Overview

Basic search

Nuclino offers several quick and easy ways to find what you need:

• To search the current workspace by item title, type your query in the search bar.

• To search everything, type your query in the search bar and press Enter.

• To search the currently open item, press Ctrl/Cmd + F.

AI-powered search: Ask Sidekick

Sidekick is your AI-powered teammate that can instantly answer any question based on your content in Nuclino. To ask Sidekick a question, open the search menu (click the icon next to the search bar) and select Ask Sidekick (AI). Or simply type your question in the search bar with a ? at the end and press Enter.

Advanced search

In addition to the basic search tools, you can take advantage of the advanced search and filtering options. To use search filters, type + in the search bar. Learn more:

• Find mentions

• Find internal links

• Find your open tasks

• Filter by field

• Filter by collection

Most popular searches

Team owners and admins can review the most popular search queries in the Insights section of their team settings.

To search the current workspace by item title

Typing in the search bar will instantly search the items in your current workspace by title. If you need to find an item in your currently open workspace and know its title (or a few keywords in it), this is the quickest way.

To search all content across all workspaces, use the full-text search (see below).

To use the full-text search

The full-text search allows you to search all items and their content. You can use the full-text search across all workspaces or limit it to the currently open workspace.

Across all workspaces

1. Type your query in the search bar.

2. Press Enter.

In the currently open workspace

1. Type your query in the search bar.

2. Press Enter.

3. Click on ALL WORKSPACES above the list of search results.

4. Select the workspace.

Once you find what you're looking for, you can hover over the item and click on Show in workspace to go to the exact location of the item in the workspace structure.

To search the currently open item

1. Press Ctrl/Cmd + F inside an item.

2. Type what you are looking for in the search bar that appears at the bottom of the item.

3. Press Enter to cycle through search results.

4. To close the search, press Escape or click on the x button on the search bar.

To use search filters

Search filters allow you to find items based on specific conditions, for example, items with specific fields, mentions, or internal links, items belonging to a collection, or items containing your open tasks. You can combine as many filters as you need.

1. Type + into the search bar or click on the search icon and select Add search filter.

2. Select the filter you need.

Learn more about the different ways to use search filters:

• Find mentions

• Find internal links

• Find your open tasks

• Filter by field

• Filter by collection

To view the most popular searches

Team insights help team owners and admins better understand how Nuclino is being used in their team. Among other metrics, you can review your team's top 10 most popular searches during the last 3 months.

1. Open your Team settings by opening the main menu in the top left corner of the app, clicking on your team name, and then choosing Team settings.

   

2. Go to the section Insights.

3. Click VIEW to the right of Most popular searches.