Query Context

Users can adapt the context used by Tursio in several ways. This section describes each option.

Model Selection

Users can control the model used for reasoning. The Model Selection dropdown shows the models available in the search experience. Users can choose which OpenAI model analyzes the query result. The Tursio team evaluates each new model and tunes the system prompts for consistent performance. Currently, OpenAI o3-mini is enabled by default, and o4-mini will be available once it stabilizes. The model selection applies to the end-to-end query pipeline, including result generation, sharing, and export.

The chosen option remains selected until the page is refreshed or an explicit change is made.

Default Context

By default, Tursio uses the input question, the data pulled in response to the question, and a system prompt as context for analysis. The system prompt is tailored to the type of question:

• Listing questions that project attributes based on filtering.
• Group analysis questions that compute one or more metrics for each group.
• Comparative questions that contrast specific groups on one or more metrics.
• Trend questions that analyze patterns over time.

External Context

Tursio allows users to provide external context from the web to enhance the default system context and generate better responses. Specifically, users can:

• Perform a web search using Perplexity.
• Retrieve and process relevant information from external sources.
• Enrich the context with updated knowledge before generating results.

Users can enter custom text in the external context input field — additional details, background knowledge, or specific points of interest — and the system automatically performs a Perplexity search based on that input. Relevant snippets and references are collected to extend the system's internal context, ensuring that the generated response incorporates both internal and external knowledge, including real-time insights. Use cases for external context include:

• Research Assistance: Adding references or recent developments that the system may not natively include.
• Domain-Specific Queries: Supplementing with niche or technical text for better results.
• Dynamic Knowledge Updates: Ensuring the system leverages the most up-to-date web content.

Recommendations

Tursio allows users to save, access, and manage questions they find useful. These questions can be reused across different modes and are surfaced as recommendations in multiple sections for quick access.

Research Mode: Suggestions Section

• Saved questions are displayed under the user-recommended questions section.
• Clicking a recommended question switches the user to Auto Mode.

Home Page: Saved Questions Slider

• Saved questions are displayed in a slider component on the home page.
• Clicking a question card immediately executes the search for that question.
• Each card includes an "x" (delete) button in the top-right corner to remove the question from the saved list.

Results Page: Related Questions

• The top 5 related questions are displayed at the end of any search result.
• These provide quick access to previously saved queries for additional exploration.