Web search for Prompts and Personas

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January 23, 2026

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Suite add-on

AI models only know what they learned up to their training date. Ask about this week's news, a price that changed last month or a product that launched yesterday, and they either guess or say they don't know. If you build Prompts and Personas in Studio, you can now let them search the web before they answer, and see where the information came from.

What's new

• A Web Search switch. Prompts and Personas have a new Web Search setting in the model settings. Turn it on and the model can run a live web search when a question needs up-to-date information.
• Sources under the answer. When a reply uses web results, a Sources list appears under the message with links to the pages it drew on, so you can check them yourself.
• Only where it works. The switch appears only when the selected model supports web search. Today that means OpenAI models, including GPT-6 Luna.

How to use it

1. Open the Prompt or Persona you want to update, or open the Prompt Playground or Persona Playground.
2. Pick a model that supports web search.
3. Open the model settings and switch Web Search on.
4. Ask a question that needs current information and check the Sources under the reply.

Good to know

• Part of the Suite. Prompts and Personas, including web search, come with the Suite add-on ($99 one-time, on Plus, Pro and Max). The Suite also includes AI Tools and AI Assistants, and lets you call your Prompts and Personas from your own apps through the API. Learn more on the Suite page.
• OpenAI models only. The switch doesn't appear for Claude models.
• The model decides when to search. Turning the switch on lets the model search; it doesn't force a search on every message. Simple questions it can answer on its own get an answer without one.
• Check what matters. Web results are only as good as the pages they come from. Use the Sources links to confirm anything important before you rely on it.