Where did that come from?

When Claude searches the web, it shows where the answer came from. Open the sources before you repeat it.

Claude's own knowledge stops at a point in time. For anything recent, like a new rule, a price change or a merger, ask it to search the web.

When Claude searches, the answer comes with links to the pages it used. That's your chance to check. A summary can leave out the one detail that matters to you.

Ask, look, open

1. 1

   Ask for a search

   Start with “Search the web” so Claude knows you want current pages.

2. 2

   Find the sources

   The links sit with the answer. Each one is a page Claude read.

3. 3

   Open two

   Does the page say what Claude said? Check the date and who published it.

There's no switch to find. Claude searches the web when it helps. If an answer comes back with no links, it didn't search. Ask again, starting with “Search the web”.

Check the sources

Type this, filling in your line of work:

Search the web: what has changed in [your industry] in the last three months? Keep it to three points and show your sources.

Copy the line

Now open two of the links. For each one, find the sentence that backs up Claude's point. If you can't find it, that point isn't settled yet.

If you still see a separate Cowork tab, web search has its own switch. Click the + button in the lower-left corner of the message box and choose Web search. A checkmark means it's on.

On a Team or Enterprise plan, an Owner has to allow web search for the whole organization first. If Claude never searches, or Web search isn't in the list, that's why. Ask your admin.