-time answers with sources you can check
Set up web search so Claude answers with today's information — prices, news, competitor moves — with linked sources instead of confident stale guesses.
What this looks like
One step on screen at a time. Read it, do it, tap Next.
Get real-time answers with sources you can check
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Understand when search changes the answer
Claude's built-in knowledge has a cutoff date and no live data. Web search closes that gap: Claude fetches current pages before answering and links what it used.
Checkpoint
You can sort your typical questions into 'needs search' vs 'doesn't'.
Before you begin
Tick these off as you sort them. Stopping halfway to create an account is how a fifteen-minute build becomes an hour.
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Ticks are saved on this device, so you can come back to them.
- Account
Web search is available across plans, with higher usage on paid tiers. Setup is identical either way.
- Know-how
'What is our competitor charging this week?' needs search. 'How do I structure a proposal?' doesn't. Using search deliberately beats leaving it on everything.
The basics — ticked once, remembered everywhere
- Account
Either the hosted version or a self-hosted install. Everything here works the same on both — the only visible difference is the shape of your webhook URLs.
Create a workspace - Know-how
Adding a node, connecting two of them, and pressing Execute. If any of that is new, the free primer covers it in about ten minutes.
- Credential
You will paste at least one secret during setup. A password manager beats a notes app, and it stops you pasting a live key into a chat window by accident.
The shape of the setup
The Claude features you will touch, left to right, in the order you use them.
What you will build
Jump straight to any step, or print the list and tick it off beside your Claude tab.
If something goes wrong
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