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diff --git a/third_party/rust/suggest/README.md b/third_party/rust/suggest/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..74716d2ebb --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/rust/suggest/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# Suggest + +The **Suggest Rust component** powers the [Firefox Suggest](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-suggest-faq) feature. + +This component currently supports the basic Suggest experience only. The basic experience shows suggestions for sponsored and web content from a canned dataset. The component downloads the dataset from [Remote Settings](https://remote-settings.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), stores the suggestions in a local database, and makes them available to the Firefox address bar. Because matching is done locally, Mozilla never sees the user's query. + +The opt-in "Improved Firefox Suggest Experience", which sends user queries to a [Mozilla-owned proxy server](https://mozilla-services.github.io/merino/intro.html) for server-side matching, is not currently supported. |