> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cognee.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search

> Ask questions about the knowledge graph built from your documents.

The Search page is a chat-style interface for querying your knowledge graphs. When a conversation is empty, the page greets you with **What are you looking for today?**

<Note>
  Search consumes token credits under Cognee Cloud's [usage-based billing](/cognee-cloud/functionality/account-and-billing). If your workspace runs out of prepaid credits, the query is rejected and an insufficient-credits dialog explains the failure and links to Billing — see [When credits run out](/cognee-cloud/functionality/account-and-billing#when-credits-run-out).
</Note>

## Sending a query

1. Type a natural language query in the search bar (placeholder **Ask a question about your data...**) and press **Enter** to send; use **Shift+Enter** for a newline.
2. Results appear in the conversation area below.

Suggestion chips are shown when a conversation is empty:

* "What are the main entities?"
* "Summarize the uploaded documents"
* "What relationships exist in the data?"

Click any chip to send it immediately.

Past searches are loaded from the backend and shown in the history sidebar. History persists across sessions and is fetched via the [`GET /api/v1/search`](/cognee-cloud/functionality/search-and-recall#search) endpoint. Queries sent from this page are recall calls, and recall records the questions it answers, so your own UI searches appear in that history alongside searches made through the API — see [Recall and search history](/cognee-cloud/functionality/search-and-recall#recall-and-search-history).

## Dataset

The active dataset (brain) is controlled by the current breadcrumb selection; if nothing is selected, the first dataset is used.

Every query searches your **Company Brain** — the knowledge graph built from your uploaded documents. There is no scope to choose: the former **Company Brain** / **Agent Memory** pills were removed, and the page no longer searches agent sessions. To look through what your connected agents stored, open [Sessions](/cognee-cloud/ui/sessions) instead.

## Conversation history

The sidebar on the left lists past conversations grouped by date. Click any conversation to reopen it, use **+** to start a new one, or use the sidebar toggle to collapse and expand the history panel.

Past searches are loaded from the backend via [`GET /api/v1/search`](/cognee-cloud/functionality/search-and-recall#search). New conversations created during the current page session appear alongside that history.

<Note>
  Conversations are backed by backend sessions whose ids are prefixed with `search-ui-`, so your history survives a page refresh. Legacy single-Q\&A entries are read-only; continuing one forks it into a new session.
</Note>

## How search works

The UI search calls the `POST /api/v1/recall` endpoint with graph scope — a standard graph retrieval over the active dataset. For details on available search types and parameters, see [Search Basics](/guides/search-basics).

<Note>
  The search bar on the [Dashboard](/cognee-cloud/ui/dashboard) provides the same functionality inline. The dedicated Search page offers more space for results and conversation history.
</Note>