Choose Chat, Search, or Research Mode
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Choose Chat, Search, or Research Mode
Use the smallest mode that fits the task. Longer-running research is appropriate for exploratory, multi-source work; it does not replace licensed databases, controlled indexing, or documented review methods.
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Locate the research controls
IN YOUR AI TOOL
In your AI tool, locate ordinary chat, web search, and any deep-research or Researcher control available to your account. Also locate source-selection controls.
Keep connected email, drives, calendars, and organizational repositories off. The public web and the supplied workshop files are sufficient.
You know which modes and source controls are available in your account.
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Classify three tasks
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Define the evidence boundary
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Evaluate the mode choice
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