search

name	search
description	Search across all connected enterprise sources for relevant information
metadata	{"openclaw":{"tags":["enterprise-search","search","research"]}}

Enterprise Search

Search across all connected sources -- web, documents, email, and chat -- to find relevant information for a user query. This skill fans out across available data sources and returns a unified, deduplicated result set.

When to Use

Activate this skill when the user wants to:

• Find information across multiple work tools at once
• Search for a topic, person, project, or keyword across their organization
• Locate a document, email thread, or chat conversation they remember partially
• Answer a factual question that may be documented somewhere internally

Workflow

Step 1: Parse the search query

Extract the user's core search intent:

• Identify primary keywords and phrases
• Determine if the query targets a specific source type (docs only, email only) or all sources
• Note any time constraints (e.g., "from last week", "recent")
• Note any person or team filters (e.g., "from Alice", "in the engineering channel")

Step 2: Search web sources

Use capability_execute with the following parameters:

• capabilityId: research.web_search
• packId: enterprise-search
• args:
  • query: the user's search query, refined for web context
  • maxResults: 10
  • recency: time filter if the user specified one, otherwise omit

This step finds publicly available or web-indexed information relevant to the query. Skip this step if the user explicitly asked to search only internal sources.

Step 3: Search internal documents

Use capability_execute with the following parameters:

• capabilityId: docs.search_files
• packId: enterprise-search
• args:
  • query: the user's search query
  • maxResults: 15
  • fileTypes: filter by file type if the user specified one (e.g., "spreadsheets", "presentations")

This step searches the connected document store (Notion, Google Drive, Confluence, SharePoint) for matching files, pages, and documents.

Step 4: Search email

Use capability_execute with the following parameters:

• capabilityId: mail.read_inbox
• packId: enterprise-search
• args:
  • query: the user's search query
  • maxResults: 10
  • dateRange: time filter if specified, otherwise last 30 days
  • folder: "all" to search across all mail folders

This step searches the user's email for matching threads and messages.

Step 5: Search chat messages (if available)

Use capability_execute with the following parameters:

• capabilityId: chat.search_messages
• packId: enterprise-search
• args:
  • query: the user's search query
  • maxResults: 10
  • channels: specific channels if the user named them, otherwise search all accessible channels

This capability is optional. If it returns needs_setup, skip this step and note that chat search was not available.

Step 6: Deduplicate and rank results

Combine all results from the previous steps:

1. Remove exact duplicates (same URL or document ID appearing from multiple sources)
2. Group results by topic relevance
3. Rank by a combination of:
   • Recency (newer results rank higher for time-sensitive queries)
   • Source authority (internal docs rank higher than web results for internal topics)
   • Match quality (exact phrase matches rank higher than keyword matches)

Step 7: Present results

Output Format

Present results in this structure:

## Search Results: "{query}"

**Sources searched:** {list of sources that were queried}
**Results found:** {total count}

### Top Results

1. **{Title}** ({source type}: {source name})
   {2-3 sentence summary of the content and why it matches}
   Link: {url or path}
   Date: {date}

2. **{Title}** ({source type}: {source name})
   {2-3 sentence summary}
   Link: {url or path}
   Date: {date}

[... up to 10 top results ...]

### Additional Results by Source

**Documents ({count})**
- {title} - {brief description}
- ...

**Email ({count})**
- {subject} from {sender} on {date} - {brief description}
- ...

**Chat ({count})**
- {channel}: {message preview} by {author} on {date}
- ...

**Web ({count})**
- {title} - {brief description}
- ...

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*{Note any sources that were unavailable or returned errors}*

If no results are found across any source, suggest alternative search terms or ask the user to refine their query. If a capability returned needs_setup, tell the user which source is not connected and suggest running /connect_apps.