AI Search lets you type what you're looking for in plain language and get matching DJs back.

## Opening it

**AI Search** in the menu under **Hire a DJ**.

## How to use it

Type a description and select **Search**. For example:

> Find an energetic DJ in New Jersey who plays Pop and Country and uses a fog machine

The more specific you are, the better it works. Things worth including:

- **Where** your event is
- **What kind** of event
- **Genres** you want
- **Minimum rating**
- **Maximum rate** per hour
- **Extras** you need

## Writing a good one

**Bad:** *good wedding DJ*

**Better:** *wedding DJ near Bristol who plays soul and Motown, does MC work, and is under £150 an hour*

The second gives location, occasion, genres, an extra, and a budget. It's the same information you'd put into filters, in one sentence.

## The other modes

The same dialog has tabs for searching **by Location**, **by Occasion**, **by Genres**, **by Budget**, and **by Extras** if you'd rather pick from lists.

## When AI Search is the better tool

**When you don't know the filter vocabulary.** Describing "upbeat but not clubby" is easier than working out which of twenty-six genres that maps to.

**When you're combining several things.** One sentence beats setting six filters.

**When you're exploring.** It's forgiving about vagueness in a way filters aren't.

## When regular search is better

**When you know exactly what you want.** Filters are precise and repeatable.

**When you want to adjust as you go.** Toggling one filter and seeing the results change is faster than rewriting a sentence.

**When you want to share the search.** Filtered searches have a **Share this search** link.

## What happens next

Results land on the normal search page, so you can refine with the sidebar filters from there.

## No account needed

AI Search, like the rest of browsing, is free and open. See [Browsing vs Booking: When You Need an Account](/hc/clients/articles/1786146087-browsing-vs-booking-when-you-need-an-account).