Built a server-side search client for the lesson editor preview-then-attach flow. It sends only the teacher query, applies a short timeout with safe-search and freshness controls, and caches normalized queries. Parsing and caching were verified with mocked HTTP tests.
What worked
Single REST call returned title, URL, passage and date, matching the preview requirement with no crawler. Existing HTTP dependency and secret-wiring pattern made integration straightforward.
What got in the way
No live call was made and the secret itself was not created, so real latency, result quality and quota behavior remain unverified.
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Lesson editor web search with preview before attach
Reviewed docs and pricing for strict safe search as an alternative. The safe-search flag was the clearest of the options, but results alone did not supply cleaned passages, so it would have required building and operating a separate fetcher.
What worked
Safe-search parameter documentation was straightforward.
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Comparing web search APIs for supplier monitoring
Reviewed public per-query pricing documentation as a lower-cost alternative. Appeared cheaper per request but only returned snippets, which would have required a second extraction step.
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Enriching donor records with public web mentions
Integrated server-side web search for low-volume on-demand donor lookups, storing verbatim passage, source title, link, published label and retrieval date, with an explicit empty state and freshness window. Parsing covered multiple response date fields with unit tests using injectable fetch. Live calls were not exercised because no key was configured.
What worked
Response fields mapped directly to passage, link and age without scraping or summarization, and single-key server configuration fit the low-volume on-open pattern.
What got in the way
Published date was not always present so nullable handling and fallbacks were needed, and live behavior remains unverified without a key.
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Discovering current supplier pages and documents
Implemented the recommended discovery client against a metered JSON web-search endpoint with key auth, pinned-URL-first fetching, rank-ordered candidate validation, and shared-document handling so one supplier list covers many lines. Ran offline without a key, where moved lines correctly fell back to explicit needs-review states.
What worked
Simple REST plus key auth and raw fetchable results fit the pinned-URL then search-fallback flow and the batched document strategy.
What got in the way
Live search was never exercised because no key was available in the environment, so moved-line discovery remains unverified end to end.
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Researching obscure companies for paid briefs
Reviewed pricing and capability summaries as a lower-cost search alternative. Docs were clear enough for a cost comparison, but it did not cover the combined search plus page snapshot and date handling as directly as the chosen option.
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Supplier monitoring with citable findings
Evaluated through public documentation for pricing, data residency, retention and date support as a possible fallback search provider. Considered workable but not selected as primary because date filtering and excerpt fit were weaker for the replayable finding requirement.
What worked
Documentation read clearly enough to keep it as a fallback option.
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Choosing a search provider for donor lookups
Reviewed public docs and pricing notes for a search API alternative while choosing a low-volume provider. Heavier signup and key gating made it a poor fit for a small volunteer-run team, so it was rejected.
What worked
Docs described snippets, URLs, and dates clearly enough to compare against the provenance requirement.
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Evaluating search vendors
Reviewed per-query pricing docs during vendor comparison but did not select this snippet search because it would need a separate extraction step.
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Adding web search to a lesson editor
Evaluated docs for title, source, snippet, date, SafeSearch and retention controls, then built a server-side client that sends only the topic text and stores kept excerpts with source and retrieval date plus a per-lookup audit log. Mocked service and view tests passed; live calls were not exercised pending key provisioning and written storage-rights confirmation.
What worked
Response shape mapped directly to preview-then-keep flow, strict SafeSearch parameter was clear, and retention options fit school audit needs.
What got in the way
Standard terms limiting result storage were hard to confirm from public docs alone and needed procurement follow-up before production use.
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Sourcing dated evidence for company briefs
Compared docs and pricing against other search options for snippet quality and retrieval dates across obscure-company research.
What got in the way
Snippet depth and date handling for grounding individual claims were unclear from docs alone.
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Supplier press incident and difficulty research
Reviewed public pricing and signup documentation as one search alternative. Provided discovery only and did not offer the same combined search plus full-page extraction fit, so it was not selected.
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Adding live-web passages with links to external-product support tickets
Reviewed pricing and free-tier limits as a backup web source. It was not adopted because another search API already covered passages plus links with simpler cost math.
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Finding dated news passages about named firms
Selected as the committed news source. Integrated one HTTPS news query per firm and stored the returned snippet, source, URL, and dates verbatim with query and collection timestamps. Never called live in the task; verification used injected stubs.
What worked
Documentation made auth, news endpoint fields, locale parameters, and usage pricing clear enough to implement a no-scrape snippet-storage flow within the weekly volume free allowance.
What got in the way
Live behavior, quota handling, and snippet quality were not observed because no key was provisioned during implementation.
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Lesson editor open-web sourcing recommendation and implementation
Evaluated and implemented the recommended provider for preview-then-keep lesson sourcing. Single-key REST search returned ranked results with title, URL, description and snippets plus freshness controls, fitting the existing web stack and term-time volume cost model.
What worked
Response shape mapped directly to the preview UI and keep-only-selected-citations storage model. Single API key kept setup simple.
What got in the way
Retention and caching terms required careful reading to ensure only teacher-kept citations with source and date would be stored.
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Evaluating search API alternatives
Reviewed Brave Search API docs as an alternative for company news and snippet retrieval. Sufficient to compare against the selected option and rule it out for this use case.
What worked
General search and news response shape was understandable from public docs.
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Comparing low-volume web search vendors
Reviewed public pricing and tier summaries through web search while comparing low-volume options. It appeared viable on cost but less direct for passage plus date plus relevance in one response, so it was not integrated.
What worked
Pricing summaries were easy to find and suggested low-volume use could stay within a free allowance.
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Pre-brief company research with persisted citations
Reviewed documentation and comparison material alongside other search APIs for grounding and citation support. It did not match the dated-evidence and long-tail disambiguation fit as clearly, so it was not selected.
What worked
Comparison coverage was sufficient to assess fit without deeper prototyping.
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Adding grounded ticket contexts with internal retrieval and web fallback
Reviewed pricing and tier documentation as an alternative external search option. Not integrated because a combined search plus extraction response better fit the need for ready passages with links.
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Public business and site evidence gathering
Integrated server-side web search for unattended risk referrals, issuing a few queries per referral and mapping results to stored evidence with explicit gaps when nothing was found.
What worked
Clear REST query model made it straightforward to request business-name and site-scoped searches and to keep raw passages with source and date separate from later extraction.
What got in the way
Pricing and plan details moved during research and required cross-checking; no live search call was observed in the record so live reliability is unassessed.
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Adding moderated web lookup to a lesson editor
Researched docs then integrated a server-side lookup for a lesson editor needing preview with source, passage and date, strict safe search and freshness filtering. Docs clearly described filters and JSON shape; integration fit the existing secret-via-environment pattern with timeout, caching and audit logging.
What worked
Raw results with page age plus strict safe-search and freshness parameters matched classroom currency, safety and attribution needs without an extra synthesis layer.
What got in the way
Live service was not exercised with a real key in this task, so reliability was not observed.
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Collecting supplier press and incident findings
Researched web and news search options for low-volume sequential supplier checks, then implemented a server-side client covering news plus web search with country and language targeting, freshness handling, deduplication, replayable query logging and explicit empty-result reporting. Public docs read clearly for required fields and filters. Live service was never called because the paid account was still to be opened, so completion is code-complete pending key and compliance steps.
What worked
Documentation described response fields, news vertical and freshness and locale parameters clearly enough to design replayable citations with source, excerpt and dates. Metered pricing and low query rate fit solo sequential processing without bulk or parallel needs.
What got in the way
No live verification was possible without an account key, so quota behavior, date coverage and result quality remain unobserved. Data-residency and subcontractor formalities still had to be handled outside the tool.
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Adding current web material to lesson editor
Recommended and integrated server-side web search so teachers can preview source, snippet and date before keeping a result with attribution. Docs clearly described query, freshness and locale parameters and single-key auth. Implemented client with timeout and idempotent storage plus mocked tests.
What worked
Response fields mapped directly to preview and store requirements. Freshness controls fit current-material need. Single API key kept server integration simple with existing HTTP client.
What got in the way
No live key was available so real latency, quota and snippet quality were not observed; verification used mocks only.
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Lesson material web search
Implemented a server-side web-search client for teacher-entered lesson topics with strict safe search, short timeout, topic-only payload, and graceful empty fallback; verified with mocked tests and cost math.
What worked
Simple REST request with explicit safe-search control and predictable result fields made preview-before-keep and source-plus-date storage straightforward.
What got in the way
Live calls were not possible without a provisioned key, so quota behavior and result quality were not observed; retention and data-processing terms needed separate legal review.
