Search & Views

Two ways to find what you wrote: search (typed query) and views (browsing layout). The web app gives you five view modes for the same vault. The macOS app focuses on full-text search and a fast file tree.

Search

Web app

Open the search panel from the sidebar or via the command palette (Cmd+K → Search vault).
Type any query. Results stream in as you type.
Search matches page titles, frontmatter values, and body content.
Click any result to open the page.

macOS app

Press Cmd+P to open the search palette, or use the search field in the sidebar.
The macOS app uses the same hybrid full-text search the API exposes via /vault/search.
Results show title, path, and a snippet showing the matching context.

Search via your AI

Any connected AI client can call mindwiki_search to query the vault. The MCP tool uses hybrid keyword + semantic search, so prompts like "find anything about onboarding metrics" return relevant pages even if those exact words don't appear. See MCP Tools.

Search via REST

bash

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $MINDWIKI_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.mindwiki.io/vault/search?q=onboarding"

Requires a key with read scope.

Views (web app)

The web app supports five view modes for browsing the same vault. Switch between them from the view picker or via the command palette.

View	Layout	Best for
Files	Folder tree on the left, editor on the right	Default editing workflow
Table	Spreadsheet of pages with sortable frontmatter columns	Reviewing many pages by `type`, `area`, `status`, or any custom property
Kanban	Pages grouped into columns by `area`	Project-style workflows where pages move between states
Calendar	Pages placed on a month grid by `created` or `updated`	Reviewing recent activity, planning
Cards	Grid of preview cards	Visual scanning of a folder or filter

All views show the same vault data — switching views never changes content, just the presentation.

Sorting and filtering in Table view

In Table view, every frontmatter field becomes a column. Click a column header to sort. Click any value to filter to that value. Standard sorts are by title, area, type, created, and updated.

Kanban grouping

Kanban view groups pages by their area frontmatter field. Pages without an area value go into an "Uncategorized" column. Drag-and-drop between columns will update the area field for that page.

Calendar bins

Calendar view bins pages by date. By default it uses updated from frontmatter, falling back to file modification time. Click any day to see pages from that day.

Macros worth knowing

Find a page fast. Cmd+K, then start typing the title — both clients show all matching page titles in the palette.
Quick filter by area. In Table view, click any area value to filter the whole vault to that area.
Browse by date. Calendar view shows everything you've worked on this week at a glance.
Find orphans. Vault Health (in the macOS Agents workspace) surfaces every page with zero inbound or outbound links. See Vault Health & Permissions.

Where to go next

Knowledge Graph — the visual view of links
Properties — what makes Table and Kanban useful
MCP Tools — mindwiki_search, mindwiki_similar, mindwiki_ask