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Your Builder has set up Bridges to surface signals across your territory - but if you’re looking for something specific that isn’t coming through your Feed, Explore lets you configure a search yourself and preview what Starbridge would find for you. You can describe what you’re looking for, refine the search criteria, and view matching signals, all without waiting for a Builder to set something up from scratch.

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Accessing Explore

In the left sidebar, click Signals, then select Explore.
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Describe what you're looking for

Start with a plain-language description of your ideal signal. The more specific, the better.
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A strong description includes:
  • Who you’re looking at: buyer type, geography, or size
  • What you’re looking for: a topic, keyword, product category, or signal type
  • Timeframe: e.g., “meetings in the last 3 months” or “RFPs due in the next 6 months”
  • What makes a strong result: e.g., “actively evaluating alternatives” or “budget already allocated”
Strong example: K–12 school districts in California serving more than 15,000 students discussing new math curriculum in the last 12 months, prioritizing districts evaluating vendors or forming pilot committees.
Prefer to set filters manually? Use the Set up search manually option on the same screen.
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Refine your search

After submitting your description, Starbridge generates a structured search with five components you can review and adjust.
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Buyer filters define who you’re searching over — buyers whose signals are eligible to appear. Filter by geography, buyer type, size, and other attributes; choose a pre-configured list or territory; or select individual buyers by name.
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Bridge filters narrow results by signal type specifics. For meetings: date range and meeting type. For RFPs: status and due date. For purchases: contract type, purchase type, and date ranges.
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Search phrases are the terms used to surface candidate signals. Add, edit, or remove phrases to match your intent — up to 30 total.
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Use Add similar search phrases to auto-generate variations, or hover over any phrase and click + to generate variations based on that specific phrase. Delete any auto-generated phrases that don’t fit your intent.
Match threshold sets the minimum score a signal must hit to appear in results. Scores run from 1 (barely relevant) to 5 (closely matches your criteria).
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Set your match threshold to 3 for balanced results.
Match score criteria define what counts as a strong result. Write plain statements under two headings: What makes a strong match and Red flags — penalize or exclude.
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Preview results

Starbridge shows a live preview of matching signals. Each result includes:
  • The signal — the meeting, RFP, or purchase that matched
  • A match score — how closely it aligns with your criteria
  • A match reasoning — why it received that score
  • A summarized relevance — plain-language explanation of why this signal matters (meetings only)
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Toggle the preview between All signals, Above threshold, and Below threshold to see what the score threshold is including and excluding. Use the threshold slider to adjust.
Seeing irrelevant results? Add a disqualifier to your match criteria or raise the score threshold. Missing expected signals? Add a search phrase, widen a buyer filter, or lower the threshold.
Anytime you change filters, phrases, or criteria, refresh the preview to see updated results.

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Turn your search into a Bridge

If you’re happy with your search and want ongoing updates, ask your Builder to turn it into a Bridge. Once active, it works like any other Bridge — automatically surfacing new matching signals in your Feed as they appear.

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