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title: Research Workspace
description: Organization-scoped research tools, their provider requirements, and current limits.
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updated: "2026-11-13"
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# Research Workspace (/docs/user-guide/research)

## Availability [#availability]

**Research** is an organization-scoped workspace. It does not require a brand, although a Research Project can optionally be linked to one. Open the organization's **Research** section to access projects and the research tools.

Most provider-backed tools require DataForSEO to be configured for the deployment and use the organization's provider-call quota. Results can be cached, estimated, partial, or unavailable depending on the provider response. Read the provenance shown with each result before treating a number as measured.

## Research Projects [#research-projects]

A **Research Project** is the organization-owned scope for saved keywords, rank snapshots, Local Grid runs, and Research Agent runs. Create a project before using tools that persist or organize research.

Projects support an optional brand link. Brand Context is useful when the research should be associated with an existing brand, but the organization's research data does not depend on a brand.

## Available Tools [#available-tools]

| Tool | What It Does |
| --- | --- |
| Keyword Research | Finds keyword ideas and demand estimates and can save keywords to a Research Project. |
| Saved Keywords | Lists the keywords saved in a project. |
| Rank Tracking | Records measured Google ranking snapshots for saved keywords. |
| SERP Research | Shows provider-estimated Google results for a query. |
| Domain Overview | Summarizes provider-estimated ranked-keyword data for a domain. |
| Competitor Keyword Gap | Compares ranked-keyword coverage between a target domain and up to four competitors. Choose Top N 10, 20, 50, or 100 and export the results as CSV. |
| Backlinks | Shows provider-estimated backlink data for a domain. |
| Page Audit | Runs a point-in-time audit of one page. |
| Site Crawl | Crawls a bounded sample of up to 25 URLs to a depth of two with up to 40 requests. This is not a full-site audit, and crawl history is not stored. |
| Local Grid | Samples Google Maps listings at coordinates around a center point. It shows provider, observed time, listing count, errors, coverage, and provider-call cost; it does not derive a ranking or visibility score. |
| Research Agent | Turns a natural-language objective into a bounded report or PRD with an evidence ledger. |

Provider-backed results are not a complete index of every keyword, ranking, or backlink. Treat unavailable data and partial runs as unknown rather than as proof that an opportunity does not exist.

## Current Limits [#current-limits]

Clusters and Content Briefs are not currently available in the Research workspace. They are not exposed as user routes or saved research artifacts in this release. Alerts use Rank Tracking position snapshots only; Local Grid listing evidence does not feed a visibility or citation alert.

The Research Agent and Local Grid are **Beta** capabilities. The Research Agent uses DataForSEO keyword suggestions and Google SERP rankings, is capped at eight paid provider calls, and does not crawl arbitrary sites, run backlinks or full site audits, publish content, send outreach, or make purchases. Local Grid uses DataForSEO Google Maps results and reports only the listings returned for each requested coordinate; it is not a rank grid unless a separate producer supplies a rank.

For the Research Agent workflow, see [Research Agent](/docs/user-guide/research-agent).