Writing better Corvid queries

A well-written query returns useful matches and skips the noise. Corvid passes your query to the chosen source, so most search syntax works the same way as in Brave Search.

Exact phrases

Wrap multiple words in quotes to require them to appear together.

"supply chain resilience"

Required and excluded terms

Use + and - to force or block terms.

+ukraine +grain -football

Either/or

Use OR (uppercase) between alternatives.

"generative AI" OR "large language model"

Site scope

Limit results to a single site.

"open source" site:github.com

Date-sensitive searches

Some sources support date filtering. Corvid already de-duplicates by URL, so you will only see new pages even without a date filter.

Common mistakes

• Too broad: machine learning will flood your inbox. Add context like "machine learning" hiring remote.
• Too narrow: "purple left-handed flux capacitor" may never match anything.
• Quotes around single words: "corvid" works but is usually unnecessary.

Test and tune

Start with a narrow query, run it for a few days, then widen it if you are missing useful results.