Foundations
Search
Search is the fastest way back. It finds any entity across all your Spaces and Groups — by title, content, type, or context. No more drilling through folders or remembering where you saved something. Just search, and it's there.
Open search from anywhere#
Press Cmd K (or Ctrl K on Windows/Linux) from any Window, Space, or App. You can also click the search bar in the top chrome.
Results appear instantly as you type, ranked by:
- Recency — what you've touched lately
- Relevance — how well the content matches
- Context — your current Space, open Windows, and recent activity
What's searchable#
Everything indexed in your Dataspace is searchable: docs, notes, pages, tasks, mail, contacts, sheets, files, PDFs, and more. River extracts the full text of imports (PDFs, transcripts, attachments) and indexes that too.
You can also search Apps, Agents, Workflows, and Skills by name — Cmd K is the fastest way to open a tool you use often.
Filter and refine#
Once you have a result list, narrow it with:
- Type filters —
type:doc,type:task,type:email - Group filters — search within a single Group or project
- Time filters — "this week," "last month"
- Owner / collaborator — who created or edited it
- Status — for entities with state, like Tasks
You can save common search patterns as Smart Folders — a saved query that always shows the latest matching entities.
Ask, don't search#
For anything more complex than a keyword, just ask River AI. SpaceChat understands questions like:
- "find the latest investor update from last quarter"
- "show me PRDs from Q1 that mention fraud signals"
- "what did Diego say about the launch in Slack last week?"
The AI runs structured search behind the scenes and returns entities you can open, edit, or act on.
Tips#
- Cmd K is muscle memory. It works from inside any App, including the AI sidebar.
- Type a few characters of an entity name plus a Tab to filter by type.
- Use search to navigate, not just find — it's faster than the sidebar for almost everything.