Global Search
The global search palette is one overlay that searches across everything Kangentic knows about - tasks, backlog items, session events, and projects - without leaving the board.
Opening the Palette
Section titled “Opening the Palette”| Shortcut | Where it works |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+F / Cmd+Shift+F | Anywhere in the app |
| Ctrl+F / Cmd+F | Anywhere except inside a focused text field (the field’s native find takes precedence) |
| ⌘ icon in the title bar | Click to open |
Press Escape to close.
What It Searches
Section titled “What It Searches”| Source | Match against |
|---|---|
| Tasks (active and archived) | Title and description |
| Backlog items | Title and description |
| Session events | Tool calls, agent activity, and user prompts from each session’s events.jsonl |
| Projects | Name and path of every registered project |
Results are grouped by kind with keyboard navigation (arrow keys to move, Enter to open).
The default scope is the current project. Toggle to All projects to widen the search across every registered project. The “All projects” mode is what makes the palette especially useful for cross-cutting work - e.g., finding every task that mentions a particular file across multiple repos you’re juggling.
Selecting a Result
Section titled “Selecting a Result”Each kind opens to the most useful surface:
| Hit | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Task | Opens the task detail dialog. Switches projects first if needed |
| Backlog item | Switches to the backlog view in the owning project and opens the item’s edit dialog |
| Session event | Switches to the right project and task, then scrolls the Activity Log to the matched event with a brief highlight |
| Project | Switches to that project |
Filter Popover (Board)
Section titled “Filter Popover (Board)”The palette is for cross-cutting search. For label and priority filtering on the current board only, use the filter icon at the top right of the board - see Agent Orchestration > Board Search and Filtering.
MCP Tool
Section titled “MCP Tool”Agents can perform the same unified search via the kangentic_search_everything MCP tool. See Agent Orchestration > Available MCP tools.
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”See also:
- Creating Tasks - the work that ends up in search results
- Backlog - palette searches both tasks and backlog items
- Shortcuts - palette-style command launcher