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Search

The search box sits in the title bar and is always available.

What is searched

Group	Default	With options
Active cards	Header fields and full body	—
Background cards (releases, archive, subfolders)	Header fields only	Full body, with Search background file bodies
Action definitions	Not searched	Label, description, and prompt text, with Search actions

Background cards are loaded after the board, so a large history costs nothing at startup and is still searchable once loaded.

Options

Open the dropdown next to the input for the toggles:

Toggle	Effect
RegExp mode	Treat the query as a regular expression instead of a plain substring. An invalid expression is reported rather than silently matching nothing.
Search background file bodies	Include the bodies of background cards.
Search actions	Include action definitions in the results.
Ask agent to build a RegExp	Turn a description like “cards mentioning a TODO from last year” into a regular expression. Needs an agent backend.

Plain-text search is case-insensitive. RegExp search is not, unless your expression says so.

Results

Results are grouped: active cards first, then background matches grouped by folder, then actions. Each hit shows the field it matched (body or a header field name) with surrounding context.

Selecting a result:

a card or file opens it in the current view;
an action opens the action popup in board view, or the action editor tab in list view.