The assistant has many built-in capabilities to help with search creation.
If you start the assistant from Explore with an ad hoc or saved search in the editor, and ask the assistant to fix/edit/etc., your search will automatically copy your search from Explore directly into the assistant.
Below are some of the things that the Search Assistant can do for you:
Generate and Refine Boolean Searches
Have Search Assistant create a new search that includes only certain types of content
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Help me create a boolean search for tweets about Tesla and the EV industry.
You can then ask to build upon the existing search and expand the terms:
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Expand the query to include other EV manufacturers similar to Tesla, and leave the rest of the query intact.
To obtain better results and minimize the chances of errors, we recommend starting from a simple request and refining the query, one request at a time. It's best to avoid long and complex requests, and instead use simple sentence structures when interacting with the assistant.
For example, the following request asks too many things at once:
This may result in a search like the following which will not produce good results:
Try instead to use a refinement approach like the following:
Then progressively refine the search
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e.g., limit it to certain outlet types
and finally, you can move on to ask to filter by specific sources.
Translate Searches
You can also use Search Assistant to translate searches. We recommend the following message template as it has been proven to produce good results.
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Understand the intent behind the following Meltwater boolean search: `put your search here`. Translate common words (i.e., not brand nor proper names) into `put the language here` without changing the intent of the query. Never translate boolean operator names and connectors.
For example: the following is a query searching for baking-related terms around Allinson and King Arthur (baking brands). Notice how the assistant will not translate the brand names.
Explain Searches and Operators
The Search Assistant can also explain individual operators and even entire searches:
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Explain what the `{operator here}` operator does and provide an example of how to use it.
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Analyze the following boolean search `{search here}`. Think step by step and break it down into meaningful parts. Understand the intent behind the search and provide a brief but precise explanation of its intent.
Search Repair
The Search Assistant is capable of checking the syntax of a boolean search against Meltwater's search documentation and proposing fixes when the syntax is incorrect.
The following is an actual search from a client account which is meant to retrieve results mentioning "Pernaud Ricard" in conjunction with "Keep America Beautiful" to monitor the coverage of a partnership between the two brands.
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(Keep America Beautiful) AND (Pernaud Ricard)
This query needs to be corrected since, as written, all terms will be individually searched (e.g. Pernaud OR Ricard) which returns 46k incorrect results instead of a few hundred correct ones.
Let's put it to the assistant with the following prompt:
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Analyze the following boolean search: `{put the search here}` and check its syntax against Meltwater's Boolean Search syntax, operators, and accepted values using the retrieved documents. Think step by step to understand the intent behind the search and repair its syntax if necessary.
Language Support
The assistant can handle conversations in more than 90 languages. To use the assistant in a non-English language, simply start the conversation in the language of your choice.
Although the assistant is technically able to switch between languages, it is best to maintain the same language during the conversation to produce better results.
Creating a Topic-Brief with Live Data
Generate topic-based briefs using real-time data. This enhancement allows you to receive automatically generated topic briefs and incorporate the latest information from current events into their searches.
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Select Brief me on a topic in the AI Search Assistant
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Share the topic you want to search for in the chat