glean-cli-search

Installation
SKILL.md

glean search

PREREQUISITE: Read ../glean-cli/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules.

Search for content in your Glean instance. Results are JSON.

glean search [flags]

Flags

Flag Type Default Description
--datasource []string Filter by datasource (repeatable)
--disable-query-autocorrect boolean false Disable automatic query corrections
--disable-spellcheck boolean false Disable spellcheck
--dry-run boolean false Print request body without sending
--facet-bucket-size integer 10 Maximum facet buckets per result
--fetch-all-datasource-counts boolean false Return counts for all datasources
--json string Complete JSON request body (overrides individual flags)
--max-snippet-size integer 0 Maximum snippet size in characters
--output json | ndjson | text json Output format
--page-size integer 10 Number of results per page
--query string Search query (positional arg) (required)
--query-overrides-facet-filters boolean false Allow query operators to override facet filters
--response-hints []string [RESULTS QUERY_METADATA] Response hints
--return-llm-content boolean false Return expanded LLM-friendly content
--tab []string Filter by result tab IDs (repeatable)
--timeout integer 30000 Request timeout in milliseconds
--type []string Filter by document type (repeatable)

Examples

glean search "vacation policy" | jq '.results[].document.title'
glean search --json '{"query":"Q1 reports","pageSize":5,"datasources":["confluence"]}' | jq .

Discovering Commands

# Show machine-readable schema for this command
glean schema search

# List all available commands
glean schema | jq '.commands'
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