Search Dinox Notes

The user wants to search their Dinox notes. Use the dino CLI to find notes.

Instructions

1. Run dino note search with the user's query using --json for structured output
2. Present the results in a clear, readable format (title, summary, date, tags)
3. If the user wants to see a specific note's full content, use dino note detail <id>

Search Command

dino note search "$ARGUMENTS" --json

Available Filters

Combine these based on what the user asks for:

• Keyword: dino note search "keyword" --json
• By tags: dino note search --tags "(tag1 OR tag2) AND NOT archived" --json
• By date range: dino note search --from 2024-01-01 --to 2024-12-31 --json
• Recent N days: dino note search --days 7 --json
• By card box: dino note search --box "Inbox" --json
• By SQL expression: dino note search --sql 'type = "crawl" AND zettel_boxes IN ("Inbox","Project")' --json
• Include deleted: dino note search --include-deleted --json
• Combined: dino note search "keyword" --tags "work" --box "Inbox" --days 30 --json

Presenting Results

• Show results as a numbered list with title, summary (truncated), and date
• If no results found, suggest broadening the search or trying different keywords
• Offer to show full details of any note the user is interested in
• If the user selects a note, run dino note detail <id> --json to show the full content

Tag Expression Syntax

Tag filters support boolean logic:

• work — notes tagged "work"
• work AND life — notes with both tags
• work OR life — notes with either tag
• NOT archived — notes without "archived" tag
• (work OR life) AND NOT archived — combined expression

SQL Expression Syntax (--sql)

The --sql option accepts SQL-like WHERE conditions over these fields: id, content_md, summary, tags, zettel_boxes, created_at, type

Supported operators: =, !=, >, >=, <, <=, LIKE, NOT LIKE, IN, NOT IN, AND, OR, NOT

Examples:

• --sql 'type = "crawl"'
• --sql 'type = "crawl" AND zettel_boxes IN ("Inbox","Project")'
• --sql 'created_at >= "2026-01-01" AND summary LIKE "%AI%"'

Note: zettel_boxes values are matched by box name and auto-resolved to IDs. Only read-only conditions are allowed (no INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE).

Error Handling

• If dino is not found, tell the user to install dinox-cli: npm install -g @dinoxx/dinox-cli
• If auth error occurs, suggest running dino auth login "Bearer <token>"
• If sync times out, results may be stale — inform the user