Global search

Global search is a single search box built into the web app that searches across everything you have access to — tasks, workspace memory, messages, comments, workspaces, and support documentation — all at once. Workspace resources (tasks, memory, messages, comments, workspaces) are filtered to the workspaces you are a member of, so you do not need to navigate into a specific workspace before searching. Support articles are global help articles: they surface regardless of which workspace is active.

Where the search box lives

On desktop, the search box sits in the top bar at the top of every page. On mobile, the top bar shows a search (magnifying-glass) icon — tap it to open a full-screen search overlay; type your query there and tap Cancel to close it.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	What it does
⌘K / Ctrl-K	Focus the search box from anywhere in the app — even if your cursor is already in a text field
/	Focus the search box (see note below)
↑ ↓ arrow keys	Move between results
Enter	Open the highlighted result
Escape	Close the search panel

/ works on most pages, but has two exceptions:

• If your cursor is already in a text field, / types a slash as normal — it does not focus the search box.
• On pages with their own filter search box — such as Tasks, Workspace memory, and Messages — / focuses that page’s filter instead. Use ⌘K / Ctrl-K to reach global search from there; unlike /, it always focuses global search no matter where your cursor is.

Searching

Type at least two characters to start a search. Results appear in a dropdown grouped by resource type:

• Tasks — tasks in your workspaces
• Memory — workspace memory entries
• Messages — direct messages
• Comments — task comments
• Workspaces — workspaces you belong to
• Support docs — global help articles; these are not workspace-scoped and appear regardless of which workspace is active

Each result shows the item’s title and a short excerpt with your search terms highlighted. Workspace results also show the name of the workspace they belong to; support articles do not, as they are not attached to any specific workspace. Click any result — or press Enter on the highlighted one — to navigate straight to that item.

To narrow results to a single type, click one of the filter chips at the top of the dropdown: All, Tasks, Memory, Messages, Comments, Workspaces, or Support docs. The chip selection applies immediately without re-running the search.

Recently accessed

When the search box is open and you have not typed anything yet, it shows a Recently accessed list. This is a quick way to jump back to items you visited recently without needing to type a query.

What global search does not do

Global search is not the same as the Tasks page filter. The filter on the Tasks page narrows the task list you are currently viewing — it does not reach across workspaces or search messages, memory, or comments. For task-list filtering options, see Finding and tracking your work.

A page filter is also part of that page’s own web address, so it’s a link you can bookmark or send to someone; a global search query is not — see Sharing a view with a link.

Global search is available in the web app only.

Related guides

• Finding and tracking your work — dashboard, filters, and activity feed