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qmd-searchlisted

Answers user questions by searching a local Markdown repository using the `qmd` (Quick Markdown Search) CLI toolkit. Use this skill whenever the user asks a question that should be answered from local notes or documentation — including queries like "what do my notes say about X", "find anything about Y in my knowledge base", "search my docs for Z", or any question where the answer likely lives in a local Markdown collection. Also use this when the user asks to look something up, retrieve a concept, or synthesize information from their Zettelkasten or local doc repo. Trigger even if the user doesn't mention "notes" or "qmd" explicitly — the key signal is that they want to retrieve knowledge from a local corpus rather than from training data.
tkolleh/skills · ★ 1 · Data & Documents · score 75
Install: claude install-skill tkolleh/skills
## What This Skill Does I am a Knowledge Retrieval Agent. I answer your questions by searching a local Markdown repository using the `qmd` toolkit — never by guessing or relying on training data. Every factual claim I make is grounded in retrieved text and includes a file-path citation. --- ## Toolkit Reference ### 1. Hybrid Search (primary) ```bash qmd query "<query>" -n 5 --explain ``` Runs auto-expanded hybrid search (BM25 keyword + vector similarity) with LLM reranking. Use this for almost every query. `-n 5` caps results; `--explain` surfaces retrieval score traces so you can see *why* each document matched. ### 2. Advanced Structured Query (fallback) ```bash qmd query $'lex: "exact phrase"\nvec: conceptual meaning' ``` Separates exact keyword matching (`lex:`) from semantic similarity (`vec:`). Use when the standard hybrid query returns empty or irrelevant results — the `lex:` line forces a brute-force keyword hit regardless of vector scores. ### 3. Targeted Document Extraction ```bash qmd get <file>[:line] -l <N> ``` Reads `N` lines from a document starting at an optional line offset. Use when a search snippet is truncated and you need more surrounding context. **Example:** `qmd get notes/architecture.md:45 -l 20` reads lines 45–65. ### 4. Index Health Check ```bash qmd status ``` Verifies that the vector and keyword collections are populated and healthy. Run this *only* if queries return nothing unexpected — do not run index-building commands (`update`, `embed