Open Project Navigator to search the active project's documents. You can search filenames and paths, document content, related meaning, or tags.
Search from the folder tree
Open the folder tree's Search tab and enter at least two characters. Choose the modes you want to use:
- Keyword matches filenames and paths.
- Smart searches indexed content using words and related meaning.
- Tag matches a document tag exactly, without regard to capitalization.
You can enable more than one mode. Selecting a suggested tag below the search field searches for that tag.
Select a result to preview it, or double-click it to open the document. Its path helps you distinguish files with similar names. A Smart score indicates how well the result matched; it does not establish that the document is correct or complete.
The folder tree searches the project it is displaying. The All / Project switches for Recents and Shortcuts filter those lists; they do not make this a search of every project.
Search from Files
In Project Navigator's Files view, enter a question or phrase in Search project files... and press Enter.
This search combines matching words with related meaning from indexed document content. Results replace the folder listing. Press Escape or clear the field to return to browsing.
Files search and the folder tree's Search tab are separate controls. Use the folder tree's Keyword mode when you specifically want a filename or path match.
Find documents by tag
Select a tag in the folder tree's Tags section, or open Tags from the Files root view, to browse documents carrying that tag.
See Tags and Metadata for adding and removing tags.
Ask a connected AI client to search
With ThinkForge running and the client connected through MCP, ask it to find material in a named project. Ask for a search across all projects when you need a broader result.
A search can return an excerpt rather than the whole document. Ask the client to read the full document before relying on details that may be outside the excerpt.
For the available operations, see MCP Tools Reference.
Find Project Map nodes
A connected AI client can search the active Project Map by meaning or node title. Save the map after editing it so semantic search includes your latest changes.
Saved searchable map text includes node text and relationships. It does not include the contents of attached documents or private notes. Attachments can still guide the actions for which you have explicitly enabled them.
See Project Map.
When search misses a document
Check the active project, spelling, selected modes, and any filters. Keyword in the folder tree searches names and paths, so enable Smart or use Files search when the phrase appears only inside the document.
Confirm that the file type is searchable and allow indexing to finish after adding many files. See SK Memory for supported content and Embeddings when results by meaning are unavailable.