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Research with Gemini Search grounding only when the host is paid
A research box is easy to treat as a private notes app that quietly reads the web. It is not. AI Web Research sends your question to Google’s Gemini Developer API with the googleSearch tool. DevNestro classifies Search grounding as paid-only. On the free tier the request never leaves; you see that a paid Gemini configuration is required. When a paid host is configured, the page still enforces five Search requests per hour so a public visitor cannot drain quota. The brief is a draft. It is not an official, complete, or guaranteed finding.
Why this is worth doing in the browser
People search for “AI web research” and expect live citations that never invent a URL. Grounding reduces some invention and still leaves gaps, stale pages, and thin sources. Mixing that habit with a local-privacy story is how a visitor pastes a confidential product plan and believes it stayed in the tab. This route states the opposite: cloud processing, a Search rate limit, optional free-tier training disclosure on other Gemini pages, and an instruction to stay with grounded sources. The older summarizer remains paste-only and does not attach Search.
How to use the tool
Write a question. Pick brief, sources, compare, news, or outline. Confirm the question may be sent to Google Gemini with Search grounding. Read the result against the listed links. Download TXT if you want a copy. Clear / Start Over drops the session text.
- Do not submit confidential questions unless you accept Google processing.
- Check every URL and date before you reuse a claim.
- A refused request is often the free tier, a missing key, or the 5/hour Search limit.
- Use the URL analyzer when you already have one public page to read.
Privacy
The question is sent to Google Gemini with Search grounding when a paid configuration allows it. DevNestro does not keep a research archive. Logs may include feature, model, duration, and token counts—not the question. This is not processed only in your browser. Free-tier hosts do not call Search.
Have a paid Gemini host and a question you are willing to send? Open AI Web Research, expect the hourly limit, and treat the brief as a draft.