search

name	search
description	Use when user wants to search notes, find information, look up knowledge in their Zettelkasten. Triggers on "搜索", "查找", "找一下", "查一下", "搜一下", "帮我找", "有没有关于", "search notes", "look up", "find", "find related notes", "search knowledge base", "notes about".

JFox Knowledge Base Search

Search and retrieve notes from the Zettelkasten knowledge base.

Prerequisites

Knowledge base must be initialized (jfox init). If search index is stale, run jfox index rebuild first.

Search Strategy Selection

Choose the right search approach based on user intent:

User Intent	Strategy	Command
Exact keyword or term	Keyword (BM25)	jfox search "<keyword>" --mode keyword --format json
Concept or idea (fuzzy)	Hybrid (BM25+semantic)	jfox search "<concept>" --mode hybrid --format json
Pure semantic similarity	Semantic	jfox search "<idea>" --mode semantic --format json
Explore related topics	Graph traversal	jfox query "<topic>" --depth 2 --json
What links to note X	Backlinks	jfox refs --search "<title>" --format json
What should I link to	Link suggestions	jfox suggest-links "<content>" --format json

Default strategy: --mode hybrid (best balance of precision and recall).

Workflow

Single Search

jfox search "<query>" --mode hybrid --top 10 --format json

Parse the JSON output and present results as:

找到 N 条相关笔记：

1. [标题] (score: 0.85)
   类型: permanent | 标签: tag1, tag2
   摘要: 前100字...

2. [标题] (score: 0.72)
   ...

提示：使用 jfox show <note_id> 查看笔记完整内容。

Graph-Aware Search

For exploring connections around a topic:

jfox query "<topic>" --top 10 --depth 2 --json

This returns both search results AND their graph neighbors, giving a broader view of the knowledge landscape.

Backlink Discovery

To find what references a specific note:

jfox refs --search "<title>" --format json

Link Recommendations

To find notes that should be linked from given content:

jfox suggest-links "<content>" --top 10 --threshold 0.6 --format json

Default threshold is 0.6. Lower to 0.3-0.5 for broader suggestions, raise to 0.7-0.8 for stricter matching.

All Search Commands Reference

# Basic search
jfox search "<query>" --mode <hybrid|keyword|semantic> --top <N> --format json

# Filter by note type (fleeting|permanent)
jfox search "<query>" --type permanent --format json

# Graph query with traversal
jfox query "<query>" --top <N> --depth <D> --json

# Link suggestions
jfox suggest-links "<content>" --top <N> --threshold <T> --format json

# Backlinks/references
jfox refs --search "<title>" --format json
jfox refs --note "<note-id>" --format json

Multi-KB Search

All search commands support --kb <name> to target a specific knowledge base:

jfox search "<query>" --kb work --format json

Error Handling

• "Index not found": Run jfox index rebuild to build the search index.
• Empty results: Try broader query, switch mode to hybrid, or lower --threshold.
• Slow search: First search loads embedding model (30-60s). Subsequent searches are fast. 可通过 jfox daemon start 启动守护进程避免重复加载。