Search and navigation

Use this page to find chats, Minds and artifacts from one dialog, and to move around a long chat with the minimap, the message hierarchy and the scroll controls. To send messages and read answers, start with Ask a Mind.

Search chats, Minds and artifacts

  1. Press Ctrl+Shift+S, or click Search in the Minds navigation. The dialog opens over your work.
  2. Type in Search chats, minds, artifacts…. Results are grouped into three sections, each with a count: Minds, Chats and Artifacts.
  3. Move between results with ↑↓ and press Enter to open the highlighted one, or click it. Press Esc to close the dialog.

Before you type anything, the dialog offers two groups:

The search results cover:

The footer lists navigate, select and close with their keys: ↑↓, Enter and Esc. On a phone, these hints and the shortcut chips are hidden.

When a search finds nothing, the dialog reads No results found with Try different keywords. A section that finds nothing says so on its own: No minds found, No chats found or No artifacts found. If you have no chats yet, the recent list reads No conversations yet, and if it cannot load, it reads Failed to load conversations.

Move around a long chat

While an answer streams, new steps appear as cards and the chat follows them; see Tool cards and Tool History to open a step in full. The chat follows new content only while you stay near the bottom. Scroll up more than about 150 px from the bottom and it stops following, so you can read without the chat moving. Click Scroll down, or scroll back down, and it follows again.

Small controls float over the chat:

The minimap on the right edge shows one dot for each of your messages:

The minimap and the two transcript buttons are hidden on a phone; they need a desktop screen.

Read the message hierarchy

View message hierarchy opens the Message Hierarchy map of the chat. The header shows how many messages the map holds.

Questions, answered

How do I open search?

Press Ctrl+Shift+S, or click Search in the Minds navigation. See The Minds workspace.

What does the search dialog cover?

Minds, Chats and Artifacts. As you type, results are grouped into these three sections with counts. Recent chats are listed even before you type.

Why is Keyboard Shortcuts missing from the quick actions?

It is hidden on a phone, along with the shortcut chips and the keyboard hints. On a desktop screen, Keyboard Shortcuts (Ctrl+/) opens the list, which is also described in Chat commands, shortcuts and privacy.

What do the dots on the right edge of a chat mean?

They are the minimap. Each dot marks one of your messages. Hover a dot to see its action, Jump to branchpoint, Jump to swarm report or Jump to message, then click to jump there. Yellow dots are branchpoints.

Why did the chat stop following a new answer?

You scrolled more than about 150 px from the bottom, so the chat stopped following to let you read. Click Scroll down, or scroll back down, and it follows again.

How do I jump to a message on another branch?

Open View message hierarchy and click the message on the other path. The chat switches to that branch. To step between versions beside a message, see Message actions and editing.

Why can't I see the minimap on my phone?

The minimap and the small transcript buttons need a desktop screen, so they are hidden on a phone. The search dialog still opens there, as a bottom sheet.

Does the message hierarchy show messages that are not loaded in the chat?

Yes. The map covers the whole conversation, including messages that are not loaded yet, and jumping to one loads it.

Can I copy a message from the hierarchy?

Yes. Each message on the map has Copy message, which copies its text.

Search says "No results found". What now?

Your words did not match anything. Clear the search and try different keywords, or open a recent chat from the list instead.