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Graph Core provides a spotlight-style search for quick navigation and node operations.

Press Cmd/Ctrl + K to open the spotlight search from anywhere in the application.

Search Modes

The search operates in three modes:

Normal Mode

The default mode for finding and navigating to nodes.

  • Type to search node titles and notes
  • Press Enter to navigate to the selected result
  • Results show breadcrumb paths for context

Create relationships between nodes.

  1. Select a node in the app
  2. Open search with Cmd/Ctrl + K
  3. Search for the target node
  4. Select to create a link

Move Mode

Relocate nodes to new parents.

  1. Right-click a node and select "Move to..."
  2. Search opens in Move mode
  3. Select the new parent node
  4. Node is moved to the new location

The top level is not a node, so it cannot be found by searching. Move mode therefore offers a Root destination as its first result: it is listed while the search box is empty, and stays listed while what you type is still a prefix of "root". Selecting it clears the node's parent, the same operation as the detail panel's "Move to Root" button.

Search Filters

Type Filter

Filter results by node type:

  • Click the type dropdown in the search bar
  • Select one or more types to filter
  • Clear to show all types

Workspace Filter

Search is scoped to the current workspace by default. Results from other workspaces are not shown.

Hide Completed

Toggle to exclude completed tasks and projects from results.

Search Syntax

Type any text to search titles and note content:

meeting notes

Prefix with # to search by tag:

#urgent

Keyboard Navigation

Key Action
Arrow Up Select previous result
Arrow Down Select next result
Enter Navigate to selected result
Escape Close search

Results

Ranking

Results are ordered by how well the query matches the node title, because the node a query names is almost always wanted ahead of the notes that merely mention it. Searching for a person returns that person's node before the meeting notes they appear in.

Four tiers, in order:

  1. The title equals the query.
  2. The title starts with the query.
  3. The title contains the query.
  4. Only the notes match.

Within a tier, the most recently updated node comes first. Ranking is applied in the database query, so it holds across pages rather than only reordering the page you are looking at.

Pagination

Results are paginated with 50 items per page. Click "Load More" to fetch additional results.

Each result shows its ancestry path, helping identify the correct node when multiple have similar names.

Result Actions

From search results you can:

  • Navigate to the node (Enter or click)
  • View the node's location in the hierarchy via breadcrumbs

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