> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.miraday.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Refining Your Search

> Sharpen your candidate pool by talking to Mira: ask for more, adjust criteria, or change direction in the same conversation. Then export the candidates you want.

A first search gets you a strong starting pool, rarely the final one. The fastest way to sharpen it is to keep talking to Mira in the same conversation, the way a recruiter recalibrates the profile after seeing the first batch or hearing feedback from the hiring manager or client.

## Refine by conversation

![Refining a search in the conversation: asking Mira to widen the location, and the Ideal Candidate Profile updating to match](https://mintcdn.com/forward-ai-labs/If_K_8Hs5y-s1pix/docs/refining-search.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=If_K_8Hs5y-s1pix\&q=85\&s=20ce07c7a959c385980cb3a3dbb28bd5)

After a pool comes back, tell Mira what to change. Each follow-up continues the same channel and adjusts the search.

| To do this | Say something like |
| - | - |
| **Get more candidates** | "Find me 10 more" or "Keep searching" |
| **Adjust criteria** | "Focus on candidates with more startup experience" |
| **Change location** | "Only London, not remote" or "Include Amsterdam too" |
| **Broaden the search** | "Also include mid-level candidates" |
| **Narrow the search** | "Only people currently at high-growth startups" |

You don't start over. Mira keeps the context of the search and applies your change on top of it.

To change specific criteria yourself, expand the **Ideal Candidate Profile** bar at the top of the results panel, edit the rows, and click **Search**. Mira starts a new round with the updated profile. If a search is still running, you can **Wait** for it or **Start new search**. If the profile gets updated in the conversation before you send your edits, those unsent edits are discarded. See [Must-haves & Dealbreakers](https://docs.miraday.ai/en/docs/sourcing/search-filters-and-criteria.md).

## Choosing how many

Mira returns 40 candidates by default. To change that, say a number when you describe the role ("find me 50 ML engineers"), or ask for more at any point in the conversation.

## Start a new search

For a different role, click **New channel** in the sidebar. Each conversation is saved there as a channel, so you can jump back to any earlier search and pick up where you left off.

## Export and share

Once the pool looks right, click **Download profiles** at the top of the results panel for an Excel (.xlsx) file, or tick candidates and click **Bulk download** to export just those. For what the file contains and how to share it, see [Export & Share](https://docs.miraday.ai/en/docs/get-started/export-and-share.md).

## What's next

* [Inside a Candidate Profile](https://docs.miraday.ai/en/docs/sourcing/candidate-profile.md): how to read the candidates you get back.
* [Export & Share](https://docs.miraday.ai/en/docs/get-started/export-and-share.md): reveal contacts and export the pool.
* [Agent Team](https://docs.miraday.ai/en/docs/meet-mira/agent-teams.md): put a team on a hard or long-running search.


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