Use the BrainGPT Chrome extension to search ClickUp, the web, or files from your connected apps like GitHub, Google Drive, Sharepoint, and many more.
For example, you could search What is James working on? or Find me the Google Drive files related to release 2.1.3.
The BrainGPT Chrome extension is in beta. Pricing and packaging are subject to change.
Feature availability and limits vary by plan and user role. Learn more
Start a search
To start a search using the BrainGPT Chrome extension:
- In the upper-right corner of your tab, click the ClickUp Brain icon if the extension is pinned. Otherwise, click the puzzle icon and select ClickUp.
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In the lower-right corner of your tab, click the floating ClickUp Brain icon to open the BrainGPT sidebar. To start a new search, click the New Chat icon in the upper-left corner of the sidebar.
If you don't see the icon, ensure you have the Show on all domains or Show on this domain setting activated.
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Open a new browser tab.
The Brain Home Tab setting must be activated.
Upload images to your search
To upload an image to your search:
- Under the search bar, click the file icon.
- Select a file to add it to your draft.
Upload a screenshot
Need to ask BrainGPT about an image? Add a screenshot of your current tab to your search:
- In the BrainGPT sidebar's search bar, click the screenshot icon.
- A screenshot of your current tab will be added to your draft.
Mention assets in your search
To mention assets like tasks, Lists, Docs, and people in your search:
- In the search bar, type
@. - Type a name, keyword, or phrase from the asset. Results are automatically filtered.
- Click the asset.
- Add any additional context to your request.
- Press
Returnon Mac orEnteron PC.
Use tools in your search
When you're using Brain as your AI model, there are several tools you can utilize in your search:
- Web Search
- Deep Search
- Write my standup
- Generate an image
- Schedule a meeting
- Project update
- Summarize
Some of these tools are only accessible when you're starting a new search.
Change AI models
Search uses Brain by default, which includes ClickUp files, the web, and files from your connected apps.
You can change the AI model to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, but these models don't have access to your knowledge.
To change the AI model:
- Start a new search.
- Under the search bar, click Brain.
- Select a different large language model:
- ChatGPT:
- GPT-5
- GPT-5 Mini
- GPT-4.1
- Claude
- Claude Sonnet 4
- Claude Opus 4
- Gemini
- Gemini 2.5 Pro
- Gemini 2.5 Flash
- ChatGPT:
Choose where BrainGPT searches
When you're using Brain as your AI model, you can choose which knowledge it searches:
- Start a new search.
- Under the search bar, click Brain.
- Hover over Search, ask, create and click Edit.
- Uncheck any apps you don't want BrainGPT to search.
Search connected apps
By default, search includes results from all of your connected apps. If you have the Brain Home Tab setting activated, you can filter results to only one connected app.
To filter search results to one connected app:
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Open a new tab.
The Brain Home Tab setting must be activated.
- In the Apps section in the left sidebar, click the app. If you don't see the app, click Show all.
- Type your request in the search bar, or press your keyboard shortcut to use Talk to Text.
- Press
Returnon Mac orEnteron PC.