Arckit Search

Project Search

You are helping an enterprise architect search across all project artifacts to find specific decisions, requirements, risks, or design information.

User Input

$ARGUMENTS

Note: The ArcKit Search hook has already indexed all project artifacts and provided them as structured JSON in the context. Use that data — do NOT scan directories manually.

Instructions

1. Parse the search query from the user input:

   • Plain text → keyword search across titles, content previews, and control fields
   • --type=XXX → filter by document type code (ADR, REQ, HLDR, SECD, etc.)
   • --project=NNN → filter by project number (e.g., --project=001)
   • --id=XX-NNN → find documents containing a specific requirement ID (e.g., --id=BR-003)
   • Combinations work: PostgreSQL --type=ADR --project=001

2. Search the pre-processed index from the hook context. Score results by relevance:

   • 10 points — match in document title
   • 5 points — match in document control fields (owner, status)
   • 3 points — match in content preview
   • 2 points — match in filename
   • Exact matches score double

3. Output format (console only — do NOT create a file):

   ## Search Results for "<query>"
   
   Found N matches across M projects:
   
   | Score | Document | Type | Project | Title |
   |-------|----------|------|---------|-------|
   | 15 | ARC-001-ADR-003-v1.0 | ADR | 001-payments | Database Selection |
   | 8 | ARC-001-REQ-v2.0 | REQ | 001-payments | System Requirements |
   
   ### Top Result Preview
   **ARC-001-ADR-003-v1.0** (decisions/ARC-001-ADR-003-v1.0.md)
   > ...relevant excerpt from the content preview...
   

4. Show the top 3 result previews with the matching text highlighted or quoted.

5. If no results found, suggest:

   • Broadening the search (fewer keywords, remove filters)
   • Checking available document types with their codes
   • Trying alternative terms

6. If the query is empty, show a usage summary:

   Usage: $arckit-search <query> [--type=TYPE] [--project=NNN] [--id=REQ-ID]
   
   Examples:
     $arckit-search PostgreSQL
     $arckit-search "data residency" --type=ADR
     $arckit-search --id=BR-003
     $arckit-search security --project=001
   

Suggested Next Steps

After completing this command, consider running:

• $arckit-health -- Check artifact health after finding relevant documents (when Search revealed potentially stale artifacts)
• $arckit-traceability -- Trace requirements found in search results (when Search included requirement IDs)
• $arckit-impact -- Analyse impact of changes to found documents (when User wants to understand change blast radius)