Search and the command palette
Press Cmd-K or forward slash to open the command palette. It searches across cluster names, card contents, notes, documents and tags, and it also runs commands — create a cluster, share this one, open messages, toggle the theme, open trash, sign out. It is the fastest route to almost anything in the app.
⌘K, or / when you are not typing into something.
What it searches
Full content, not just names:
- Recents — what you have had open
- Clusters — by name
- Cards and notes — by content
- Tags
- Docs — by content
Results are grouped by kind, so a query matching a board and a passage inside a document shows you both, labelled.
What it does
The palette also runs commands. Type the verb rather than the noun:
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
| Create cluster | A new board |
| New note | A note on the current board |
| Go to Home | The relationship graph |
| Link a cluster onto canvas | Place a reference to another board |
| Open split view | Two boards side by side |
| Share this cluster | The share dialog |
| Messages | The messages drawer |
| Toggle theme | Light / dark |
| Toggle sidebar | |
| Open trash | Deleted clusters |
| Open settings | |
| Account and billing | Plans |
| Invite friends | Referrals |
| Sign out |
Pickers
The same interface is reused wherever the app needs you to choose something — a board to link, a destination to move to, a document to embed. If you know how to use ⌘K, you already know how to use those.
When to use something else
- Browsing one cluster's contents by type, size or date — list view
- Everything on a theme, across the workspace — tags
- Seeing how things relate rather than finding one — Home graph
- Inside one long document —
⌘Ffind and replace
Frequently asked questions
Does search look inside my notes and documents?
Yes. It searches full content, not just titles — cluster names, card contents, note text, document text and tags.
Can I run actions from it?
Yes. Type what you want to do rather than what you want to find. "share", "invite", "trash", "theme", "billing" all work.
Is there a shortcut other than Cmd-K?
Forward slash opens it too, when you are not typing into something.
Machine-readable: /docs/organize/search.md · /llms.txt