# Search
With Ideogram, you can search for your own images or publicly available creations generated by other users. Use keywords that would typically appear in the image prompts.
Users with a paid subscription can search across all publicly available images on the platform, while Free Plan users can search only within their own creations.
## Search in the Home Page
To perform a search, select the **Search** icon located at the top-left of the [Image Gallery](https://docs.ideogram.ai/using-ideogram/ui-overview/ui-components/image-gallery).
1. Select the **Search** icon to open the search box.
2. Type your keywords, then press **Enter** or **Return** to start the search.
Search box on the Home page.
Search box on the Creations page.
Matching images appear directly in the Image Gallery below the Search box.
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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation
If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.
Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:
```
GET https://docs.ideogram.ai/using-ideogram/features-and-tools/search.md?ask=
```
The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.
Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.
