> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.catchthegoodones.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Setting Up Filters

> How to configure your saved searches to find the right people

# Setting Up Filters

Filters determine which people Catch The Good Ones surfaces as your "people of interest". You configure them as saved searches on the **Search** page.

## Where to find filters

Go to the **Search** page in the sidebar. Here you can create saved searches that define your filter criteria. Each saved search can be assigned to one or more tracked accounts.

## Creating a saved search

You can create a saved search in two ways:

1. **AI-assisted** - Type a plain English description of who you are looking for (see [Using AI to Describe Your Audience](/help/ai-describe-filters))
2. **Manual** - Use the inline edit panel on any search entry to select values across filter dimensions using type-and-search multi-select

## Filter dimensions

Filter dimensions include gender, follower tier, and customisable AI-powered categories. Categories are dynamic - new ones can be suggested by users and added without code deployment. The available dimensions are pulled from the database and update automatically when new categories are approved.

### How it works

* Select the values you want within each dimension
* A person must match at least one selected value in each active dimension to appear as a person of interest
* Classification uses a soft gate - profiles are excluded only on explicit contradictory evidence, not absence of signal
* Candidates receive a match confidence of `"high"` (high fit lead - all dimensions confirmed) or `"medium"` (medium fit lead - partial evidence)

### Suggesting new terms

If a filter dimension is missing a term you need, you can suggest it from the inline edit panel. You can also suggest entirely new filter categories (e.g. ethnicity, nationality). Suggestions are reviewed and can be approved without code deployment.

## Filters must be set before syncing

If you have no saved searches, syncs will not run. Create at least one saved search before your first sync.

## Assigning searches to accounts

Each tracked account can be assigned a different saved search. On the **X** page, each account shows its assigned search and a "Specify search" button that links to the Search page. The first saved search you create becomes the default for all accounts.

## Re-evaluating existing data

When you create or edit a saved search, you can use the **Explore** feature (Telescope icon) to re-run your filters against already-synced followers and likers without using external API credits or waiting for the next sync. See [Explore](/help/ai-describe-filters) for details.