jfox-search

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jfox-search

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Search and retrieve notes from a Zettelkasten knowledge base. Use when user wants to search notes, find information, look up knowledge, query the knowledge graph, find related notes, discover backlinks, or get link suggestions. 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", "query knowledge graph", "backlinks", "suggest links".

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

Match search approach to user intent:

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

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

Workflow

Single Search

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

Parse JSON output and present 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

Returns both search results AND their graph neighbors for broader knowledge landscape view.

Backlink Discovery

Find what references a specific note:

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

Link Recommendations

Find notes that should be linked from given content:

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

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

Full Command Reference

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

# Filter by note type
jfox search "<query>" --type permanent --json

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

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

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

Multi-KB Search

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

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

Error Handling

• "Index not found": Run jfox index rebuild
• Empty results: Try broader query, switch to hybrid mode, or lower --threshold
• Slow search: First search loads embedding model (30-60s). Subsequent searches are fast. Use jfox daemon start to avoid repeated loading.