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Manual search

Search your library by keyword on demand—exact and phrase matching, free on every plan.

The Manual tab lets you search your library by keyword whenever you want—without using monthly tokens. Use it to pull passages on demand while writing or reviewing sources.

Open the Manual tab

Manual tab in the right panel on the writing page
Switch to Manual on the writing page to search your library by keyword.

  1. Go to the writing page

    Open a document from Documents in the top navigation.

  2. Select Manual

    In the right panel, click the Manual tab (next to Recommended and Polishing).

  3. Enter keywords

    Type one or more keywords or a short phrase. Results appear as snippet cards from your library.

Search tips

Manual keyword search results as snippet cards
Snippet cards show matching text and a page thumbnail for each hit.

Manual search uses keyword and phrase matching across your library—not semantic similarity. Multi-word queries match phrases in order; punctuation and spacing are normalized so common variants still hit.

Preview and jump to source

Hovering a manual search result thumbnail for full-page preview
Hover a thumbnail to preview the source page; click to jump back to the PDF.

Each result card includes excerpt text and a page thumbnail. Hover the thumbnail for a full-page preview with the match highlighted—same as in Recall, but driven by your own search query.