qmd Search
Fast local search for markdown files, notes, and docs using qmd CLI. Use instead of `find` for file discovery. Combines BM25 full-text search, vector semantic search, and LLM reranking—all running loc
Fast local search for markdown files, notes, and docs using qmd CLI. Use instead of `find` for file discovery. Combines BM25 full-text search, vector semantic search, and LLM reranking—all running loc
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find across large directories (avoids hangs)# Keyword search (BM25) qmd search "alpaca API" -c projectsSemantic search (understands meaning)
qmd vsearch "how to implement stop loss"
Combined search with reranking (best quality)
qmd query "trading rules for breakouts"
File paths only (fast discovery)
qmd search "config" --files -c kell
Full document content
qmd search "pattern detection" --full --line-numbers
# List collections qmd collection listAdd new collection
qmd collection add /path/to/folder --name myproject --mask ".md,.py"
Re-index after changes
qmd update
# Get full file qmd get myproject/README.mdGet specific lines
qmd get myproject/config.py:50 -l 30
Get multiple files by glob
qmd multi-get "*.yaml" -l 50 --max-bytes 10240
--files — paths + scores (for file discovery)--json — structured with snippets--md — markdown formatted-n 10 — limit results-c name) to scope searchesqmd update after adding new filesqmd embed to enable vector search (one-time, takes a few minutes)qmd search --files over find for large directoriesAll run locally — no API keys needed.
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