Search

Press ⌘⇧FCtrl+Shift+F or open Search in the sidebar. Type words to find them anywhere in the workspace. Results are lines, grouped by the page they belong to, up to 100 at a time, with the best text matches first. Open one in place, or aside with ⌘↵Ctrl+Enter so the search stays where it is. Add @page to get pages instead of lines.

A search can be a few words, like release notes, or a precise query, like @todo @overdue @Projects.Owner=@me. Words, #tags, @ filters for tasks, dates, people and properties, and AND, OR and NOT combine freely. The Query language reference lists every filter and operator, with dozens of examples.

Starter queries

@todo @me                              my open tasks
@overdue                               past their due date
@scheduled=@me @todo                   open tasks on my Journal
@todo and not @scheduled               not planned yet
#research @thismonth                   tagged lines with a date this month
@Projects.Status="In progress" @page   active projects

The same language everywhere

• View filters in a collection take a query; see Views.
• A query dragged onto a page becomes a live query block.
• A collection’s Related section runs a query for each page, with $currentpage as the context.
• The Tasks overview, the CLI’s search command and MCP’s search tool use it too.

Search Help in the command palette opens a summary of the syntax inside the app.