Search
Find captures by what you remember, then narrow results by site, tag, or date.
Press ⌥⇧Space to open Capd’s keyboard-first search window. Search starts as you type; press the shortcut again or Escape to close it.
Capd searches titles, websites, notes, selections, readable page content, and
text recognized inside images. Title and website matches rank highest. The last
word is treated as a prefix, so concur can find concurrency.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ | Move through results |
| ⇥ / ⇧⇥ | Cycle forward or backward through tag filters |
| ↩ | Open a link or image; copy a text capture |
| ⌘↩ | Copy the URL or captured text |
| ⌘⇧⌫ | Delete the selected capture |
| Esc | Close search |
You can also click a tag to filter or click a result to open it.
Tags
When on-device tagging is available, Capd gives each capture one to three broad topic tags from a small vocabulary that adapts as your library grows. Tags appear below the search field and beside each result.
Press Tab and Shift-Tab to move through tag filters, click a tag, or include a
tag: filter in the query. Automatic tagging can be disabled in Settings.
Filter syntax
Add filters anywhere in a query:
swift concurrency site:swift.org tag:development after:2026-01-01| Filter | Meaning |
|---|---|
site:swift.org |
Match that website and its subdomains |
tag:development |
Match a complete tag name |
since:2026-01-01 or after:2026-01-01 |
Captured on or after that date |
until:2026-06-30 |
Captured on or before that date |
before:2026-06-30 |
Captured before that date |
Dates use YYYY-MM-DD. Text that does not form a valid filter is treated as an
ordinary search term.
Search from the terminal
The CLI uses the same search language and also accepts explicit filter flags:
capd search swift concurrency --site swift.org --since 2026-01-01
capd search --tag development
capd search rust --limit 10 --jsonResults are available as readable text, TSV, or stable JSON. See the CLI conventions for scripting details.