---
title: Search
category: concept
slug: search
summary: "Find any Droplet with the ⌘K palette. Free-text fuzzy match plus operators for owner, Space, tag, type, and date."
---
# Search

Find any Droplet with the ⌘K palette. Free-text fuzzy match plus operators for owner, Space, tag, type, and date.

Hit `⌘K` from anywhere in Drop and the header palette opens. Type a query — Drop matches against Droplet names, descriptions, and the extracted text content of every published version. The palette is the **single front door** for finding anything: Droplets, Spaces, tags, even People.

Results are typo-tolerant — `complience` finds `compliance` — and ranked by relevance. Exact name matches rank first, then partial matches, then body-content matches by similarity score.

## Free-text search

Type any keywords. The palette streams results as you type.

```text
quarterly roadmap
budget vs actuals 2026
that thing kai shipped
```

## Operators

Operators narrow the result set. Type them inline; the palette parses them as you go and the operator chip turns coral when it's been accepted.

| Operator | Example | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| `from:` | `from:kai@himarley.com onboarding` | Droplets owned by a specific person |
| `space:` | `space:platform releases` | Restrict to one Space |
| `tag:` | `tag:retro Q2` | Filter to a tag |
| `type:` | `type:skill brand` | One of `droplet`, `drop`, `skill` |
| `access:` | `access:everyone budget` | One of `private`, `everyone`, `specific`, `space` |
| `shared:` | `shared:me sprint` · `shared:dylan@himarley.com` · `shared:@engineering` | Droplets shared with a person or group. `me` = you; an email or name partial = a specific person; `@group-slug` = anyone in the group |
| `before:` | `before:2026-01 retros` | Created before this date |
| `after:` | `after:2026-04 retros` | Created after this date |
| `is:starred` | `is:starred` | Just the Droplets you've starred |
| `is:archived` | `is:archived old-tools` | Include archived results |

Operators stack. `from:jane@himarley.com space:platform tag:retro` returns Droplets owned by Jane in the platform Space tagged `retro`.

`from:` and `shared:` both accept a person or group: type the operator, then start typing a name and the palette suggests matching People and Groups. `from:me shared:dylan` is the canonical "find what I shared with Dylan" query.

## Where else search shows up

- **`⌘K` global palette** — every authenticated page. The same palette finds Docs concepts (this very page) under their own section.
- **The dedicated `/search` page** — opens when you press Enter from the palette or when you want a paginated full-results view with filter chips.
- **Inside the Drop Bar on a Droplet** — `⌘K` from `/view/{slug}` opens the same global palette (bridged across the iframe).

## Quick tips

- The palette remembers your last few queries (per-browser).
- Prefix a query with `>` to scope to **Spaces** instead of Droplets.
- Prefix with `#` to scope to **tags**.
- Prefix with `@` to scope to **people**.
- Inside an operator value (e.g. typing `from:dyl`): `Tab` adds the top suggestion as a chip — the autocomplete shortcut. `Enter` submits the search with whatever you've composed (chips + the partial). Arrow down to pick a non-top row, then `Enter` commits that row.

## What to read next

- **[Droplets](/docs/droplets)** — the things you're searching for
- **[Spaces](/docs/spaces)** — group results live inside Spaces
- **[User Groups](/docs/user-groups)** — `@group` mentions in access lists pair well with search