> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.codefordemocracy.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.codefordemocracy.org/tools/recipes.md).

# Recipes

The [Create a Query](https://tools.codefordemocracy.org/create/query/) workflow uses a variety of recipes to help you create bulk searches on our datasets. Recipes are grouped by tab into the following categories:

* **Campaign Finance** — These recipes search contributions and expenditures from the FEC bulk data and contributions from the House and Senate lobbying disclosures.
* **Lobbying Disclosures** — These recipes search the House and Senate lobbying disclosures.
* **Tax Documents** — These recipes search the IRS 990, IRS 990EZ, and IRS 990PF filings. 
* **Political Ads & Narratives** — These recipes search Facebook's political ad library and front-page stories from over 3000 news sources.

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