2025-10-23 — Search Picks the Right Tools Without Overthinking
Ever notice how search sometimes picks the wrong source for your question? Ask for a local coffee shop and get generic web results about coffee. Ask for an image and get... well, not quite what you wanted.
We rebuilt how search decides which tools to use. Instead of arbitrary quotas ("use news 30% of the time"), it actually understands what each tool does and picks based on that. Plus, it works across multiple AI providers - if one has issues, another handles it seamlessly.
Highlights
- Search picks tools based on what they actually do, not arbitrary quotas
- Works across multiple AI providers for reliability
- Image search got smarter with better filtering and parameters
- Your original query stays intact instead of getting mangled
What's New
- Tool selection based on definitions not quotas - search knows what "news search" vs "place search" actually does
- Multi-provider support means if one AI provider has issues, another handles your search
- Better reasoning shown before picking tools so you can see why it chose what it did
- Enhanced image search parameters for better filtering
- Query preservation improvements keep your exact words intact
What's Better
- "coffee near me with wifi" → picks place search, not generic web results about coffee shops
- Image searches filter better with safe search, composition preferences, and subject filtering
- When a provider has issues, search keeps working without you noticing
- Queries stay exactly as you typed them instead of getting rewritten incorrectly
Technical Improvements
- Provider-agnostic tool calling system works across different AI providers
- Moved from quota-based to definition-driven tool selection
- Multi-action orchestration for complex queries that need multiple sources
- Independent action descriptors per tool for better accuracy
What this means for you: Search stops guessing which tools to use and starts knowing - more accurate results, more consistent answers.