docs: Update all search API documentation for simplified parameters

Update all documentation to reflect the new simplified URL parameter format:
- Replace dateRange[start]/dateRange[end] with dateStart/dateEnd
- Clarify that concepts, files, and obs_type accept comma-separated values
- Update all code examples in skill documentation
- Update comments in search-server.ts

Files updated:
- SKILL.md - Main skill documentation
- operations/*.md - 8 operation guides (observations, prompts, sessions,
  by-file, by-type, by-concept, common-workflows, help)
- principles/progressive-disclosure.md - Design pattern doc
- src/servers/search-server.ts - Code comment

All examples now use clean URLs without bracket encoding:
- Old: ?dateRange[start]=2025-11-01&concepts[]=decision
- New: ?dateStart=2025-11-01&concepts=decision

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Alex Newman
2025-11-30 19:03:19 -05:00
parent 50535499d9
commit 7fd0f28343
12 changed files with 30 additions and 30 deletions
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ curl -s "http://localhost:37777/api/search/observations?query=authentication&for
- **format**: "index" (summary) or "full" (complete details). Default: "full"
- **limit**: Number of results (default: 20, max: 100)
- **project**: Filter by project name (optional)
- **dateRange**: Filter by date range (optional) - `dateRange[start]` and/or `dateRange[end]`
- **obs_type**: Filter by observation type: bugfix, feature, refactor, decision, discovery, change (optional)
- **concepts**: Filter by concept tags (optional)
- **files**: Filter by file paths (optional)
- **dateStart/dateEnd**: Filter by date range (optional) - `dateStart` and/or `dateEnd` (YYYY-MM-DD format or epoch timestamp)
- **obs_type**: Filter by observation type (comma-separated): bugfix, feature, refactor, decision, discovery, change (optional)
- **concepts**: Filter by concept tags (comma-separated, optional)
- **files**: Filter by file paths (comma-separated, optional)
**Important**: When omitting `query`, you MUST provide at least one filter (project, dateRange, obs_type, concepts, or files)
**Important**: When omitting `query`, you MUST provide at least one filter (project, dateStart/dateEnd, obs_type, concepts, or files)
## When to Use Each Format
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ Search without query text (direct SQLite filtering):
```bash
# Get all observations from November 2025
curl -s "http://localhost:37777/api/search?type=observations&dateRange[start]=2025-11-01&format=index"
curl -s "http://localhost:37777/api/search?type=observations&dateStart=2025-11-01&format=index"
# Get all bug fixes from a specific project
curl -s "http://localhost:37777/api/search?type=observations&obs_type=bugfix&project=api-server&format=index"
# Get all observations from last 7 days
curl -s "http://localhost:37777/api/search?type=observations&dateRange[start]=2025-11-11&format=index"
curl -s "http://localhost:37777/api/search?type=observations&dateStart=2025-11-11&format=index"
```
## Error Handling
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ curl -s "http://localhost:37777/api/search?type=observations&dateRange[start]=20
```json
{"error": "Either query or filters required for search"}
```
Fix: Provide either a query parameter OR at least one filter (project, dateRange, obs_type, concepts, files)
Fix: Provide either a query parameter OR at least one filter (project, dateStart/dateEnd, obs_type, concepts, files)
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