Welcome to Magic Search v1 and thanks for joining the Alpha team! This guide walks you through accessing Magic Search, writing a prompt, tuning criteria, running the search, and reading results.
1) Open Magic Search
Click Magic Search in the left sidebar.
The Magic Search module opens with a prompt box at the top.
2) Describe what you want
In the prompt box, type what you’re looking for in plain English.
Example:
“Show me candidates located in Colombia who have worked in customer support.”
Press Enter. Atlas AI will parse your prompt and auto-create criteria chips (e.g., Location: Colombia, Experience: Customer Support).
3) Set importance per criterion
Click each criterion chip to set how important it is (e.g., Required, Beneficial, Nice-to-have, A small benefit, Remove).
Weighting helps rank and filter results to match your intent.
4) Choose a search mode
At the bottom of the module, pick a Search Mode.
Choose the one that best fits your task (e.g., strict vs. broader discovery).
You can check this guide here to see what each Mode does
5) Run the search
Click Run Search.
Atlas will begin fetching profiles in the background and testing each one against your criteria.
What you’ll see while it runs
Green = matches criteria and is kept.
Red = does not match and will be removed.
The prompt panel stays open so you can refine criteria on the fly if needed.
6) Review results
When the run completes, you’ll see:
A result count (e.g., “16 profiles”).
A match percentage per candidate indicating how closely they meet your weighted criteria.
A brief justification under each profile explaining why they matched.
7) Deep-dive on a candidate
Click a candidate’s name to open their profile.
At the top, open Magic Search Criteria to see:
A detailed, line-by-line justification of the match.
Highlighted sources showing where each data point came from (e.g., experience, education, notes).
Heads up: Magic Search is currently in Alpha with a limited testing group. If you’re in the Alpha and don’t see it yet, we’re rolling access out in batches-you’ll be added soon.