Searching Your Library
Searching in Oystack is more than typing keywords into a box. You can search by asking grounded questions, narrowing down a collection, and opening the source material behind an answer.
Search through chat
Chat is often the fastest way to search when you are looking for an answer, not just a filename.
- Ask a focused question in chat.
- Oystack can use your available source material to answer with grounded context.
- If the response cites a source, open the source reference to inspect the original passage.
Search inside a collection
Collections help when you want to narrow the search to one project or source set.
- Use a collection when you want fewer, more relevant materials in view.
- Search collection resources by title, author, venue, or file name.
- Use notes inside the same collection to keep findings close to the source set you searched.
Verify what you find
Searching is most useful when you can inspect the evidence behind the answer.
- Open a source reference to review the original document in context.
- Move into the reading workflow if a source needs a closer look.
- Pull the result into notes if it belongs in a draft or literature summary.
If a newly uploaded file is not showing up in the places you expect, give it a
moment to become ready for use first.
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