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Search across all walnuts -- decisions, people, files, references, insights, log history

alivecontext By alivecontext schedule Updated 4/10/2026

name: alive-search description: Search across all walnuts -- decisions, people, files, references, insights, log history version: 1.0.0 author: ALIVE Context System license: MIT toolsets:

  • terminal
  • file triggers:
  • "find"
  • "search for"
  • "where did"
  • "when did"
  • "who said" metadata: hermes: tags: [ALIVE, context, search]

Search World

Find something that exists somewhere in the world.

Search Priority

  1. Decisions -- search _kernel/log.md across all walnuts
  2. People -- search 02_Life/people/ walnut names and key.md
  3. Files -- search filenames and bundle manifests
  4. Insights -- search _kernel/insights.md across all walnuts
  5. Identities -- search _kernel/key.md across all walnuts

Method

Use terminal to search:

# Search logs
grep -rl "[query]" "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT"/*/_kernel/log.md "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT"/*/*/_kernel/log.md 2>/dev/null

# Search insights
grep -rl "[query]" "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT"/*/_kernel/insights.md "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT"/*/*/_kernel/insights.md 2>/dev/null

# Search people
grep -rl "[query]" "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT"/02_Life/people/*/_kernel/key.md 2>/dev/null

# Search bundle manifests
grep -rl "[query]" "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT"/*/context.manifest.yaml "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT"/*/*/context.manifest.yaml 2>/dev/null

Display Results

Found [N] matches for "[query]":

Logs:
  [walnut] -- [matching snippet with date]
  [walnut] -- [matching snippet with date]

People:
  [[person-name]] -- [role, last updated]

Insights:
  [walnut] -- [matching section]

Load any of these?
  1. [walnut name]
  2. [[person name]]
  3. Search again with different terms

Skip Archive

Exclude 01_Archive from results by default. Mention if matches exist there: "Also found in archive: [walnut]".

Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/alivecontext/alive --skill alive-search
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