Real-Time Data
Bring the latest information into your conversations
Enable real-time data integration to instantly enhance your conversations with current information, weather updates, sports scores, news headlines, and more.
Real-Time Data can be collected a few different ways. You can use Msty Sidecar or a third-party service such as Jina or SearXNG.
How to enable Real-Time Data
Click the globe icon inside the chat input box to enable the Real-Time Data feature. When this feature is enabled, Msty retrieves information from the internet and provides it to the model for enhanced context in your conversations.
Note that some models are better than others with looking for real-time data, including for the current date. You may need to set the date range to specify a date or be explicit in the prompt to include the exact date you are interested in.
Real-Time Data Options
Right-click on the globe icon to configure advanced options, including which method to use for real-time data.
Sidecar
To use Sidecar, you need to have the Sidecar app installed and running.
Sidecar provides the follow advanced options:
- Search Provider can be configured to use Google or Brave search engines
- Custom Search Query allows you to modify the search query to improve the quality of results
- Limit by Domain restricts your search to a specific domain (e.g., nasa.gov)
- Extra Operators allows you to add special search operators, such as
site:orintitle: - Search Date Range allows you to limit the search results to a specific time frame
Jina
You can setup a Jina account and grab an API key. Enter the API key in the Use Jina tab in Msty Studio.
SearXNG
SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search engines without tracking users. You can use your SearXNG instance to search the web for real-time data.
In Msty Studio, enter your instances endpoint on the Use SearXNG tab. For example, https://searxng.example.com/.
For additional guidance on setting up SearXNG, check out our Youtube video on How to Set Up SearXNG.
Allowing insecure content
Studio uses a JSON API so you will typically need to ensure your instance is being served over HTTPS.
However, some browsers have settings to allow for 'insecure' content served over http for a website. Such as Brave via brave://settings/content/insecureContent?search=additional+content > allow Msty Studio to load insecure content.