# Integrating Your Search Bar with Direqt

You might already have a search bar on your site, or maybe you'd like to build a custom one for use with AI Search. Direqt can integrate with any search bar.

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Add the CSS class below to your existing search input to integrate it with Direqt. 

```css
direqt-search-input
```

For example:

| Existing                                   | New                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `<input type="text" placeholder="Search">` | `<input type="text" placeholder="Search" class="direqt-search-input">` |

{% hint style="success" %}
Your search bar placeholder text should now read "Ask \[Site Name]".  You can customize this text on the **Style** page of the dashboard.
{% endhint %}

Direqt will automatically detect this class and respond to all inputs from your search bar.


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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.direqt-search.com/search-bars/integrating-your-search-bar-with-direqt.md?ask=<question>
```

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.