Use current web information in meinGPT: via the + menu in the chat, the meinGPT Web model, or the Research app.
meinGPT can pull current information from the internet into your answers. There are three ways to do this. All of them use the same search under the hood (our search provider Linkup) — they differ in how you start them, which model answers, and where the result ends up.
You don't provide the search terms directly — the AI model currently running your chat does. It reads your prompt and formulates a suitable search query from it on its own. Your prompt is not taken over verbatim but translated into search terms.
Depending on the task, the model picks between two approaches on its own:
Direct search — a single search query for quick, single facts.
Research agent — for broader questions: a dedicated research step that runs several searches in sequence and reads individual pages in full before summarizing the result. This also applies when you provide a specific page (e.g. "Read https://example.com/whitepaper↗ and summarize the three key claims").
The search query created by the model is forwarded to our search provider Linkup, which performs the actual web search and returns the hits (GDPR-compliant; More information↗).
Linkup returns the found content (titles, excerpts, sources) to the model. The model evaluates it and writes the final answer in the chat — with a preview of the sources (title, description, favicon) and references to the pages used.
Instead of switching web search on, you can select the model meinGPT Web directly in the model picker. It is based on Claude Haiku 4.5, is fast and EU-hosted, and has web search permanently enabled — you can't turn it off here. The flow and result are the same as with web search in the chat. Use it when you want quick, source-backed answers without toggling anything.
In the sidebar under Apps → Research, web search is available as its own app — with a dedicated page instead of a chat toggle. Web search is always active here. The search runs via Linkup, and like the meinGPT Web model the same fast model answers (Claude Haiku 4.5). Two things differ from web search in the chat:
Deep research (toggle): Unlike in the chat, where the model itself decides whether to search briefly or research more thoroughly, you decide via a toggle here. When enabled, a more thorough, multi-step research runs (more searches, more pages read) with a more detailed, cross-checked answer and more sources. It takes longer but often delivers better research results.
History: Every research is saved. Under Past research you'll find your previous research again — searchable via the field above.
Ask your question
Open Apps → Research and type your question into the composer.
Optional: turn on Deep Research
Turn on Deep Research if you want a more thorough, multi-step research instead of a quick answer.
Find past research
Under Past research, below the composer, you'll find your previous research — even while a new search is running.
Note
The app is labeled Research in the sidebar but internally uses the same web search function. The web search toggle inside the chat input is still called Web search.
10 sources per search query, not the whole internet — comparable to the first Google results page. For broader research, use the Research app with Deep Research or build a Workflow with several research steps.
Paywalled and login-protected pages are usually not accessible.
Very recent events (last few hours) may be missing depending on indexing.
JavaScript-heavy pages without server rendering sometimes return only skeleton content.
For the web search on this page, there is no platform setting that restricts sources to specific domains. If you want to allow only certain sites, instruct the model directly in the prompt:
"Research GDPR compliance, use only heise.de and golem.de as sources."
This works reasonably well in practice but is not a hard security boundary. For critical research, verify the result manually against the named sources.
For cases where a domain restriction needs to be more than a recommendation — where it needs to be technically enforced — there's a separate, additionally activatable tool: Advanced Web Search (internally: linkup-web-search). Unlike the standard web search on this page, it passes the source selection directly to the search API instead of only recommending it via the prompt.
In the Tools section, switch to the Databases tab.
Activate Advanced Web Search.
Open its configuration via the gear icon.
Note
The configuration fields (including the domain whitelist) can be edited by anyone with edit or owner rights on that specific assistant or workflow — this isn't necessarily tied to the organization Admin role. Whether the tool itself is available organization-wide is a separate decision an Admin makes via tool management in settings.
Comma-separated domains (e.g. microsoft.com, learn.microsoft.com). When set, search results come exclusively from these domains.
Exclude Domains
Comma-separated domains to exclude from search results.
Include Images
Image results on/off (default: on).
Max Results
Maximum result count, 1–50 (default: 10).
Attention
If you leave Include Domains empty, the tool searches the whole web without restriction. For a hard allowlist, you need to fill in the field explicitly — a domain restriction in the prompt alone (see above) is not enough for this tool.