vault-search

SkillSearch

Research topic by searching vault and synthesizing findings

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the vault-search skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by railly/agent-brain in .agents/skills/vault-search/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Research in vault: $ARGUMENTS

IMPORTANT: Be direct

  • Search vault with Grep, read notes, synthesize
  • This is vault-only search (not web)

Flow

  1. Keyword search (primary) Search across all vault folders using Grep with the topic keywords:

    • 01_Inbox/
    • 02_Journal/
    • 03_Garden/
    • 04_Projects/
    • 05_Areas/
    • 06_Content/
  2. Read top results thoroughly

    • Read matching files for full context
    • Deduplicate overlapping results
  3. Synthesize findings into summary

Output Format

# Vault Research: {topic}

## Matches
- [[note1]]: {key insight}
- [[note2]]: {key insight}

## Key Themes
1. **Theme 1**
   - Supporting: [[note1]], [[note2]]
   - Insight: {synthesis}

## Contradictions
- {where ideas conflict}

## Gaps
- What's missing in vault

## Connections
- Related: [[topic1]], [[topic2]]

## Next Steps
1. {specific action}

When to Use

  • /vault-search - search YOUR vault (what you already know)
  • /research - search the WEB (new information)

Signals

GitHub stars
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Forks
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Last commit
Jul 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
vault-search
Source
github.com/railly/agent-brain