The web app is built around a conversation. You ask the agent for an audience in natural language, the results fill a table you can read and trust, and you can watch it show its work step by step. When you want more precise control, you switch to filters and combine them into one exact search. Natural language and filters are two ways to build the same list, and most people use both, so getting comfortable here is what makes everything else in Landbase feel easy.
The dashboard is your home base, and every session starts here. There is nothing to set up before you begin. Three areas do most of the work: chat, where you talk to the agent; the results table, where companies and contacts appear ready to sort, filter, and export; and Projects, where your saved work lives so you can reopen past lists. Your work saves automatically as you go.
Chat is a back-and-forth. You type a request in natural language, the agent builds a search and returns a structured list, and you refine by continuing the conversation. You do not have to get the perfect request on the first try.
Companies and contacts that match appear one per row, with columns for the details that matter. You can sort, add or remove columns, and reshape the list before you act. Rows the agent qualified include a short evidence note, and the data is drawn from Landbase’s built-in company and contact records, kept current on a regular refresh, with live information pulled from the web when a request needs it.
As the agent runs, it shows the steps it took: which capabilities it used and why. The steps are grouped into a section you can open to see exactly what each one did. It is a clear trail rather than a black box, and watching it is the fastest way to learn what the product can do.
When you want precise control, switch to structured filters. Every filter value is checked against Landbase’s built-in list of values, so a value like Software or 50 to 200 employees always means the same thing. You pick from known values instead of typing free text that can quietly miss records, and the result count updates as you add or change each filter, so you can see the effect of every choice.
Within a single filter, adding values broadens the list, since any of them can match. Across different filters, adding a category narrows the list, since a record has to satisfy all of them. Start with the broadest filter, add one category at a time, and stop once the list is focused enough to act on. If the count drops to almost nothing, remove the last filter or loosen a value.
Pick what your list should contain. Search Companies returns accounts only. Search Contacts returns people wherever they work. Build Audience returns the right people at the right companies in one step, and it is the one most people use most.
Some targeting is an idea rather than a stored value, asks for accounts like ones you already have, or needs a calculation across records. Those are the more advanced tools you will meet in The Ascent, so you do not need them yet.