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Standard or MAX

How the assistant searches for information in your documents in Standard or MAX mode, and which one to choose for your workspace.

  • Updated October 19, 2026
  • From the video lesson
  • 2 min read
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Summary

When you create a workspace, you choose how the assistant will search for information in your documents: in Standard or MAX mode. Standard uses a fast hybrid search: it finds the most relevant passages of the documents and answers right away.

MAX, instead, reads every document and builds a knowledge wiki, with pages dedicated to topics, people and concepts, linked to one another. In the panel of a MAX workspace you also find the Grafo della conoscenza, with the wiki pages and the links between them.

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Key points

  • Standard is ready in a few moments and is the recommended choice for most workspaces.
  • With MAX processing takes longer, up to five minutes for the longest files, but the answers are more complete.
  • On the home page, MAX workspaces are recognisable by the badge on their card.
  • In the graph you can search for a page, filter by type and zoom the map.
  • The mode is chosen when you create the workspace and cannot be changed later: if in doubt, start with Standard.

Transcript

This lesson is recorded in Italian and its video is on the Italian page. This is the English translation of the narration.

Transcript

When you create a workspace, you choose how the assistant will search for information in your documents: in Standard or MAX mode.

Standard uses a fast hybrid search: it finds the most relevant passages of the documents and answers right away. It is ready in a few moments, and it is the recommended choice for most workspaces.

MAX, instead, reads every document and builds a knowledge wiki, with pages dedicated to topics, people and concepts, linked to one another. Processing takes longer, up to five minutes for the longest files, but the answers are more complete, especially for complex questions, or comparisons across several documents.

On the home page, MAX workspaces are recognisable by the badge on their card. When you open one, in the panel you also find the Grafo della conoscenza. Here you see the wiki pages and the links between them. You can search for a page, filter by type and zoom the map.

Remember: the mode is chosen when you create the workspace, and it cannot be changed later. If in doubt, start with Standard.

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