Anthropic has introduced Research, an agentic search capability that enables Claude to conduct multiple interconnected searches across internal work context and web sources. The tool operates by exploring different angles of questions automatically and working through open questions systematically to deliver comprehensive answers with verifiable citations in minutes.
Research transforms information gathering by building searches that connect to each other while determining investigation priorities autonomously. This approach eliminates manual research workflows and provides thorough responses suitable for multiple daily research tasks across professional environments.
Claude now integrates with Gmail and Calendar alongside existing Google Docs connectivity, providing deeper work context insight. The Google Workspace integration enables secure email searches, document reviews, and calendar commitment visibility without manual file uploads or repeated context provision. Users can access inline citations to verify source accuracy and ensure Claude operates from current information.
Enterprise administrators can activate Google Docs cataloguing to improve retrieval quality through specialised organisational document indexing. The cataloguing feature utilises secure retrieval augmented generation techniques to search across document ecosystems without requiring specific file identification. Enterprise-grade security maintains data control while enabling precise organisational knowledge access.
Research supports diverse business functions including, marketing through competitive intelligence gathering, sales through client meeting preparation through correspondence analysis, engineering through technical solution development with external API documentation, and comprehensive briefing document creation. The integration eliminates hours of manual information gathering, enabling strategic planning focus over data collection activities.
The agentic research approach accelerates decision-making processes by combining internal organisational knowledge with external web intelligence. Google Workspace integration reduces context-switching overhead while maintaining security protocols through enterprise-grade data protection. Organisations can leverage existing document investments through improved retrieval accuracy without infrastructure changes.