Astra Search

What Astra Search does

Astra Search is an AI deep research tool powered by GPT-6 Astra. It searches and reads web sources, cross-checks information, and produces a structured research report with citations. Use it for market research, industry analysis, competitor intelligence, product comparisons, technical and literature reviews, fact-checking, and investigations of current topics.

Best use cases

• Market and industry research: market size, growth trends, leading companies, customer segments, regulation, and risks.
• Competitive and product analysis: features, pricing, positioning, strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.
• Technical and academic research: recent advances, major approaches, areas of agreement, disputed findings, and open questions.
• Fact-checking: verify a claim, locate primary sources, and reconcile conflicting reports.
• Decision support: assemble evidence and practical recommendations for strategy, investment, procurement, or planning.

How to write an effective research request

1. State the topic and the decision the research should support.
2. Define the geography, date range, audience, and desired depth.
3. Name the options to compare and the evaluation criteria.
4. Specify the output you need, such as an executive summary, comparison table, timeline, risk assessment, or recommendations.
5. Ask for recent and primary sources, and request that conflicts, evidence gaps, and uncertainty be identified.

Research [topic] for [goal or audience]. Cover [geography] during [date range]. Compare [options] using [criteria]. Provide an executive summary, key findings, an evidence table, major risks, and actionable recommendations. Cite reliable sources and clearly label anything that cannot be verified.

Example prompts

• Analyze Japan's generative AI market in 2025–2026, including market size, growth, major vendors, regulation, and B2B entry opportunities.
• Compare three enterprise search platforms by features, pricing, security, and integrations, using both official documentation and independent reviews.
• Review recent research on AI agents, separating established findings, conflicting evidence, and unresolved questions.
• Fact-check the claim that a specific policy takes full effect this year; find the original policy, scope, effective dates, and credible alternative interpretations.

How to evaluate the report

Open citations behind important claims and check each source's date, context, and methodology. Distinguish verified facts from analysis or inference. For high-stakes decisions, ask for primary evidence, counterarguments, source-quality notes, and a list of claims that could not be confirmed. GPT-6 Astra uses credits quickly, so combine related questions into one well-scoped research task and reserve it for work that genuinely benefits from deep research.